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1  T.IBRARY.  1 


N.YORK 

PREFACE 


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In  the  following  reprint,  care  has  been  taken  to  copy  the 
t)riginally  printed  Journals  with  entire  accuracy,  correcting,  of 
course,  errors  evidently  typographical.  To  save  room,  however, 
lists  of  names,  &c.,  originally  printed  in  columns,  are  frequently 
thrown  into  running  lines.  Where  the  same  document  is  printed  in 
two  or  more  Journals,  it  is  not  repeated  after  the  first.  A  proper 
reference,  however,  is  inserted  in  its  place  in  subsequent  Journals. 

Notice  is  taken  in  the  first  Journal  of  a  "  recommendation  of 
the  General  Convention  held  in  this  City  on  the  6th  and  7th  of 
October,  1784."  In  explanation,  the  following  extract  is  given 
from  Bishop  White's  Preface  to  Bioren's  edition  of  the  Journals 
of  the  General  Convention  : — 

"  In  pursuance  of  preceding  correspondence,  there  assembled 
some  of  the  Clergy  of  New  York,  of  New  Jersey,  and  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, in  the  city  of  New  Brunswick,  New  Jersey,  in  May,  1784. 
And  there  being  a  few  respectable  Lay  Members  of  the  Church 
attending  on  public  business  in  the  same  city,  their  presence  was 
desired.  The  immediate  object  of  the  meeting,  was  the  revival  of 
a  charitable  corporation,  which  had  existed  before  the  Revolution ; 
clothed  with  corporate  powers,  under  the  government  of  each  of 
the  said  three  Provinces.  The  opportunity  was  improved  by  the 
Clergy  from  Pennsylvania,  of  communicating  certain  measures 
recently  adopted  in  that  State,  tending  to  the  organization  of  the 
Church  throughout  the  Union.  The  result  was,  the  inviting  of  a 
more  general  meeting  in  the  ensuing  October,  at  the  City  of  New 
York :  that  being  the  time  and  place,  wherein,  according  to  the 
charter  of  the  above  mentioned  corporation,  their  next  meeting 
should  be  held.  It  was  accordingly  held,  for  the  revival  of  the 
corporation  :   and  there  appeared  Deputies,  not  only  from  tlie 


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IV.  PREFACE. 

said  three  States,  but  also  from  others ;  with  the  view  of  consult- 
ing on  the  existing  exigency  of  the  Church.  The  greater  number 
of  these  Deputies,  were  not  vested  with  powers  for  the  binding  of 
their  constituents  :  and  therefore,  although  they  called  themselves 
a  Convention,  in  the  lax  sense  in  which  the  word  had  been  before 
used,  yet  they  were  not  an  organized  body.  They  did  not  con- 
sider themselves  as  such :  and  their  only  act,  was  the  issuing  of 
a  recommendation  to  the  Churches  in  the  several  States,  to  unite 
under  a  few  articles  to  be  considered  as  fundamental. 

"  The  articles  referred  to  are  as  follows  : — 

"  1.  That  there  shall  be  a  General  Convention  of  the  Episcopal 
Church  in  the  United  States  of  America. 

"  2.  That  the  Episcopal  Church  in  each  State,  send  deputies  to 
the  Convention,  consisting  of  Clergy  and  Laity. 

"  3.  That  associated  congregations,  in  two  or  more  States,  may 
send  deputies  jointly. 

"  4.  That  the  said  Church  shall  maintain  the  doctrines  of  the 
Gospel,  as  now  held  by  the  Church  of  England;  and  shall  adhere 
to  the  Hturgy  of  the  said  Church,  as  far  as  shall  be  consistent  with 
the  American  revolution,  and  the  constitutions  of  the  respective 
states. 

"  5.  That  in  every  State,  where  there  shall  be  a  Bishop  duly 
consecrated  and  settled,  he  shall  be  considered  as  a  member  of 
the  convention  ex  officio. 

"  6.  That  the  Clergy  and  Laity,  assembled  in  convention,  shall 
deliberate  in  one  body,  but  shall  vote  separately :  and  the  concur- 
rence of  both  shall  be  necessary  to  give  validity  to  every  measure. 

"  7.  That  the  first  meeting  of  the  Convention  shall  be  at  Phila- 
delphia, the  Tuesday  before  the  Feast  of  St.  Michael  next ;  to  which 
it  is  hoped  and  earnestly  desired,  that  the  Episcopal  churches  in 
the  respective  States  will  send  their  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies ; 
duly  instructed  and  authorized  to  proceed  on  the  necessary  busi- 
ness, herein  proposed  for  their  deliberation." 


JOURNALS,  ETC:  '^-' 


y 


FIRST  CONVENTION. 


PROCEEDINGS 

OF   A 

CONVENTION 

OF 

THE  PROTESTANT  EFISCOPAL  CHURCH, 

IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK ; 
HELD    IN    THE    CITY    OF    NEW    YORK, 

On  Wednesday,  June  22d, 
1785. 


33>^cscnt : 

From  Trinity  Church,  New  York,  the  Reverend  Samuel  Pro- 
voost,  the  Reverend  Mr.  Beach,  Reverend  Mr.  Moore,  Honourable 
James  Duane,  Marinus  Willet,  and  John  Alsop,  Esquires. 

From  the  united  parishes  of  Jamaica,  Newtown,  and  Flushing, 
on  Long  Island,  the  Reverend  Mr.  Bloomer,  Mr.  Charles  Crom- 
mehne,  Mr.  Daniel  Kissam,  Mr.  Joseph  Burrows,  Mr.  John 
Johnson. 

From  Staten  Island,  the  Reverend  Mr.  Rowland,  and  Paul 
Micheau,  Esquire. 

From  New  Rochelle,  Mr.  Andrew  Fowler. 

From  Ulster  and  Orange  counties,  Mr.  Joseph  Jarvis. 

From  Dutchess  county,  Mr.  John  Davis. 

The  Reverend  Mr.  Provoost  was  elected  President,  and  the 
Reverend  Mr.  Moore,  Secretary. 


6  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS,   ETC.  [1785. 

This  State  Convention  having  associated  agreeably  to  the  re- 
commendation of  the  General  Convention  held  in  this  city  on  the 
6th  and  7th  of  October,  1784,  proceeded  to  take  into  considera- 
tion the  matters  recommended  by  the  said  General  Convention ; 
thereupon 

Resolved,  That  three  Clerical  and  three  Lay  Deputies,  be  ap- 
pointed to  represent  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  State 
of  New  York,  in  the  General  Convention  which  is  to  be  held  at 
Philadelphia  on  the  Tuesday  before  the  Feast  of  St.  Michael  next ; 
and  that  any  one  or  more  of  each  order  form  a  quorum. 

Resolved,  That  the  Reverend  Mr.  Provoost,  Reverend  Mr. 
Beach,  and  Pteverend  Mr.  Moore,  of  the  Clergy  ;  and  the  Honour- 
able James  Duane,  Daniel  Kissam,  and  John  Davis,  Esquires,  of 
the  Laity,  be  appointed  for  the  above  mentioned  purpose ;  and  they 
are  hereby  authorized  to  proceed  on  the  necessary  business  which 
may  be  proposed  for  their  deliberation  at  the  said  Convention,  so 
far  as  they  conform  to  the  general  principles  which  are  established 
to  regulate  their  conduct  in  this  matter. 

Resolved,  That  the  President  be  requested  to  call  another  Con- 
vention, at  such  time  and  place  as  he  shall  deem  most  conducive 
to  the  interest  of  the  Church. 


END   OF   THE  FIRST  SITTING. 


SECOND   CONVENTION. 


PROCEEDINGS' 


OF    A 

CONVENTION 

OF 
THE  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH, 

IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK ; 
KELD   IN   ST.    PAUL'S   CHAPEL,   IN  THE   CITY  OF   NEW   YORK, 

On  Tuesday,  the  16th  of  May,  1786. 


The  'Reverend  Mr.  Provoost  read  prayers. 

The  Convention  then  proceeded  to  appoint  the  Reverend  Mr. 
Provoost  President,  and  the  Reverend  Mr.  Moore,  Secretary. 

Ordered,  That  the  delegates  from  the  several  congregations 
produce  their  credentials ;  which  being  done  accordingly,  the 
following  membei-s  were  found  to  be  duly  authorized  to  represent 
their  respective  congregations. 

For  New  York,  the  Reverend  Mr.  Provoost,  Reverend  Mr. 
Moore,  Reverend  Mr.  Beach,  Reverend  Mr.  Ogden,  Honourable 
Mr.  Duane,  Honourable  Mr.  Jay,  Honourable  Mr.  R.  R.  Living- 
ston, Honourable  Richard  Morris,  John  Alsop,  William  Duer,  and 
Paschal  Smith,  Esquires. 

For  the  united  parishes  of  Jamaica,  Newtown,  and  Flushing, 
the  Reverend  Mr.  Bloomer,  Daniel  Kissam,  Robert  Cronamelin, 
and  Richard  Alsop,  Esquires. 

For  North  and  South  Hempstead,  the  Reverend  Mr.  Thomas 
Moore,  Hendrick  Onderdonck,  Samuel  Martin,  David  Brooks. 

For  Rye,  William  Miller,  Alexander  Hunt. 

The  proceedings  of  the  last  Convention  were  read. 

The  Honourable  Mr.  Duane  then  reported  the  proceedings  of  the 
Convention  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  in  the  United 
States  of  America,  held  in  Philadelphia  last  September. 


8  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1786. 

A  copy  of  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer,  with  the  proposed  al- 
terations ;  and  a  Journal  of  the  General  Convention,  were  read : 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  the  samfe  be  taken  into  consideration  to-morrow, 

Adjoui'ned  to  half  past  eleven  o'clock  to-morrow  morning. 


Wednesday,  May  17th. 

The  Convention  met  according  to  adjom^nment ;  and  several 
papers  relative  to  the  business  of  the  Church,  were  presented  by 
Mr.  Duane,  and  read  by  the  Secretary. 

Deeming  it  necessary  to  defer  their  deliberations  to  some  future 
time,  the  Convention  adjourned  to  the  second  Tuesday  in  June. 


Tuesday,  June  13th. 

The  Convention  met  according  to  adjournmait. 

The  Reverend  Mr.  Bloomer  read  prayers. 

The  minutes  of  the  proceedings  of  this  Convention  at  their  I&st 
meeting,  were  read,  and  approved. 

Letters  from  the  English  Bishops,  and  from  Mr.  Adams,  were 
read. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Morris, 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Convention  be  returned  to 
the  Honourable  Mr.  Adams  and  Mr.  Lee,  for  interesting  them- 
selves in  so  affectionate  a  manner,  for  the  benefit  of  this  Church, 
in  the  business  of  procuring  for  it  an  Episcopate. 

Adjourned  to  eleven  o'clock  to-morrow  morning. 

Wednesday,  June  14th. 
Convention  met  according  to  adjournment. 
The  Reverend  Mr.  Rowland  read  prayers. 
The  minutes  of  yesterday  were  read. 


1786.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  9 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  (out  of  respect  to  the  English  Bishops,  and  be- 
cause the  minds  of  the  people  are  not  yet  sufficiently  informed)  the 
consideration  of  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer,  with  the  proposed 
alterations,  be  deferred  to  a  future  day. 

The  General  Constitution  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church, 
in  the  United  States  of  America,  was  read,  and  considered  by 
paragraphs. 

The  1st,  2d,  3d,  4th,  5th,  6th,  and  7th  articles,  approved. 

The  8th  article  adopted,  with  the  following  amendment,  "  that 
the  Bishop  be  amenable  only  to  the  authority  of  the  General  Con- 
vention." 

The  consideration  of  the  9th  and  10th  articles,  suspended.  The 
11th  adopted. 

In  compliance  with  the  directions  of  the  General  Convention, 
Resolved,  That  the  Reverend  Mr.  Provoost  be  recommended  for 
Episcopal  consecration. 

On  motion. 

Resolved,  That  four  Clerical  and  four  Lay  Deputies  be  elected  to 
represent  this  Church  in  the  next  General  Convention.  The  Reve- 
rend Mr.  Provoost,  Reverend  Mr.  Beach,  Reverend  Mr.  Bloomer,  and 
the  Reverend  Mr.  B.  Moore,  of  the  Clerg}' :  and  the  Honourable 
James  Duane,  Honourable  John  Jay,  Mr.  R.  C.  Li\-ingston,  Mr.  R. 
Crommelin,  and  Mr.  J.  Farquhar,  of  the  Laity,  were  accordingly 
elected. 

Resolved,  That  the  persons  appointed  to  represent  this  Church 
be  instructed  not  to  consent  to  any  act  that  may  imply  the  validity 
of  Dr.  Seabury's  ordinations. 


END   OF  THE   SECOND   SITTING. 


THIRD    CONVENTION 


PROCEEDINGS 

OF    A 

CONVENTION 

OF 
THE  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH, 

IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK ; 
HELD   IN   ST.   PAUL'S   CHAPEL,   IN  THE  CITY   OF   NEW   YORK, 

On  the  20th  of  September,  1786. 


The  Reverend  Mr.  Provoost  was  unanimously  chosen  President, 
and  the  Reverend  Mr.  Moore  Secretary. 

The  following  persons  produced  their  credentials,  and  were 
found  duly  authorized  to  represent  their  respective  congregations. 

For  New  York,  the  Reverend  Dr.  Provoost,  Reverend  Mr. 
Beach,  Reverend  Mr.  Moore,  Reverend  Mr.  Ogden,  Honourable 
John  Jay,  Honourable  James  Duane,  William  Duer,  John  Law- 
rence, Esquires,  Mr.  John  Alsop,  Mr.  P.  N.  Smith,  Mr.  Thomas 
Randall. 

For  Jamaica,  Long  Island,  the  Reverend  Mr.  Bloomer,  Daniel 
Kissam,  Esquire. 

For  Newtown,  Richard  Alsop,  Esquire,  Mr.  Charles  Roach.     . 

For  Staten  Island,  Mr.  Lawrence  Hilyer. 

For  Rye,  Mr.  John  Purdy,  IVIr.  Ebenezer  Purdy,  Mr.  William 
Miller. 

For  W^allkill,  Mr.  Andrew  Graham. 

For  South  Hempstead,  the  Reverend  Thomas  Moore,  Mr.  John 
Sands,  Mr.  David  Brooks,  Mr.  George  Hewlett. 

Ordered,  That  the  late  communications  from  his  Grace  the 
Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  be  read  ;  and  they  were  read  accord- 
ingly-. 

Adjourned  to  eleven  o'clock  to-morrow  morning. 


1786.]  journals  of  the  conventions,  etc.  11 

Thursday,  Septembeii  21st. 

Convention  met  according  to  adjournment. 

On  motion  of  My.  Duane,  seconded  by  Mr.  Jay, 
Resolved,  That  a  Committee  be  appointed  to  consider  and  report 
regulations  for  the  proceedings  of  the  Convention  of  this  State. 

A  Committee  was  appointed  accordingly,  consisting  of  the  fol- 
lovsring  members:  the  Reverend  Mr.  Bloomer,  Reverend  Mr. 
Moore,  Mr.  Duane,  Mr.  Jay,  and  Mr.  Lawrence.  This  Committee 
to  prepare  and  bring  in  their  report  at  the  next  Convention. 

A  certificate,  recommending  the  Reverend  Dr.  Provoost  for  Epis- 
copal consecration,  was  signed  by  all  the  members  present. 

Resolved,  That  two  Clerical  and  two  Lay  Deputies  be  appointed 
to  represent  this  Church  in  the  General  Convention  to  be  held  at 
Wilmington,  in  the  State  of  Delaware,  on  the  10th  of  October 
next.  The  Reverend  Dr.  Provoost,  and  the  Reverend  Mr.  Moore, 
of  the  Clergy  ;  Honorable  Mr.  Duane,  and  John  Rutherford,  Esq., 
of  the  Laity,  were  appointed  accordingly. 

On  motion  of  JNIr.  Lawrence,  seconded  by  Mr.  Jay, 

Resolved,  That  the  representatives  of  this  Church  in  the  General 
Convention,  be  instructed  to  move,  that  the  name  of  every  person 
who  makes  a  motion  in  said  Convention,  upon  which  a  question  is 
put,  be  entered  on  the  minutes  of  said  Convention  ;  and  that  the 
ayes  and  noes  be  also  entered  on  the  determination  of  the  ques- 
tion, in  the  said  minutes,  if  any  member  should  require  it. 

Resolved,  That  it  be  recommended  to  the  delegates  of  the  re- 
spective churches  here  represented,  to  procure  contributions  in 
their  several  parishes,  to  defray  the  expense  which  may  accrue 
from  the  consecration  of  the  Reverend  Dr.  Provoost. 

Resolved,  That  the  deputies  to  the  General  Convention  have 
discretionary  powers,  with  respect  to  any  matters  which  may  come 
into  debate  in  the  said  General  Convention. 

Resolved,  That  a  Committee  be  appointed  to  inquire  into  the 
state  of  the  property  belonging  to  the  Society  for  the  Propagation 
of  the  Gospel,  &.C.,  and  to  devise  the  most  effectual  means  for  se- 
curing the  same  to  this  Church.  This  business  referred  to  the 
Committee  appointed  to  consider  and  report  regulations,  &c. 

Resolved,  That  Mr.  Fowler  have  the  consent  and  approbation 
of  this  Convention,  to  officiate  as  a  reader  in  the  Episcopal  congre- 


12  JOURNAL  OF  THE   CONVENTIONS,  ETC.  [1786. 

gallons  at  Isllp,  Brookhaven,  and  Oyster  Bay ;  and  that  the  Secre- 
tary give  him  a  certificate  of  the  same. 

Ordered,  That  a  book  be  provided  by  the  Secretary,  in  which 
the  Jom'nals  of  former  Conventions  shall  be  transcribed ;  and  that 
the  expense  arising  therefrom  be  provided  for  at  some  future  Con- 
vention. 


END   OF  THE  THIRD  SITTING. 


FOURTH  CONVENTION. 


PROCEEDINGS 

OF    A 

CONVENTION 

OF 

THE  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH, 

IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK  ; 
HELD  IN  ST.  PAUL'S  CHAPEL,  IN  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK, 

On  the  27th  of  June,  1787. 


3.3ccscnt : 

The  Right  Reverend  Samuel  Provoost,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Pro- 
testant Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of  New  York. 

From  Trinity  Church,  New  York,  the  Reverend  Abraham 
Beach,  Reverend  Benjamin  Moore,  Honourable  James  Duane, 
John  Alsop,  Esquire. 

From  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island,  Reverend  John  H. 
Rowland,  Paul  Micheau,  Esquire. 

From  St.  George's  Church,  South  Hempstead,  the  Reverend 
Thomas  L.  Moore,  Hendrick  Onderdonck,  and  George  Hulett, 
Esquires. 

From Church,  Jamaica,  Reverend  Joshua  Bloomer,  Daniel 

Kissam,  Esquire. 

From Church,  Newtown,  Mr.  Charles  Roach. 

From Church,  Flushing,  Robert  Crommelin,  Esquire. 

From  Brooklyn,  Reverend  Mr.  Wright,  Colonel  Giles,  Mr. 
Joshua  Sands. 

From  North  Castle,  Mr.  Stephen  J.  De  Lancey. 

From  East  Chester,  Philip  Pell,  jun.,  Esquire,  Mr.  Thomas 
Bartow. 

From  Christ  Church,  Oyster  Bay,  Mr.  Philip  Youngs. 

From  St.  John's  Church,  Huntington,  Mr.  John  Jones. 

From  Trinity  Church,  Fish-Kills,  Mr.  Elbert  Willet,  junior. 

From  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie,  Mr.  Daniel  Lefferts. 


14  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1787. 

From  Philipsburgh,  Augustus  Van  Cortlandt,  and  Israel  Ho* 
neywell,  junior,  Esquires. 

From  Rye,  Peter  Jay,  and  Alexander  Hunt,  Esquires. 
From  New  Rochelle,  Mr.  Theodocius  Bartow. 
From  St.  John's  Church,  Islip,  Mr.  Andrew  Fowler. 

The  members  having  produced  the  testimonials  of  their  appoint^ 
ment,  proceeded  to  elect  the  Right  Reverend  Samuel  Provoost. 
D.  D.,  President,  and  the  Reverend  Abraham  Beach,  Secretary. 

The  Right  Reverend  Bishop  Provoost,  communicated  to  the 
Convention  testimonials  of  his  consecration,  from  his  Grace  the 
Archbishop  of  Canterbury ;  which  were  read. 

A  letter  addressed  to  the  Right  Reverend  the  Bishop,  by  the 
congregation  at  Balltown,  requesting  to  be  recognized  by  the 
Convention,  was  read,  and  approved. 

A  letter  of  the  like  import,  respecting  the  Episcopal  Church 
in  Albany,  addressed  to  the  Bishop  by  the  Reverend  Mr.  Elhson, 
their  minister,  was  also  read,  and  approved. 

Mr.  Duane,  in  behalf  of  the  delegates  of  this  Church  appointed 
to  attend  the  General  Convention  held  at  Wilmington  in  October 
last,  reported  the  proceedings  of  the  said  General  Convention  ; 
which  were  read. 

The  Committee  appointed  by  the  last  Convention  to  consider  of, 
and  report  regulations  for  the  proceedings  of  the  Convention  of 
this  State,  reported  the  same ;  which  were  ordered  to  lie  on  the 
table  for  the  consideration  of  the  members. 

The  General  Constitution  was  read,  and  referred  to  future  con- 
sideration. 

Adjourned  to  five  o'clock  P.  M. 

The  Convention  met  according  to  adjournment,  and  took  up  the 
consideration  of  the  report  of  regulations,  &c.  After  some  time 
spent  therein,  adjourned  to  nine  o'clock  to-morrow  morning. 


Thursday,  June  28th. 

The  Convention  met  according  to  adjournment ;  and  resumed 
the  consideration  of  rules  and  regulations  reported  by  the  Com- 


1787.1  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF  NEW   YORK.  15 

mittee ;  and  having  gone  through  the  whole  by  paragraphs,  and 
made  several  amendments,  they  unanimously  approved  oi'  them  : 
and  they  are  as  follows : 

I.  There  shall  be  an  annual  Convention  of  the  Clergy  and  Lay 
Deputies  of  the  Episcopal  congregations,  on  the  first  Tuesday  in 
November ;  and  also,  such  special  meetings  as  the  exigencies  of 
the  Church  may  require,  or  the  Bishop  shall  think  fit  to  appoint ; 
of  which  thnely  notice  shall  be  given  by  the  Secretary  for  the  time 
being,  to  each  Clergyman,  and  to  the  Churchwardens  and  Vestry, 
or  Trustees  of  the  different  congregations  ;  and  the  deputies  sent, 
shall  produce  satisfactory  testimonials  of  their  being  duly  elected, 
in  order  to  entitle  them  to  a  vote. 

n.  At  every  Convention,  the  Bishop  shall  preside ;  but  in  case 
of  a  vacancy,  or  necessary  absence,  the  members  shall  elect  a 
President  from  amongst  the  Clergy. 

III.  The  business  of  every  Convention  shall  be  introduced  by 
prayers  and  a  sermon ;  and  the  preacher  shall  be  nominated 
by  the  Bishop. 

IV.  In  all  questions  the  Clergy  and  Laity  shall  vote  separately ; 
the  Clergy  by  individuals,  and  the  Laity  by  congregations ;  and  a 
majority  of  both  shall  be  necessary  to  give  validity  to  every  mea- 
sure. And  when  more  than  one  church  or  chapel  shall  be  united 
under  a  single  corporation,  the  representatives  of  such  corporation 
shall  be  entitled  to  a  distinct  vote  for  each  church  or  chapel. 

V.  Every  Clergyman  who  is  regularly  settled  in  any  congre- 
gation in  this  State,  shall  be  a  member  of  this  Convention, 
ex  officio. 

VI.  When  the  Episcopate  becomes  vacant  by  the  death  or  re- 
moval of  the  Bishop,  the  Convention  shall  be  called  by  a  Standing 
Committee  appointed  for  that  purpose,  and  proceed  to  a  new  elec- 
tion. And  sufficient  testimonials  shall  be  given  by  the  Convention, 
to  the  Bishop  elect,  in  order  that  he  may  obtain  consecration.  In 
this,  and  every  other  instance  that  relates  to  the  appointment  of 
Officers,  and  Committees,  the  votes  shall  be  given  by  ballot. 

VII.  Every  candidate  for  Holy  Orders,  who  means  to  settle  in 
this  State,  shall  make  known  to  the  Bishop  his  intentions,  at  least 
six  months  before  ordination  ;  to  the  end  that  an  opportunity  may 
be  given  to  inquire  into  his  character,  life,  and  conversation. 

Vin.  Every  candidate  for  Holy  Orders  shall  produce  to  the 
Bishop  when  he  applies  for  ordination,  the  credentials  required  in 
the  tenth  article  of  the  General  Constitution ;  and  be  able  to  trans- 
late the  Greek  Testament  into  Latin  or  English,  and  express  his 
sentiments  in  Latin,  on  any  given  subject  of  divinity. 

IX.  Besides  the  above  mentioned  qualifications,  every  candidate 
for  Holy  Orders  shall  produce  to  the  Bishop  a  recommendation 
from  the  Convention,  signed  by  the  Secretary. 


16  JOURNALS   OF   THE   CONVENTIONS  [1787. 

X.  Every  person  ordained  a  deacon  for  this  State,  shall  be  em- 
ployed, for  at  least  six  months  before  he  is  admitted  into  priest's 
orders,  in  executing  his  office  among  congregations  destitute  of  a 
minister,  or  such  other  as  the  Bishop  shall  appoint.  And  no  per- 
son shall  be  ordained  a  Priest  unless  he  hath  such  provision  made 
for  his  support  as  shall  be  approved  by  the  Bishop. 

XL  Every  candidate  for  the  order  of  Deacon,  shall  be  of  the 
full  age  of  twenty-one  years ;  and  for  the  office  of  a  Priest,  of 
twenty -four  years ;  of  which  the  Bishop  shall  be  satisfied  by  suffi- 
cient testimonials. 

XII.  The  Bishop  shall  confine  the  exercise  of  his  Episcopal  of- 
fice to  his  proper  jurisdiction  ;  unless  requested  to  ordain  or  con- 
firm by  any  church  destitute  of  a  Bishop,  in  union  with  the  Gene- 
ral Convention  of  this  Church. 

XIII.  No  clergyman  who  is  settled  in  any  congregation  in  this 
State,  shall  remove  to  another  parish  without  permission  first  ob- 
tained from  the  Bishop  ;  provided,  that  such  clergyman  shall  be 
allowed  an  appeal  to  this  Convention,  in  case  of  refusal. 

XIV.  Every  clergyman  who  is  regularly  settled  in  this  State, 
shall,  on  the  next  Sunday  after  Easter  in  every  year,  preach  a 
sermon  to  his  congregation,  on  the  duties  which  are  peculiarly 
Episcopal ;  in  which  he  shall  lay  before  the  people  the  propriety 
and  necessity  of  supporting  the  Episcopal  office  with  becoming 
dignity,  by  their  voluntary  contributions.  And  the  collections 
which  are  at  this  time  made,  shall  be  deposited  in  the  hands  of 
the  Corporation  of  Trinity  Church  in  the  City  of  New  York ; 
and  the  disposal  of  the  same  shall  be  left  entirely  under  the  direc- 
tion of  this  Convention,  so  as  in  the  most  effectual  manner  to  de- 
fray the  extraordinary  expense  which  the  Bishop  may  incur  by 
his  visitations  of  the  churches ;  and  to  establish  a  fund  for  the 
better  support  of  the  Episcopate  in  this  State. 

XV.  In  case  of  a  complaint  made  to  this  Convention  against 
any  Bishop,  Priest,  or  Deacon,  of  such  a  nature  as  to  require  a 
trial,  all  the  proceedings  shall  be  taken  in  writing.  If  the  accused 
be  found  guilty,  the  penalties  shall  be  admonition,  suspension,  or 
deprivation  of  office,  according  to  the  degree  of  the  offence. — 
Suspension  not  to  be  longer  than  one  year ;  and  in  case  of  depri- 
vation of  office,  an  appeal  may  be  made  to  the  General  Conven- 
tion ;  but  when  lesser  penalties  are  adjudged,  the  sentence  of  this 
State  Convention  shall  be  final. 

XVI.  The  Bishop  shall,  at  least  once  in  three  years,  make  a 
general  visitation  of  the  churches  within  his  own  proper  jurisdic- 
tion, for  the  purposes  of  examining  the  state  of  his  Church,  in- 
specting the  behaviour  of  the  Clergy,  and  administering  the  office  of 
Confirmation. 


1787.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  17 

Resolved,  That  a  Committee  be  appointed,  with  power  to  call 
a  special  Convention,  should  the  Episcopate  become  vacant  by  the 
death  or  removal  of  the  Bishop:  —  Whereupon  the  Reverend 
Joshua  Bloomer,  the  Reverend  Benjamin  Moore,  the  Reverend 
Abraham  Beach,  the  Honourable  James  Duane,  the  Honourable 
John  Jay,  and  John  Alsop,  Esquire,  were  electeil  by  ballot. 

Resolved,  That  the  same  gentlemen  be  a  Standing  Committee  to 
advise  with  the  Bishop  in  all  matters  in  which  he  may  think  propej- 
to  consult  them. 

Resolved,  That  it  be  the  business  of  the  aforesaid  Standing  Com- 
mittee, to  inquire  into  the  state  of  the  property  belonging  to  the 
Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel,  &c.,  within  this  State, 
and  of  any  other  property  to  which  the  Church  may  have  a  just 
claim ;  and  to  devise  the  most  effectual  means  for  securing  the 
same  to  this  Church. 

Resolved,  That  three  Clerical  and  three  Lay  Deputies,  be  ap- 
pointed to  represent  this  Church  in  the  General  Convention,  w^hen- 
ever  the  Committee  appomted  for  that  purpose,  shall  think  proper 
to  call  one : — Whereupon  the  Reverend  Mr.  B.  Moore,  the  Reve- 
rend Mr.  Bloomer,  and  the  Reverend  Mr.  Wright,  of  the  Clergy ; 
the  Honourable  Mr.  Duane,  the  Honourable  Mr.  Jay,  and  Mr. 
Theodosius  Bartow,  of  the  Laity,  were  duly  elected. 

The  consideration  of  the  General  Constitution  was  resumed,  and 
the  eight  first  articles  approved  of  by  the  last  Convention  were 
again  ratified,  with  the  following  addition  to  the  sixth  article,  viz.: 
aJFter  the  last  word,  Bishop,  add,  in  imioji  with  the  General  Con- 
vention of  this  Church. 

On  reading  the  ninth  article,  it  was  ordered,  on  motion  of  Mr. 
Duane,  seconded  by  Mr.  Alsop,  that  until  further  provision  be 
made  by  the  General  Convention,  the  respective  congregations  of 
this  Church  be  at  liberty  to  use  the  New  Form  of  Prayer,  or  tlu* 
Old,  as  they  respectively  may  think  proper. 

Adjourned  to  nine  o'clock  to-morrow  morning. 


Friday,  June  29th. 

The  Convention  met  according  to  adjournment,  and  proceeded 
to  the  house  of  the  Right  Reverend  Bishop  Provoost ;  and  being 
joined  by  him,  returned  to  St.  Paul's  Chapel,  in  the  following 
order :  Charity  Scholars, — Members  of  the  Church, — Gentlemen 
of  the  Vestry  of  Trinity  Church, — Lay  Delegates  of  the  Con- 


IS  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1787,. 

vention, — the  Bishop  and  Clergy.  On  entering  the  chapel,  an 
anthem  suitable  to  the  occasion,  was  sung  by  the  Charity  Scho- 
lars ;  the  Morning  Service  was  then  read  by  the  Reverend  Mr., 
Rowland ;  after  which  the  Convention  assembling  in  the  front 
of  the  desk,  the  Secretary,  in  their  name  addressed  the  Bishop 
as  follows : — 

RIGHT  REVEREND  SIR, 

We,  the  Clergy  and  Laity,  representatives  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church,  now  assembled  in  Convention,  beg  leave  to 
address  you  on  this  solemn  occasion,  with  sentiments  of  duty  and 
unfeigned  respect. 

After  having  successfully  accomplished  the  great  object  which 
you  had  in  view,  we  congratulate  you  on  your  return  to  your 
native  city,  safe  from  the  hazards  of  a  long  and  tempestuous 
voyage,  and  in  a  great  measure  restored  to  health  from  a  painful 
and  dangerous  illness. 

While  we  express  in  terms  of  the  warmest  gratitude,  the  high 
obligations  we  are  under  to  the  English  Bishops  for  their  pater- 
nal interposition  in  our  favour,  we  beg  leave  to  present  to  you 
our  hearty  thanks  for  your  compliance  with  our  desires;  and  thus 
through  many  difficulties  and  sufferings,  rendering  our  Church 
complete  in  all  its  parts. 

This  propitious  event,  so  long  and  ardently  wished  for,  forms 
an  important  era  in  the  history  of  our  Church  I  We  are  now 
by  Divine  providence  placed  in  such  a  situation,  that  a  regular 
succession  of  the  ministry  may  be  continued  to  us  and  our  pos- 
terity, without  being  reduced  to  the  necessity  of  applying  to  a 
distant  land ! 

Justly  reposing  the  highest  confidence  in  your  integrity  and 
piety,  your  love  of  peace  and  order,  and  in  your  unremitted  en- 
deavours for  the  advancement  of  true  religion  and  virtue,  we 
rejoice  that  the  distinguished  honour  of  filhng  one  of  the  first 
Episcopal  chairs  in  these  United  States,  hath  been  conferred  on 
a  character  so  truly  estimable ;  and  we  trust,  that  we,  and  those 
whom  we  represent,  shall  never  fail  to  render  you  all  due  support, 
respect,  and  reverence. 

May  it  graciously  please  the  Almighty  Ruler  of  the  universe, 
so  to  bless  your  ministrations,  that  a  firm  foundation  may  be  laid 
for  the  peace  and  prosperity  of  our  Church,  which  shall  remain 
unshaken  to  the  latest  ages.  And  may  you.  Right  Reverend  Sir, 
long  continue  in  the  discharge  of  your  sacred  office,  an  example 
for  our  imitation,  and  an  ornament  to  our  holy  religion ;  and  may 
we,  and  all  those  committed  to  your  pastoral  charge,  derive  from 
your  ministrations  a  benefit  which  will  be  of  everlasting  duration : 
so  that  when  we  are  called  to  answer  for  our  actions,  we  may 


1787.]  OF    TliE    DIOCESE    OF    NEW    YORK.  19 

give  an  account  with  joy ;  and  remain  for  ever  one  flock,  under 
one  shepherd  Jesus  Chkist,  the  Bishop  of  our  souls. 

THE  BISHOP'S  ANSWTilR. 
UEVKKEND  AND  MOST  DEARLY  UELOVED, 

This  affectionate  address,  your  obhging  congratulations  on  my 
return  to  my  native  city,  and  on  the  recovery  of  my  health,  and 
above  all  your  assurances  of  support  in  my  ministrations,  I  receive 
'\vith  the  utmost  satisfaction  and  thankfulness. 

The  object  of  my  late  mission  being  the  independence  of  our 
Church,  and  a  regular  succession  of  the  ministry,  was  of  such 
magnitude,  that  its  happy  accomplishment  cannot  fail  of  inspiring 
all  its  members  with  the  highest  gratitude  to  Almighty  God,  and 
to  all  who  under  Him,  have  by  their  good  offices  contributed  to 
its  success.  To  the  English  Bishops  particularly,  we  are  under 
indelible  obligations,  and  I  cordially  unite  with  you  in  a  public 
testimony  of  their  benevolent  and  paternal  exertions  in  our  favour. 
Whenever  we  shall  reflect  on  this  important  era  in  the  history 
of  our  Church,  they  must  be  remembered  with  honour  and  rever- 
ence. 

Let  us,  my  beloved  friends,  zealously  strive  to  make  due  im- 
provement of  the  spiritual  privileges  which  we  now  enjoy.  Let 
our  faith  be  sincere,  and  our  lives  unblemished,  as  our  doctrine 
and  worship  are  pure  and  holy,  and  God  will  continue  to  shower 
down  His  blessings  upon  us  and  our  Church,  with  a  bountiful 
hand. 

May  you,  my  Reverend  Brethren,  aided  by  His  gracious  Spirit, 
continue  to  be  watchful  shepherds  of  the  flocks  committed  to 
your  charge,  and  maintain  the  doctrines  and  discipline  of  this 
excellent  Church,  with  constancy  and  zeal;  and  at  the  same 
time  with  candour  towards  those  who  differ  from  us  in  religious 
opinions,  that  our  moderation  may  be  made  manifest,  and  we 
may  joyfully  contribute  to  that  peace,  and  love,  and  charity, 
which  are  so  strongly  enforced  in  the  Gospel  of  our  blessed 
Redeemer. 

Deeply  sensible  of  my  own  imperfections,  I  feel  with  solicitude 
the  weight  of  the  important  office  to  which  I  am  consecrated.  I 
rely  only  on  the  grace  of  God,  to  enable  me  to  discharge  my 
pastoral  duties  with  fidelity,  to  be  instrumental  in  promoting  true 
religion  and  virtue,  in  governing  this  Church  in  peace  and  unani- 
mity, and  laying  a  sure  foundation  for  its  lasting  prosperity ;  that 
thus,  through  His  divine  protection,  your  expectation  of  my  use- 
fulness, may  not  be  dissapointed. 

And,  now  unto  God's  gracious  mercy  and  protection  I  commit 
you ;  the  Lord  bless  you  and  keep  you !  the  Lord  make  His  face 


20  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1787, 

to  shine  upon  you !  the  Lord  hft  up  His  countenance  upon  you, 
and  give  you  peace  both  now  and  evermore  1 

The  Convention  again  resumed  the  consideration  of  the  General 
Constitution ;  and  after  some  time  spent  therein,  approved  of  the 
tenth  and  eleventh  articles  of  it. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  the  regulation  nov^  estabhshed  for  the  admission 
of  candidates  for  Holy  Orders,  take  place  on  the  first  Tuesday  in 
November  next. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  the  Reverend  Mr.  B.  Moore,  and  the  Reverend 
Mr.  Beach,  be  a  Committee  to  publish  the  minutes  of  this  Con- 
vention from  the  twenty-second  of  June,  1785,  to  the  present 
time;  together  with  the  form  of  incorporating  churches,  pre- 
scribed by  a  late  act  of  the  Legislature ;  and  to  furnish  copies 
thereof  to  the  several  congregations  within  the  State. 

The  Convention  adjourned  to  the  first  Tuesday  in  November 
next ;  then  to  meet  in  St.  Paul's  Chapel,  in  the  City  of  New  York. 


FORM  OF  A  CERTIFICATE 

OF  THE  APPOINTMENT  OF  TRUSTEES  FOB.  A  CHURCH ; 

Pursuant  to  a  late  act  of  the  Legislature. 

We  the  subscribers,  two  of  the  Churchwardens  (or  two  of  the 
Vestrymen,  of  the  church  in  the  city  or  town,  as  the  case  may  be) 
do  hereby  certify,  that  the  members  of  the  said  church,  having 
been  this  day  duly  convened  agreeably  to,  and  for  the  purposes 
mentioned  in  an  act  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  York, 
passed  the  sixth  day  of  April,  1784,  entitled,  "  An  act  to  enable 
all  the  religious  denominations  in  this  State  to  appoint  Trustees, 
who  shall  be  a  body  corporate,  for  the  purpose  of  taking  care  of 
the  temporalities  of  their  respective  congregations ;  and  for  other 
purposes  therein  mentioned ;"  did,  in  pursuance  of  the  said  act, 
proceed  to  the  election  of  the  said  Trustees ;  and  that  upon  the 
votes  of  the  said  members  being  taken,  the  following  persons 
were,  by  a  plurality  of  voices,  elected  to  that  office ;  namely, 
[here  take  in  the  names  of  the  Trustees  elect.] 

And  we  do  hereby  further  certify,  that  it  was  then  and  there 
unanimously  agreed,  that  the  style  and  name  by  which  the  said 


1787.]  OF    THE    DIOCESE    OF   NEW   YORK.  21 

Trustees  and  their  successors  should  be  hereafter  known,  sliould 
be  by  the  style  and  name  of  "  The  Corporation  of  [liere  take  in 
the  name  of  the  corporation.] 

In  witness  whereof,  we  the  said  Churchwardens  (or  Vestrymen, 
as  the  case  may  be)  have  hereunto  set  our  hands  and  seals,  this 
day  of  in  the  year  of  our  Loiin, 

one  thousand  seven  hundred  and 


Signed  and  Sealed } 
in  the  presence  of  \ 

A.  B. 

L.   S. 

C.  D. 

L.   S. 

A.    B. 

C.     D. 

DIRECTIONS   IN   ORDER   TO   CONFORM  TO   THE   LAW. 

I.  This  certificate  being  executed  in  the  presence  of  two  wit- 
nesses, must  be  acknowledged  or  proved  in  the  manner  deeds  are 
acknowledged  or  proved  before  the  Chancellor  or  Judge  of  the 
Supreme  Court,  or  one  of  the  Judges  of  the  Inferior  Court  of 
Common  Pleas  for  the  county,  and  be  forthwith  recorded  by  the 
Clerk  of  the  county. 

II.  The  Trustees  cannot  be  less  than  three,  nor  more  than  nine 
in  number. 

III.  The  manner  of  their  election  must  be  carefully  attended  to, 
i.  €.,  all  the  male  persons  of  full  age  belonging  to  the  congrega- 
tion, have  a  right  to  vote ;  and  to  assemble  for  that  purpose  at 
the  place  where  they  statedly  attend  for  Divine  worship. 

IV.  The  Minister,  or  in  case  of  a  vacancy,  the  Churchwardens 

or  Vestrymen,  and  for  want  of  such  officers,  any  member  of  the 

congregation,  shall  publicly  notify  the  time  and  place  where  the 

election  shall  be  held,  at  least  fifteen  days  before  the  election,  for 

two  successive  Sabbaths  preceding  the  same ;  and  at  the  day  of 

election  the  two  Churchwardens  shall  preside ;   and  in  case  of 

fheir  absence,  two  of  the  Vestrymen ;   and  if  there  be  no  such 

officers,  the  congreffation  shall  elect  two  of  their  members  to  hold 

•  •  •        1         i. 

the  said  election.     The  persons  presidmg,  to  receive  the  votes, 

and  to  judge  of  the  qualification  of  the  electors ;  and  to  be  the 

returning  officers. 

V.  The  first  Trustees  are  to  continue  in  office  for  three  years ; 
and  immediately  after  the  first  election,  to  be  divided  by  lot  into 
three  classes,  1,  2,  and  3,  and  the  seats  of  the  members  of  the 
first  class  become  vacant  at  the  end  of  the  first  year;  of  the 
second,  at  the  expiration  of  the  second  year ;  and  of  the  third,  at 
the  expiration  of  the  third  year;  so  that  the  third ^part  of  the 
whole,  as  nearly  as  possible,  may  be  annually  chosen. 


22  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS,   ETC.  [1787. 

VI.  In  order  to  preserve  the  succession,  the  Trustees  are  to 
notify  the  members,  or  (in  case  of  vacancy)  the  Churchwardens, 
the  names  of  the  Trustees  whose  office  is  about  expiring,  at  least 
one  month  before  its  determination ;  who  shall  publish  the  same 
to  the  congregation,  and  appoint  the  time  and  place  for  the  elec- 
tion of  new  Trustees  to  jfill  up  the  vacancy  :  which  election  must 
be  held  at  least  six  days  before  such  vacancies  shall  from  time 
to  time  happen.  And  in  all  such  cases,  the  Churchwardens,  or  if 
they  are  absent,  two  of  the  Vestrymen  shall  preside,  receive  the 
votes  of  the  electors,  judge  of  their  qualifications,  and  be  the  re- 
turning officers;  and  a  certificate  under  their  hands  and  seals, 
will  entitle  the  persons  so  to  be  elected  to  take  their  seats  at  the 
board  of  Trustees. 

VII.  The  Trustees,  by  the  provisions  of  this  law,  upon  record- 
ing the  certificate  first  mentioned,  become  a  body  corporate,  with 
full  power  to  have  a  common  seal ;  to  possess  and  manage  the 
temporalities  of  the  Church,  and  to  hold  and  enjoy  estates  for  the 
benefit  thereof,  to  the  yearly  value  of  twelve  hundred  pounds. 


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CONVENTION 


OF 


THE  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH, 

IN  Tl'E  STATU  OP  NEW  YORK  ; 
HELD   IN   ST.    PAUL'S  CHAPKL,   IN   THE  CITY   OF    NITW   TOKK, 

On  Tuesday,  6th  of  November,  1787- 


2rf)c  follotoins  eSfentkmcn  IDvcscnt : 

The  Right  Rev.  Samuel  Provoost,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Protes- 
tant Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of  New  York,  and  Rector  of 
Trinity  Church,  in  the  said  city. 

Rev.  Mr.  Beach,  Assistaint  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
York. 

Rev.  Mr.  B.  Moore,  Assistant  Minister  of  said  church. 

Rev.  Mr.  Bloomer,  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  at  Jamaica ;  of 
St  James'  at  Newtow^n ;  and  St  George's,  at  Flushing. 
-  Rev.  Thomas  L.  Moore,  Rector  of  St.  George's,  Church  South 
Hempstead. 

Rev.  j\In  Rowland,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew'^s  Church,  Staten 
Island. 

Rev.  Richard  C.  Moore,  Rector  of  the  Episcopal  Churches  at 
Rye  and  White  Plains. 

Rev.  Mr.  Wright,  Rector  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  Brooklyn. 

The  above  are  members  of  the  Convenfion,  ex  officio. 

Hon.  James  Duane,  Hon.  John  Jay,  Mr.  John  Alsop,  and  Mr. 
Moses  Rogers,  New  York. 

Daniel  Kissam,  Esq.,  and  Mr.  ChrifStopher  Smith,  Jamaica. 
Mr.  Charles  Roach,  Newtown. 
Mr.  Robert  Crommelin,  Flushing. 


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Dr.  Samuel  Martin,  Mr.  Henry  Onderdonk,  and  Mr.  John  La- 
tliam,  South  Hempstead. 

Paul  Micheau,  Esq.,  Staten  Island. 

Augustus  Van  Cortlandt,  Mr.  Israel  Honeywell,  and  Mr.  Johrx 
Parner,  Philipsburgh. 

Mr.  Alexander  llunt,  and  Mr.  Jonathan  Worton,  Rye  and 
White  Plains. 

Mr.  William  Emott,  Poughkeepsie. 

Mr.  John  G.  Wright,  and  Mr.  Isaac  Ward,  East  Chester. 

Mr.  John  Van  Nostrand,  and  Joshua  Sands,  Esq.,  Brooklyn. 

Mr.  Joseph  Purdy,  Upper  Salem, 

Mr.  Stephen  I.  De  Lancey,  North  Castle  and  Bedford. 

Prayers  were  read  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Beach,  and  a  sermon  was 
preached  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Rowland. 

The  Lay  Delegates  then  produced  testimonials  of  their  respec- 
tive appointments,  which  were  read,  and  approved. 

The  Rev.  Benjamin  Moore  w^as  elected  Secretaiy. 

The  minutes  of  the  last  Convention  were  read,  and  approved.- 

The  Right  Rev.  Dr.  Provoost  expressed  his  satisfaction  to  the- 
Convention,  on  account  of  the  increasing  state  of  the  Church, 
and  informed  them.  That  he  had  ordained  several  persons — That 
he  had  lately  made  a  visitation  of  several  churches  on  Long  Island,, 
for  the  purpose  of  Confirmation ;  and  hoped  that  the  other  churches 
here  represented  would  be  equally  prepared  for  the  reception  of 
that  sacred  rite,  as  he  intended  to  visit  them  next  spring. 

Adjourned  until  to-morrow  morning,  10  o'clock. 


Wednesday,  November  7th,  1787. 

Convention  met  according  to  adjourrmaent- 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Bloomer  read  prayers. 

Theodosius  Bartow  and  Isaac  Besly  took  their  seats  as  repre- 
sentatives of  tha  church  in  New  Rochelle. 

Mr.  Gadne's  accoimt  for  printing  the  Journals  of  forme?  Con- 
tentions was  presented,  and  referred  to  a  Committee,  consisting 
of  one  member  from  every  congregation.  The  members  of  this 
Committee  discharged  the  account  j  and  recommended,  that  in 


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future,  a  collection  be  made  when  the  sermon  is  preached  at  every 
annual  Convention ;  and  the  sums  so  collected  to  be  expended  in 
defraying  any  expenses  of  the  Convention  which  may  hereafter 
arise. 

Resolved,  That  the  Committees  which  were  appointed  the  last 
year,  be  continued  the  ensuing  year,  viz. :  The  Committees  ap- 
pointed to  call  a  special  Convention  should  the  Episcopate  become 
vacant  by  the  death  or  removal  of  the  Bishop, — 

To  advise  with  the  Bishop  in  all  matters  in  which  he  may  think 
proper  to  consult  them, — 

To  inquire  into  the  state  of  the  property  belonging  to  the 
Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel,  and  any  other  property 
to  which  the  Church  may  have  a  just  claim. 

Convention  adjourned,  sine  die. 


SIXTH   CONVENTION. 


PROCEEDINGS 


OF    A 

CONVENTION 

OF 

THE  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH, 

IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK ; 
HELD  IN   THE  CITY   OF   NEW   YORK, 

On  Tuesday,  Nov.,  4th  1788. 


2r])c  foHotoins  ©fcntlcmen  X^vtseni : 

The  Right  Rev.  Samuel  Provoost,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Protes- 
tant Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of  New  York,  and  Rector  of 
Trinity  Church,  in  the  City  of  New  York. 

Rev.  Mr.  Beach,  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
York. 

Rev.  Mr.  B.  Moore,  Assistant  Minister  of  said  church. 

Rev.  Mr.  Bloomer,  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  at  Jamaica ;  of 
St.  James'  at  Newtown ;  and  St.  George's  at  Flushing. 

Rev.  Thomas  L.  Moore,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  at 
South  Hempstead. 

Rev.  Mr.  Wright,  Rector  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  Brooklyn. 

The  above  are  members  of  the  Convention,  ex  officio. 

Hon.  James  Duane,  Hon.  John  Jay,  Hon.  William  Samuel 
Johnson,  Mr.  Moses  Rogers,  Mr.  William  Laight,  Richard  Harison, 
Robert  Watts,  and  Nicholas  Cruger,  Esquires,  New  York. 

Mr.  Shadrach  Kelly,  Brookhaven. 

Mr.  Isaac  Youngs,  Huntington. 

Mr.  David  Jones,  and  Mr.  Philip  Youngs,  Oyster  Bay. 

Dr.  Samuel  Martin,  Samuel  Carman,  Andrew  Onderdonk,  and 
Daniel  Kissam,  Esquires,  South  Hempstead. 


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Mr.  Cristopher  Smith,  and  Daniel  Kissam,  Esq.,  Jamaica. 

Mr.  Robert  Crommelin,  Flushinf^. 

Richard  Alsop,  Esq.,  and  Mr.  Charles  Roach,  Newtown. 

Aquila  Giles,  Esq.,  Mr.  John  Carpender,  and  Mr.  John  Middagh, 
Brooklyn. 

Augustus  Van  Cortlandt,  Esq.,  Philipsburgh. 

Mr.  Theodosius  Bartow,  and  Mr.  Paul  Parcutt,  New  Rochelle. 

Cadwallader  Golden,  Esq.,  Mr.  Justus  Banks,  and  Mr.  James 
G.  Graham,  St.  Andrews,  Ulster  county. 

Prayers  were  read,  and  a  sermon  was  preached  by  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Bloomer. 

The  Lay  Delegates  then  produced  testimonials  of  their  respec- 
tive appointments,  which  were  read,  and  ajDproved. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  B.  Moore  was  elected  Secretary. 

A  letter  from  some  of  the  members  of  the  church  at  New 
Rochelle,  addressed  to  the  Right  Rev.  Dr.  Provoost,  recommend- 
ing Mr.  Theodosius  Bartow  for  Holy  Orders,  was  read,  and  referred 
to  future  consideration. 

The  Convention  adjourned  until  to-morrow,  at  half-past  10 
o'clock. 


Wednesday,  November  5th,  1788. 
Convention  met  according  to  adjournment. 

The  minutes  of  the  last  annual  Convention,  and  of  yesterday, 
were  read,  and  approved. 

The  Delegates  to  this  Convention  from  Albany  and  Staten 
Island,  produced  their  testimonials,  when  the  following  gentlemen 
were  found  to  be  duly  authorized  to  represent  their  respective 
congregations : — 

Rev.  Mr.  Ellison,  John  Taylor,  Esq.,  Mr.  Daniel  Hale,  James 
Fairlie,  Esq.,  and  Mr.  Jacob  Vander  Heyden,  Albany. 

Rev.  Richard  C.  Moore,  Paul  Micheau,  Esq.,  and  Mr.  Laurence 
Hi] Iyer,  Staten  Island. 

The  thanks  of  the  Convention  were  given  to  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Bloomer,  for  his  sermon  preached  before  them  yesterday. 

The  Right  Rev.  Dr.  Provoost  expressed  his  satisfaction  to  the 


28  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1788. 

Convention,  upon  the  prospect  of  the  increasing  prosperity  of  the 
Church  in  this  State : — informed  them,  that  he  had  ordained  several 
persons  in  the  course  of  the  last  year  : — that  he  had  hitherto  been 
prevented,  by  a  multiplicity  of  other  business,  from  visiting  the 
congregations  in  distant  parts  of  the  State ;  but  hoped  that  he 
should  be  able,  before  the  next  Convention,  to  carry  his  intention, 
with  respect  to  the  visitation  of  his  Diocese,  into  complete  execu- 
tion. 

A  letter  from  the  church  at  Balltown  was  read  by  the  Bishop  ; 
the  purport  of  which  was  to  solicit  aid  towards  erecting  a  house 
for  public  worship  in  that  place ;  and  a  subscription  was  opened 
for  that  purpose. 

A  request  was  made  by  the  representatives  of  the  congrega- 
tions at  Brookhaven,  Huntington,  and  Oyster  Bay,  that  this  Con- 
vention would  recommend  Mr.  Fowler  to  the  Bishop  for  Holy 
Orders  :  and  the  same  being  taken  into  consideration  -,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  Mr.  Fowler  be  accordingly  recommended  to  the 
Bishop  for  Ordination :  provided,  That  upon  examination  he  be 
found  properly  quahfied,  both  with  respect  to  his  literary  abilities 
and  moral  character. 

The  request  from  the  church  at  New  Rochelle,  respecting  Mr. 
Bartow's  ordination,  was  taken  into  consideration ;  upon  which 
Mr.  Bartow  was  desired  to  withdraw,  and  the  Convention  came 
to  the  following  resolutions  : — 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Convention  be  returned  to 
Mr.  Bartow,  for  his  services  as  a  Reader  in  the  Episcopal  Church 
at  New  Rochelle — That  the  Convention  consider  him  as  eminent- 
ly useful  to  the  Church  in  that  situation,  and  wish  him  to  continue 
therein.  And  as  they  have  the  highest  sense  of  his  zeal  for  reH- 
gion,  and  great  respect  for  his  moral  character,  they  would  recom- 
mend his  application  to  such  studies  as  may  qualify  him  for  Holy 
Orders,  in  conformity  to  the  Constitution  of  the  Church. — And 
that  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be  delivered  to  Mr.  Bartow  by 
the  Secretary,  in  testimony  of  the  approbation  of  this  Conven- 
tion. 

Upon  motion  of  Mr.  Harison,  seconded  by  Mr.  Rogers,  it  was 
unanimously 

Resolved,  That  it  is  highly  necessary,  in  the  opinion  of  this 
Convention,  that  measures  should  be  pursued  to  preserve  the 
Episcopal  succession  in  the  English  line,  and. 

Resolved  also,  That  the  union  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church,  in  the  United  States  of  America,  is  of  great  importance, 


1788.]  OF   THE    DIOCESE   OF   NEW    YORK.  28 

and  much  to  be  desired ;  and  that  the  Delegates  of  this  State,  in 
the  next  General  Convention,  be  instructed  to  promote  that  union 
by  every  prudent  measure,  consistent  with  the  Constitution  of  the 
Church,  and  the  continuance  of  the  Episcopal  succession  in  the 
English  hne. 

It  was  declared  to  be  the  sense  of  this  Convention,  that  it  will 
not  be  necessary  for  Mr.  Bartow  to  make  any  future  application 
for  a  recommendation  from  the  Convention ;  but  that  it  shall 
be  left  with  the  Bishop  to  determine  upon  his  quahfications  for 
Holy  Orders. 

Adjourned  to  10  o'clock  to-morrow  morning. 

Thursday,  November  6th,  1788. 

Convention  met  according  to  adjourrmient. 
Prayers  were  read  by  the  Rev.  Thomas  Moore.    • 
Minutes  of  yesterday  were  read,  and  approved. 

Upon  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Ellison,  seconded  by  the  Rev. 
Benjamin  Moore, 

Resolved,  That  the  Bishop's  Council  of  Advice  be  composed 
of  the  Clergy,  and  that  he  be  requested  to  call  on  those  Clergy- 
men, whom  he  may  consult  with  most  convenience  to  himself, 
in  matters  w^hich  relate  to  the  spiritual  concerns  of  the  Church. 

Resolved,  That  a  Committee  be  appointed  to  inquire  into  the 
state  of  the  property  belonging  to  the  Society  for  the  Propagation 
of  the  Gospel,  &c.,  w-ithin  this  State,  and  of  any  other  property 
to  which  the  Church  may  have  a  just  claim ;  and  to  devise  the 
most  effectual  means  for  securing  the  same  to  the  Church. — That 
this  Committee  consist  of  six  members.  Whereupon  the  follow- 
ing gentlemen  were  appointed  : 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Bloomer,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Beach,  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Benjamin  Moore,  the  Hon.  James  Duane,  the  Hon.  John  Jay, 
and  Richard  Harison,  Esq. 

Resolved,  That  eight  Delegates  be  appointed  to  represent  this 
Church  in  the  General  Convention. 

Upon  taking  the  ballots,  the  following  gentlemen  were  found 
to  be  duly  elected : — 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Bloomer,  Rev.  Mr.  Beach,  Rev.  Mr.  Benjamin 


30  JOURNALS   OF    THE    CONTENTIONS,   ETC.  [1788. 

Moore,  Rev.  Mr.  Ellison,  Hon.  James  Duane,  Richard  Karison, 
Aquila  Giles,  Esq's,  and  Mr.  Moses  Rogers. 

Mr.  Cooper  was  recommended  for  Holy  Orders,  provided,  That 
upon  examination,  he  be  found  by  the  Bishop  to  be  properly 
qualified. 

Resolved,  That  the  money  collected  in  the  churches,  agreeably 
to  the  14th  article  of  our  rules  and  regulations,  be  delivered  to 
the  Secretary  of  this  Convention  ',  who  is  hereby  directed  to 
deposit  the  same  in  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  Corporation 
of  Trinity  Church,  and  take  his  receipt. 


SEVENTH   CONVENTION. 


PROCEEDINGS 

OF    A 

CONVENTION 

OF 
THE  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH, 

IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK  ; 
HELD  IN    ST.    PAUL'S   CHAPEL,   IN   THE  CITY   OF    NEW    YORK, 

On  Tuesday,  3d  of  November,  1789. 


Ei)c  follotoi'na  CJcntlcmen  ^I'^cscnt : 

The  Right  Rev.  Samuel  Provoost,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Pro- 
testant Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of  New  York,  and  Rector 
of  Trinity  Church,  in  the  City  of  New  York. 

Rev.  Abraham  Beach,  D.  D.,  Assistant  Minister  of  said  church. 

Rev.  Benjamin  Moore,  D.  D.,  Assistant  Minister  of  said  church. 

Rev.  Mr.  Bloomer,  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  at  Jamaica;  of  St. 
.James',  at  Newtown ;  and  St.  George's  at  Flushing. 

Rev.  Thomas  L.  Moore,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  South 
Hempstead. 

Rev.  Mr.  Ellison,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  at  Albany. 

Rev.  Mr.  Van  Dyke,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  at  Poughkeepsie ; 
and  of  Trinity  Church,  at  Fishkill. 

Rev.  Richard  C.  Moore,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten 
Island. 

Rev.  Mr.  Cooper,  Rector  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  at  Philips- 
burgh. 

The  above  are  members  of  the  Convention,  ex  officio. 

Richard  Harison,  Esq.,  Mr.  Moses  Rogers,  and  Mr.  William 
Laight,  New  York. 

Joshua  Sands,  Aqj^ila  Giles,  Esq's,  and  Mr.  John  Van  Nostrand, 
Brooklyn. 


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Daniel  Kissain,  Esq.,  and  Mr.  John  Troup,  Jamaica. 
Mr.  John  Davis,  Poughkeepsie. 
Mr.  Peter  Mesier,  Fishkill. 
Mr.  Robert  Crommelin,  Fhishlng. 

Mr.  Charles  Haight,  and  Mr.  Daniel  Smith,  North  Castle. 
Philip  Pell,  and  Thomas  Bartow,  Esq's,  East  Chester. 
Mr.  David  Titus,  Newtown. 

Paul  Micheau,  and  John  C.  Dongan,  Esq's,  Richmond. 
Mr.  John  Jones,  Huntington. 

Mr.  Lewis  Pintard,  and  Mr.  Isaac  Besly,  New  Rochelle. 
Dr.  Samuel  Martin,  Mr.  Richard  Thorne,  and  Mr.  George 
Hulett,  South  Hempstead. 
Mr.  John  Hulett,  Oyster  Bay. 

Prayers  were  read ;  and  a  sermon  was  preached  before  the 
Convention,  by  the  Rev.  Thomas  L.  Moore. 

The  gentlemen  who  appeared  to  represent  the  several  congre- 
gations, as  above,  produced  their  credentials,  which  were  severally 
read,  and  approved. 

The  Rev.  Abraham  Beach  was  chosen  Secretary. 

Convention  adjourned  to  meet  at  the  Charity  School  House 
to-morrow  morning,  11  o'clock. 


Wednesday,  November  4th,  1789. 

The  Convention  met  according  to  adjournment. 

Prayers  were  read. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Wright  appeared,  and  took  his  seat  in  Conven* 
tion. 

On  motion  of  Rev  Mr.  Ellison,  seconded  by  Rev.  Dr.  Moore, 
Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Convention  be  given  to  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Thomas  L.  Moore,  for  his  sermon  preached  before  them 
^yesterday,  at  St.  Paul's  Chapel ;   and  that  he  be  requested  to 
publish  the  same. 

The  Right  Pccv.  Dr.  Provoost  laid  before  the  Convention,  an 
extract  from  the  Will  of  Mr.  Fisher,  late  of  Bristol,  in  Great 
Britain,  respecting  a  legacy  left  by  him  to  an  American  Episco- 
pate, which  was  read,  and  referred  to  the  Standing  Committee. 

Rev.  Dr.  Moore,  from  the  Committee  a|>pointed  by  the  last 
Convention,  to  inquire  into  the  situation  of  the  property  within 


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this  State  belon^in^  to  the  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the 
Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts, 

Reported,  That  there  is  a  tract  of  land  belonging  to  the  Society, 
at  Fort  Hunter,  in  possession  of  Mr.  William  Harpur,  which,  with 
their  other  property  in  the  State,  the  Committee  had  requested  the 
Society,  by  letter,  to  convey  to  the  corporation  of  Trinity  Church, 
in  the  City  of  New  York,  in  trust,  to  be  disposed  of  to  such  con- 
gregations within  this  State,  as  this  Convention  may  judge  most 
to  stand  in  need  of  assistance.  To  which  request,  no  answer  hath, 
as  yet,  been  received. 

The  Convention  approved  of  the  report. 

A  letter  from  the  Rev.  Mr.  Ellison,  of  Albany,  giving  an 
account  of  the  particular  circumstances  of  the  church  in  Johnstown, 
was  laid  before  the  Convefttion,  by  the  Bishop  ;  which  was  read, 
and  referred  to  the  Standing  Committee. 

Testimonials  in  favour  of  Mr.  William  Hammel,  of  Hackensack, 
being  produced  and  read ; 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Moore, 

Resolved,  That  the  Bishop  be  requested  to  ordain  Mr.  Ham- 
mel ;  provided,  he  shall  be  found,  upon  examination,  to  be  duly 
qualified. 

The  Journal  of  the  General  Convention,  held  at  Philadelphia, 
from.  July  28th  to  August  8th,  inclusive,  was  read;  and  the 
Delegates  from  this  State  gave  a  verbal  account  of  the  proceed- 
ings of  the  adjourned  General  Convention,  held  at  Philadelphia, 
from  the  29th  of  September  to  16th  of  October  last ;  whereupon 
Mr.  Harison  moved  the  following  resolution,  viz. : 

Resolved,  That  this  Convention  do  approve  of,  and  consider 
the  Church  in  this  State  as  bound  by  the  Constitution  lately 
adopted  by  the  General  Convention  at  Philadelphia. 

On  the  question,  whether  the  Convention  adopt  the  resolution, 
it  was  unanimously  carried  in  the  affirmative. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Pintard,  the  Convention  took  into  considera- 
tion the  case  of  Mr.  Theodosius  Bartow,  of  New  Rochelle,  who, 
from  a  zeal  to  serve  the  Church,  has  regularly  officiated  as  a 
reader  in  that  place,  for  the  last  five  years,  to  the  general  satisfac- 
tion of  the  congregation ;  and  who  is  desirous  of  entering  into 
Holy  Orders. 

Whereupon,  the  Convention  taking  into  consideration  his  uni- 
versally approved  moral  character — the  earnest  desire  of  the 


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congregation  at  NewRochelle — and  the  great  prospect  of  his  being 
eminently  useful  to  the  people, 

Resolved,  That  he  be  recommended  to  the  Bishop  for  Holy 
Orders. 

Adjourned  until  10  o'clock  to-morrow  morning. 


Thursday,  November  5th,  1789. 

Convention  met  according  to  adjournment. 

Cadwallader  Golden,  Esq.,  produced  his  credentials,  as  Delegate 
from  St.  Andrew's  Church,  in  Ulster  County,  which  were  read, 
and  approved ;  and  he  accordingly  took  his  seat  in  Convention. 

Rev.  Mr.  Fowler,  of  Huntington,  appeared,  and  took  his  seat 
in  Convention. 

On  motion. 

Resolved,  That  Mr.  William  Laight  be  added  to  the  Committee 
appointed  to  inquire  into  the  situation  of  the  property  within  this 
State  belonging  to  the  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel 
in  Foreign  Parts,  and  of  any  other  property  to  which  the  Church 
may  have  just  claim  ;  and  to  df^vise  the  most  effectual  means  for 
preserving  the  same  to  this  church. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  the  same  Committee  be  authorized  to  discharge 
the  duties  required  by  the  sixth  article  of  the  rules  and  regulations 
of  this  Convention;  and  also  the  duties  required  by  the  sixth 
canon. 

Resolved,  That  there  be  a  Delegation,  consisting  of  four  Cler- 
gymen and  four  Laymen,  to  represent  the  Church  in  any  General 
Convention  that  may  be  called  before  the  next  annual  meeting  of 
this  Convention. 

Whereupon,  the  following  gentlemen  were  duly  elected,  viz. : 
Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Dr.  Moore,  Rev.  Mr.  Bloomer,  Rev. 

Thomas  Moore,  of  the  Clergy ;  and  Richard  Harison,  Esq.,  Mr. 

William  Laight,  Dr.  Samuel  Martin,  and  Mr.  Daniel  Hale,  of  the 

Laity. 

Adjourned,  dne  die 


5: 1  G  JI  T  H    CONVENTION. 


AT  A 

CONVENTION 

OF 

THE  PROTESTANT  EriSCOl'AL  CHUKCH, 

mra.E    INTKINITY    CIIUUCH,    IN    THE   CITY    Ol'    MCW    YORK, 

■On  Tuesday,  2d  of  November,  17S0. 


Mt)e  {olloiuins  dJciitlcracii  JSvescnt : 

The  Right  Rev.  Samuel  Provoost,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Protes- 
tant Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State  of  New  York,  and  Rector  of 
Trinity  Church,  in  the  City  of  New  York. 

Rev.  Abraham  Beach,  D.  D.,  Assistant  Minister  of  said  church. 

Rev.  Benjamin  Moore,  D.  D.,  Assistant  Minister  of  said  church. 

Rev.  Mr.  Spierin,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's,  Ulster  county;  and 
the  Episcopal  Church  at  Wallkill. 

Rev.  Mr.  Cooper,  Rector  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  at  Philips- 
•burgh. 

Rev.  Mr.  Fowler,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Oyster  Bay. 

Rev.  Mr.  Bartow,  Rector  of  Trinity  Cliurch,  NewRochelle. 

Rev.  Mr.  Rattoone,  Minister  of  St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn. 

Rev.  Mr.  Hammel,  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  at  Jamaica ;  o1 
■St.  James',  at  Newtown  ;  and  St.  George's,  at  Flushing. 

Tlie  above  are  members  of  the  Convention,  ex  officio. 

Mr.  Hubert  Van  Wagenen,  and  Mr.  George  Warner,  New 
York. 

Aquila  Giles,  Esq.,  Mr.  John  Carpender,  and  Mr.  John  Cornell. 
Brooklyn. 

Paul  Micheau,  Esq.,  and  Mr.  Peter  Mersereau,  Staten  Island. 

Mr.  Thomas  Brown,  and  Mr.  Jolin  Faulkener,  Rye  and  White 
Plains, 


30  JOURNALS   OF   THE   CONVENTIONS  [1790. 

Augustus  Van  Cortlandt,  Esq.,  and  Mr.  Ver  Millie,  Philips^* 
burgh. 

Francis  Lewis,  Esq.,  and  Mr.  Robert  Crommelin,  Flushing. 

Mr.  Isaac  Besly,  and  Mr.  Guidon,  New  Rochelle. 

Mr.  Daniel  Smith,  North  Castle  and  Bedford. 

Dr.  Samuel  Martin,  Mr.  Benjamin  Hulett,  and  Mr.  Andrew 
Onderdonk,  South  Hempstead. 

Mr.  Uniterhill,  and  Elisha  Shute,  East  Chester. 

Mr.  David  Titus,  Newtown. 

Mr.  Christopher  Smith,  Jamaica. 

Dr.  Joseph  Brown,  West  Chester. 

Mr.  William  Emmot,  and  Mr.  Ebenezer  Badger,  Poughkeepsre. 

Mr.  James  Bramble,  Newburgh. 

Mr.  John  Hewlett,  and  Mr.  John  Jones,  Oyster  Bay. 

Prayers  were  read,  and  a  sermon  was  preached  before  the 
Convention,  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Moore. 

The  gentlemen  appointed  to  represent  the  several  congrega-- 
tions,  as  above,  produced  their  credentials ;  which  were  read,  and 
approved. 

The  Rev.  Abraha:m  Beach,  was  chosen  Secretary. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  clergymen  residing  in  this  State,  and  having  no 
cures  therein,  may  be  elected,  by  this  Convention,  as  members  ; 
and  that  this  election  shall  be  by  ballot. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Leaming,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Nesbit,  were  elected 
members  of  this  Convention. 

Adjourned  until  to-morrow,  half  after  11  ©''clock,  to  meet  at 
the  Charity  School  House. 


Wednesday,  November  3d,  1790. 
Convention  met  according  to  adjournment 
The  Rev.  Mr.  Cooper  read  prayers- 

On  motion. 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Convention  be  given  to  the 
Rev.  Dr.  Moore,  for  his  sermon  preached  before  them  yesterday ; 
and  that  he  be  requested  to  publish  the  same. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Leaming,  Rev.  Thomas  Moore,  Rev.  Mr.  Nesbit^ 


3790.]  OF    THK    DIOCESE   OF    NEW   YORK.  37 

^aacl  the  Rev.  Richard  Moore,  appeared,  and  took  their  seats  in 
Convention. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  the  Convention  proceed  to  the  election  of  the 
Standing  Committee  for  the  ensuing  year  : 

And  on  examination  of  the  ballots,  the  following  gentlemen 
appeared  to  be  duly  chosen ;  Rev.  Dr.  iMoor<',  Rev.  l)r.  Beach, 
Rev.  Dr.  Learning,  Rev.  Thomas  iSIoore,  Hon.  James  Duane, 
Richard  Harison,  Esq.,  and  Mr.  Hubert  Van  Wagenen. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  the  ministers  and  Churchwardens,  or  Trustees, 
(and  in  parishes  which  have  no  ministers,  the  Churchwardens 
only)  shall  bring,  or  cause  to  be  transmitted  to  the  Bishop,  at 
every  annual  Convention,  information  of  the  state  of  their  respec- 
tive congregations,  under  such  heatls,  as  have  been,  or  shall  be 
required  of  them. 

Dr.  Moore,  from  the  Committee  appointed  to  inquire  into  the 
situation  of  the  property  within  this  State  belonging  to  the  Society 
for  the  Propagation  of  the  Go'jpel  in  Foreign  Parts,  and  of  any 
other  property  to  which  the  Church  may  have  just  claim  ;  and  to 
-devise  the  most  effectual  means  for  preserving  the  same  to  this 
Church ;  reported  the  following  answer  to  a  letter  that  had  been 
written  to  the  Secretary  of  that  society,  relative  to  the  object  of 
their  appointment : — 

"  Your  letter  of  the  26th  September  came  just  in  time  to  allow 
the  Society  to  consent  to  the  proposal  of  the  Convention  of  the 
Clergy  of  the  State  of  New  York,  respecting  the  surrender  of 
their  right  to  the  farm  at  Fort  Hunter,  to  the  Corporation  of 
Trinity  Church,  in  trust,  for  the  use  of  such  necessitous  Episcopal 
•congregations,  as  may  be  deemed  by  them  most  worthy  of  charita- 
ble assistance:  (for  a  prior  application  from  the  single  chiu'ch  at 
Albany,  to  have  it  granted  for  their  particular  use,  was  then 
under  consideration.)  But  the  Society,  wilhng  that  their  inten- 
tions for  the  good  of  your  Church,  (once  more  nearly  connected) 
may  have  eveiy  possible  advantageous  effect,  have  concluded  that 
the  conveying  of  their  right  to  an  incorporated  society,  may  be 
most  likely  to  answer  the  purpose.  And  ther-efore,  I  nm  directed 
to  acquaint  you  with  this  determination,  and  desire  you  will  send 
over  a  rough  draught  of  such  a  deed  as  you  shall  judge  most 
fitting,  and  the  Society  wnll  return  it  properly  executed." 

Whereupon, 

Resolved,  That  the  Standing  Committee  be  directed  to  prepare 
a  draught  of  a  deed  for  the  farm  at  Fort  Hunter,  and  transmit  the 


38  JOURNALS   OF   THE   CONVENTIONS  [179Ct 

same  to  the  Society,  agreeably  to  their  request.  And  likewise; 
to  represent  to  them,  that  it  is  the  intention  of  this  Convention,  t& 
appropriate  the  income  arising  from  that,  or  any  other  property 
the  Society  may  think,  fit  to  invest  in  the  Corporation  of  Trinity 
Church,  for  the  purposes  mentioned  in  their  letter,  solely  to  the 
support  of  a  missionary  or  missionaries,  to  visit  the  vacant  con- 
gregations of  this  State- 

0n  motion, 

Resolved,  That  the  Convention  proceed  to  the  election  of  four 
Clerical  and  four  Lay  Delegates,  to  represent  the  Church  in  this- 
State,  at  any  General  Convention  that  may  be  called  before  the- 
next  annual  Convention  of  this  State : 

And,  on  examination  of  the  ballots,  the  following  gentlemen 
appeared  to  be  duly  elected,  viz. :  Rev.  Di-.  Moore,  Rev.  Dr.. 
Beach,  Rev.  Mr.  Thomas  Moore,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Richard  Moore,- 
of  the  Clergy ;  and  the  Hon.  James  Duane,  Richard  Harison,. 
Aquila  Giles,  and  Joseph  Brown,  Esq's,  of  the  Laity. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Ellison,  from  Albany,  took  his  seat  in  Conven- 
tion. 

Resolved,  That  the  Rev.  Dr.  Moore,  Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  and  Dr: 
Joseph  Brown,  be  a  Committee  to  compare  the  canons  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  in  the  United  States  of  America^, 
with  the  rules  and  regulations  of  this  Convention — mark  any  dis- 
agreement there  may  be  between  them,  and  report  accordingly.- 

Adjourned  until  to-morrow  morning,  10  o'clock. 


Thursday,  November,  4th,  1790.. 
CJonvention  met  according  to  adjournment.. 
Prayers  were  read  by  the  Right  Rev.  Dr^.  Provoost. 
The  minutes  of  yesterday  were  read,,  and  approved. 

On  motion^, 

Resolved,  That  the  stated  annual  meeting  of  this  Convention^ 
in  future,  be  on  the  second  Tuesday  of  October.. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  the  seventh,  eighth,  tenth,  and  eleventh  rules, 
and  regulations  of  this  State  Convention,  be  rescinded ;  being. 


1790.]  OF   THE    DIOCESE   OF    NEW   YORK.  39 

superseded  by  tlie  canons  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in 
the  United  States  of  America. 

On  motion. 

Resolved,  That  the  sixteenth  rule  of  this  Convention  remain  as 
explanatory  of  the  third  canon  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church 
of  the  United  States  of  America. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  the  fourth  article  of  the  fifteenth  canon  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  be  left  to  the  discretion  of  the 
minister  and  his  vestry. 

Whereas  many  respectable  members  of  our  Church  are  alarmed 
at  the  Articles  of  our  religion  not  being  inserted  in  our  new  Book 
of  Common  Prayer : 

Resolved,  That  the  Articles  of  the  Church  of  England,  as  they 
now  stand,  except  such  parts  thereof  as  affect  the  political  govern- 
ment of  this  country,  be  held  in  full  force  and  virtue,  until  a 
further  provision  is  made  by  the  General  Convention,  agreeably 
to  the  eighth  article  of  the  Constitution  of  the  Protestant  Episco- 
pal Church,  in  the  United  States. 

On  motion. 

Resolved,  That  donations  be  solicited  for  the  purpose  of  sup- 
porting a  missionary  or  missionaries  to  visit  the  vacant  congrega- 
tions in  this  State;  which  donations  shall  be  deposited  in  the 
hands  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  Convention  hereafter  to  be  ap- 
pointed ;  and  be  distributed,  from  time  to  time,  in  such  proportions 
as  the  Standing  Committee  shall  direct. 

Resolved,  That  the  Standing  Committee  be  directed  to  use 
their  endeavours  to  have  the  Convention  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Church  in  this  State,  incorporated,  in  such  manner  as  shall 
seem  to  them  most  expedient. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  a  Treasurer  be  appointed  to  this  Convention. 

The  Convention  then  proceeded  to  elect  a  Treasurer :  and  on 
examining  the  ballots,  it  appeared  that  Mr.  Hubert  Van  Wagenen 
was  duly  elected. 

Resolved,  That  the  Treasurer  of  this  Convention  do  call  on  the 
Treasurer  of  Trinity  Church,  for  all  the  monies  in  his  hands  be- 
longing to  this  Convention :  and  that  the  Treasurer  of  this  Con- 
vention be  directed  to  put  out  the  aforesaid  monies  on  interest ; 


40  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS,   ETC.  [1790, 

as  also,  all  the  othex'  monies  which  this  Convention  shall  put  into 
his  hands  hereafter  ;  taking  good  real  estate  as  a  security  for  the 
same,  in  trust  for  the  Convention  ;  and  that  no  monies  be  paid  by 
the  Treasurer  but  by  warrant  from  the  Standing,  Committee. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Hammel, 

Resolved,  That  the  name  of  Mr.  Jackson  Sands  be  entered  on. 
the  minutes  of  this  Convention  as  a  candidate  for  Holy  Orders. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Cooper, 

Resolved,  That  the  name  of  Mr.  Peter  Cooper  be  entered  on, 
the  minutes  of  this  Convention  as  a  candidate  for  Holy  Orders, 

Adjourned  sine  die. 


NINTH   CONVENTION 


AT    A 


CONVENTION 

OF 

THE  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH, 

HELD   IN    TRINITY   CHURCH,   CITY   OF   NEW    YORK,. 

On  Tuesday,  II th  day  of  October,  1791. 


iE|)C  follotoinjj  CSfentlcmm  J3rcsent: 

The  Right  Rev.  Samuel  Provoost,  D.D.,  Bishop  of  the  Protes- 
tant Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State  of  New  York,  and  Rector  of 
Trinity  Church,  in  the  City  of  New  York. 

Rev.  Abraham  Beach,  D.  D,,  Assistant  Minister  of  said  church. 

Rev.  Benjamin  Moore,  D.  D.,  Assistant  Minister  of  said  church. 

Rev.  Thomas  L.  Moore,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  South 
Hempstead. 

Rev.  Mr.  Ellison,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  at  Albany. 

Rev.  Mr.  Foote,  Rector  of  the  Episcopal  Churches  at  Rye  and 
White  Plains. 

Rev.  Richard  C.  Moore,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Church, 
Staten  Island. 

Rev.  Mr.  Cooper,  Rector  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  at  Philips- 
burgh. 

Rev.  Mr.  Hammel,  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  at  Jamaica ;  of 
St.  James',  at  Newtown  ;  and  St.  George's,  at  Flushing. 

Rev.  Mr.  Bartow,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New  Rochelle.. 

Rev.  Mr.  Spierin,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's,  Ulster  county;  and 
the  Episcopal  Church,  at  Wallkill. 

Rev.  Mr.  Rattoone,  Minister  of  St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn. 

The  above  are  members  of  the  Convention,  ex  officio. 


42  JOURNALS   OF    THE   CONVENTIONS  [1791. 

The  Hon.  James  Duane,  Mr.  Hubert  Van  Wagenen,  and  Mr. 
Robert  C.  Livingston,  City  of  New  York. 

Aquila  Giles,  Esq.,  and  Mr.  John  Carpender,  Brooklyn. 

Mr.  David  Titus,  Newtown. 

Mr.  William  Ustick,  and  Mr.  Lambert  Moore,  Flushing. 

Mr.  George  Hewlett,  Mr.  Thomas  Clowes,  Mr.  Andrew  Onder- 
donk,  and  Mr.  Thomas  Martin,  South  Hempstead. 

Mr.  John  Hewlett,  and  Mr.  Peter  Walters,  East  Wood. 

Mr,  John  Poillon,  Staten  Island. 

Augustus  Van  Cortlandt,  Esq.,  Phihpsburgh. 

Mr.  Isaac  Besly,  and  Mr.  Newberr}'  Devenport,  New  Rochelle. 

Mr.  Abraham  Vallentine,  East  Chester. 

Mr.  Joseph  Brown,  West  Chester. 

Mr.  Samuel  ^lar^nn.  Rye  and  White  Plains. 

Mr.  William  Derming,  and  Mr.  Jarvis  Dusenburgh,  Peekskill 
and  Beverly. 

Mr.  Daniel  Smith,  Newcastle  and  Bedford. 

The  Right  Rev.  Dr.  Provoost  read  prayers,  and  a  sermon  was 
preached  oy  the  Rev.  Richard  C.  Moore. 

The  Lay  Delegates  from  the  different  congregations,  produced 
their  respective  credentials,  which  were  examined,  and  approved. 

The  Rev.  Ehjah  D.  Rattoone,  was  chosen  Secretary. 

The  Convention  received  notice  from  the  Bishop,  that  since 
their  last  meeting,  he  had  ordained  the  Rev.  Mr.  Barber — that 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Foote,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Oliver,  and  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Blakesly,  were  added  to  the  number  of  the  Clergy ;  and  expressed 
his  satisfaction  upon  the  increasing  prosperity  of  the  Church  in 
the  northern  part  of  the  State. 

Resolved,  That  the  JVotitia  Parochiales ;  or,  Reports  of  the 
state  of  the  different  churches,  which  shall  be  transmitted  to  this 
Convention,  agreeably  to  one  of  their  former  directions,  shall  be 
enrolled  upon  the  minutes. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Frederick  Van  Home,  be  mentioned  on  the 
minutes,  as  a  candidate  for  Holy  Orders. 

Convention  adjourned  till  to-morrow  morning,  half  past  ten 
o'clock. 

Wednesday,  October  12th,  1791. 
Convention  met  according  to  adjournment. 
Prayers  were  read  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Cooper. 


1791.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  43 

The  minutes  of  yesterday  were  read,  and  approved. 

Daniel  Kissam,  Esq.,  Delegate  from  the  church  at  Jamaica  ; 
and  Mr.  Edward  A.  Watrous,  from  Balltovrn,  appeared,  produced 
their  cretlentials,  and  took  their  seats, 

Mr.  Van  Wagenen,  Treasurer  of  the  Convention,  produced  his 
accounts,  which  were  approved  ;  and  the  thanks  of  the  Conven- 
were  given  him  for  his  fidelit}^  and  attention  to  their  interest. 

Ordered,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Convention  be  returned  to  the 
Kev.  Richard  C,  Moore,  for  his  sermon  preached  before  them 
yesterday. 

The  Standing  Committee  appointed  at  the  last  meeting  of  the 
Convention, 

Reported,  That  according  to  order,  they  had  prepared  a  draught 
of  a  def  A  from  the  Societ}-  tor  Propagating  the  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Parts,  lo  the  Corporation  of  TrinitA"  Chmch,  in  the  City  of  'Se\K 
York,  for  the  parsonage  and  glebe  at  Fort  Hunter,  in  trust  for  the 
Convention — that  they  had  transmitted  the  draught  to  the  Societ)-, 
and  expected  shortly  to  have  the  business  completed :  and  the 
Committee  further  reported.  That  on  due  consideration  of  the  in- 
structio;^  given  them,  to  sohcit  a  charter  for  incorporating  this 
Convemion,  they  had  considered  it  not  advisable  to  make  an  ap- 
plication to  the  Legislature  at  the  present  time. 

Ordered,  That  a  register  be  made  and  continued  of  all  the 
Clerg}'  now  residing  in  this  State,  and  who  may  hereafter  settle 
therein.     [QI/*  See  page  46^/2.] 

The  Convention  proceeded  to  ballot  for  Delegates  to  represent 
the  churches  in  this  State,  at  the  next  General  Convention  ;  and 
the  Rev.  Dr.  Moore,  Rev,  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Thomas  Moore,  and 
the  Rev.  Richard  Moore,  of  the  Clerg}- ;  and  the  Hon.  James 
Duane,  Richard  Harison,  and  Aquila  Giles,  Esq's,  and  Dr.  Samuel 
Martin,  of  the  Laity,  were  chosen. 

Adjourned  till  to-morrow  morning,  half  past  10  o'clock. 


Thuksday,  Octobee  13th,  1791. 
Convention  met  according  to  adjournment. 
Prayers  were  read  by  the  Rev  Mr.  Foote. 
The  minutes  of  yesterday  were  read,  and  approved. 


44  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1791. 

Mr.  Christopher  Smith,  Delegate  from  the  church  at  Jamaica, 
appeared,  and  took  his  seat. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Dr.  Moore,  Rev.  Mr.  Ellison,  Rev. 
Mr.  Rattoone,  Hon.  James  Duane,  Richard  Harison,  and  Aquila 
Giles,  Esq's,  were  elected  the  Standing  Committee  for  the  year 
ensuing. 

With  a  view  to  cany  into  effect,  a  resolve  of  this  Convention 
for  soliciting  donations  to  support  one  or  more  ministers  to  visit 
occasionally  the  vacant  congregations,  this  Convention  do  further 

Resolve,  That  the  Treasurer  thereof  be  directed  to  transmit 
copies  of  said  resolve  to  the  Vestries,  or  Trustees  of  the  respective 
Protestant  Episcopal  churches  in  this  State,  informing  thera,  that 
the  Convention  have  the  success  of  this  measure  much  at  heart ; 
conceiving  it  will  greatly  promote  the  interest  of  the  Church,  and 
the  cause  of  religion  and  virtue :  and  entreating  said  Vestries  or 
Trustees,  to  exert  the  best  means  in  their  power  to  give  success  to 
a  plan  so  laudable,  and  in  the  present  state  of  the  churches,  so 
necessary.     And  be  it  further 

Resolved,  That  the  donations  which  may  be  given  for  the  pious 
purposes  above  mentioned,  shall  be  transmitted  to  the  Treasurer 
of  the  Convention,  and  be  distributed  in  such  proportions  as  the 
Standing  Committee  thereof  shall  direct ;  and  that  their  order  on 
the  Treasurer  shall  be  a  sufficient  voucher  to  him  3  any  former 
resolve  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding. 

Mr.  Hubert  Van  Wagenen  was  elected  Treasurer. 

Ordered,  That  the  Treasurer  of  this  Convention  pay  to  the 
Bishop,  twenty-seven  pounds,  to  defray  the  expenses  incurred  by 
him,  in  his  visitation  to  the  several  churches  in  this  Stale. 

It  being  resolved  in  the  last  General  Convention,  that  it  be 
made  known  to  the  several  State  Conventions,  that  it  is  proposed 
to  consider  and  determine,  in  the  next  General  Convention,  on  the 
propriety  of  investing  the  House  of  Bishops  with  a  full  negative 
on  the  proceedings  of  the  other  House  ;  it  was  moved,  that  this 
Convention  do  instruct  their  Delegates  to  consent  to  investing  the 
House  of  Bishops  with  said  power.  But  upon  taking  the  question, 
the  Clergy  and  the  Laity  being  divided  in  their  opinion,  the  mo- 
tion was  consequently  lost. 

It  was  moved  and  seconded,  That  this  Convention  do  instruct 
their  Delegates  to  the  next  General  Convention,  to  vote  for  re- 
taining the  Thirty-nine  Articles  of  religion,  as  they  now  stand  in 


1791.]  OF  THE  nOCESB  OP  KEW   TQUu  4IK 

tbe  old  Book  of  Common  Prayer,  \ntiM)ut  any  alteraiioBS,  except 
(mly  such  as  are  of  a  political  nature. 

Resolved,  That  this  motioQ  be  deferred  for  future  coosid«a- 
tioo. 

On  mclion, 

RiscltctJ,  That  the  proceedings  of  this  Convention,  tO£:ether 
with  the  liiinuies  of  the  several  preceding  Conventions  which  re- 
main unpublished,  be  printed.  And  the  Delegates  of  the  difewit 
ccMigregations  here  prt^ent.  do  agree  to  subscribe  for  as  many 
copies  of  the  same,  as  to  their  respective  churches,  are  hereunto 
affixed. 


Church  of  New  York.         -         .         -         - 

100  copies. 

Brooklyn.          -         _         .         . 

25 

Jamaica.  Newtown,  ajid  Flushing, 

40 

North  and  South  Hempstead, 

50 

Staten  Island,   -         -         -         - 

cO 

Yonker?,           -         -         -         - 

'25 

New  Rochelle,           -         -         - 

l-> 

Rye  and  While  Plains. 

20 

West  Chester,  -         -         -         - 

20 

Duanesburgh,   -         -         -         - 

25 

SchcnectadhF,     .         -         -         - 

25 

Albany.   -         -         -         -         - 

25 

Balltown,          _         _         -         _ 

25 

Johnstown,  and  Fort  Hunter, 

25 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Dr.  Moore,  Hon.  James  Duane,  and 
the  Secretarj,  were  appointed  a  Committee  to  revise  and  publish 
the  minutes  of  this,  ami  the  preceding  Conventions. 

Convention  adjourned,  sine  die, 

EUJAH  D.  RATTOONX. 

Secretary  of  Couv<entio« 


46  JOURNALS   OF   THE   CONVENTIONS  [1791. 

REGISTER  OF  THE  CLERGY 

OF 

THE  PROTESTANT   EPISCOPAL   CHURCH, 

In  the  State  of  New  Yort 


The  Right  Rev.  Samuel  Provoost,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Pro- 
testant Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State  of  New  York,  and  Rector 
of  Trinity  Church,  in  the  City  of  New  York,  ordained  Deacon,  by 
the  Bishop  of  London,  on  the  23d  day  of  February,  1766.  Or- 
dained Priest,  by  the  Bishop  of  Chester,  on  the  25th  day  of  March, 
1766  ;  and  consecrated  Bishop,  by  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury, 
on  4th  day  of  February,  1787. 

Rev.  Jeremiah  Learning,  D.  D.,  ordained  Deacon,  by  the  Bishop 
of  LandafF,  on  the  5th  day  of  June,  1748.  Ordained  Priest,  by 
the  Bishop  of  Winchester,  on  the  19th  day  of  June,  1748. 

Rev.  Abraham  Beach,  D.  D.,  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  in  the  City  of  New  York,  ordained  Deacon,  by  the  Bishop 
of  LandafF,  on  the  17th  day  of  May,  1767.  Ordained  Priest,  by 
the  Bishop  of  London,  on  the  14th  of  June,  1767. 

Rev.  Benjamin  Moore,  D.  D.,  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  in  the  City  of  New  York,  ordained  Deacon,  by  the  Bishop 
of  London,  on  the  24th  day  of  June,  1774.  Ordained  Piiest,  by 
the  same  Bishop,  on  the  29th  day  of  June,  1774. 

Rev.  Thomas  L.  Moore,  A..  M,,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church, 
South  Hempstead,  ordained  Deacon,  by  the  Bishop  of  London,  on 
the  24th  day  of  September,  1781.  Ordained  Priest,  by  the  Bishop 
of  Chester,  on  the  24th  day  of  February,  1782. 

Rev.  Thomas  Ellison,  A.  M.,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 
Albany,  ordained  Deacon,  by  the  Archbishop  of  York,  on  the 
7th  of  July,  1782.  Ordained  Priest,  by  the  Bishop  of  Durham, 
on  the  19th  day  of  September,  1784. 

The  Rev.  Richard  C.  Moore,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Church, 
Staten  Island,  ordained  Deacon,  by  the  Right  ilev.  Samuel 
Provoost,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  iu 
the  State  of  New  York,  on  the  15th  day  of  July  ;  aud  Priest,  on 
the  22d  day  of  October,  1787. 


1791.]  OF    THE    DIOCESE    OF    NEW    YORK.  47 

Rev.  Daniel  Foote,  A.  M.,  Rector  of  the  United  Episcopal 
Churches  at  Rye  and  White  Plains,  ordained  Deacon,  by  the 
Right  Rev.  Samuel  Seabury,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of  Connecticut,  on  the  11th  day 
of  June  ;  and  Priest,  on  the  22d  day  of  October,  1788. 

Rev.  George  H.  Spierin,  A.  M.,  Rector  of  the  United  Churches 
of  Newburgh  and  Wallkill,  ordained  both  Deacon  and  Priest,  by 
Bishop  Provoost,  in  the  month  of  July,  1788. 

Rev,  Elias  Cooper,  Rector  of  the  Church  at  Philipsburgli, 
ordained  Deacon,  by  Bishop  Provoost,  in  the  month  of  June;  and 
Priest,  on  the  11th  day  of  the  same  month,  1790. 

Rev.  Andrew  Fowler,  Rector  of  the  Church  at  Oyster  Bay, 
ordained  Deacon,  by  Bishop  Provoost,  in  the  month  of  June,  1789 ; 
and  Priest,  on  the  11th  day  of  the  same  month,  1790. 

The  Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow,  Rector  of  the  Church  at  New 
Rochelle,  ordained  Deacon,  by  Bishop  Provoost,  on  the  27th  day 
of  January;  and  Priest,  on  the  19th  day  ot  October,  1790. 

Rev.  William  Hammel,  Rector  of  the  United  Churches  at 
Jamaica,  Newtown,  and  Flushing,  ordained  Deacon,  by  Bishop 
Provoost,  on  the  27th  day  of  January;  and  Priest,  on  the  19th  day 
of  October,  1790. 

Rev.  Elijah  D.  Rattoone,  A.  B.,  Minister  of  the  Church  at 
Brooklyn,  ordained  Deacon,  by  Bishop  Provoost,  on  the  10th  day 
of  January,  1790. 

Rev.  Thomas  F.  Oliver,  A.  M.,  Rector  of  the  United  Churches 
at  Johnstown  and  Fort  Hunter,  ordained  Deacon  and  Priest,  by 
Bishop  Seabury. 

Rev.  Mr.  Bostwick,  of  Great  Barrington,  Massachusetts,  officiates 
every  third  Sunday  in  the  City  of  Hudson. 

Rev.  James  Nicholls,  of  Sandgate,  Vermont,  officiates  every 
third  Sunday  at  Camden. 

Rev.  Daniel  Barber,  of  Manchester,  Vermont,  officiates  every 
third  Simday  at  Kingsbmy. 


JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1791, 

APPENDIX, 


RULES  AND  REGULALIONS 

I  OF 

THE  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL   CHURCH, 

III  the  Slate  of  New  York. 


■  I.  There  shall  be  an  annual  Convention  of  the  Clergy  and  Lay 
Deputies  of  the  Episcopal  congregations,  on  the  second  Tuesday 
in  October ;  and  also,  such  special  meetings  as  the  exigencies  of 
the  Church  may  require,  or  the  Bishop  shall  think  fit  to  appoint ; 
of  which  timely  notice  shall  be  given  by  the  Secretary  for  the 
time  being,  to  each  clergyman,  and  to  the  Churchvi^ardens  and 
Vestry,  or  Trustees  of  the  different  congregations ;  and  the  Deputies 
sent  shall  produce  satisfactory  testimonials  of  their  being  duly 
elected,  in  order  to  entitle  them  to  a  vote. 

II.  At  every  Convention,  the  Bishop  shall  preside ;  but  in  case 
of  a  vacancy,  or  necessary  absence,  the  members  shall  elect  a 
President  from  among  the  Clergy. 

III.  The  business  of  every  Convention  shall  be  introduced  by 
prayers  and  a  sermon ;  and  the  preacher  shall  be  nominated  by 
the  Bishop. 

IV.  In  all  questions  the  Clergy  and  Laity  shall  vote  separately ; 
the  Clergy  by  individuals,  and  the  Laity  by  congregations  ;  and 
a  majority  of  both  shall  be  necessary  to  give  validity  to  every 
measure.  And  when  more  than  one  church  or  chapel  shall  be 
united  under  a  single  corporation,  the  representatives  of  such  cor- 
poration shall  be  entitled  to  a  distinct  vote  for  each  church  or 
chapel. 

V.  Every  clergj^man  who  is  regularly  settled  in  any  congrega- 
tion in  this  State,  shall  be  a  member  of  this  Convention,  ex  officio. 

VI.  When  the  Episcopate  becomes  vacant  by  the  death  or  re- 
moval of  the  Bishop,  the  Convention  shall  be  called  by  a  Standing 
Committee  appointed  for  that  purpose,  and  proceed  to  a  new 
election.  And  sufficient  testimonials  shall  be  given  by  the  Con- 
vention, to  the  Bishop  elect,  in  order  that  he  may  obtain  consecra- 
tion.     In   this,   and  every  other  instance  that   relates  to  the 


179L]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF    NEW   YORK.  <© 

appointment  of  Officers,  and  Committees,  the  votes  shall  be  given 
by  ballot. 

VIL  Every  candidate  for  Holy  Orders  shall  produce  to  the 
Bishop  a  recommendation  from  the  Convention,  signed  by  the 
Secretary. 

MIL  The  Bishop  shall  confine  the  exercise  of  his  Episcopal 
office  to  his  proper  jurisdiction ;  unless  requested  to  ordain  or  con- 
firm by  any  church  destitute  of  a  Bishop,  in  union  with  the 
General  Convention  of  this  Church. 

IX.  No  clergyman  who  is  settled  in  any  congregation  in  this 
State,  shall  remove  to  another  parish  without  permission  first 
obtained  from  the  Bishop  ;  Provided,  That  such  clergyman  shall 
be  allowed  an  appeal  to  this  Convention,  in  case  of  refusal. 

X.  Every  clergyman  who  is  regularly  settled  in  this  State,  shall, 
on  the  next  Sunday  after  Easter  in  every  year,  preach  a  sermon 
to  his  congregation,  on  the  duties  which  are  peculiarly  Episcopal ; 
in  which  he  shall  lay  before  the  people  the  propriety  and  necessity 
of  supporting  the  Episcopal  office  with  becoming  dignity,  by  their 
voluntary  contributions.  And  the  collections  which  are  at  this 
time  made,  shall  be  deposited  in  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer  of  the 
Convention ;  and  the  disposal  of  the  same  shall  be  left  entirely 
under  the  direction  of  this  Convention,  so  as  in  the  most  effectual 
manner  to  defray  the  extraordinary  expense  which  the  Bishop 
may  incur  by  his  visitations  of  the  churches  ;  and  to  establish  a 
fund  for  the  better  support  of  the  Episcopate  in  this  State. 

XL  In  case  of  a  complaint  made  to  this  Convention  against 
any  Bishop,  Priest,  or  Deacon,  of  such  a  nature  as  to  require  a 
trial,  all  the  proceedings  shall  be  taken  in  writing.  If  the  accused 
be  found  guilty,  the  penalties  shall  be  admonition,  suspension,  or 
deprivation  of  office,  according  to  the  degree  of  the  offence. — 
Suspension  not  to  be  longer  than  one  year ;  and  in  case  of 
deprivation  of  office,  an  appeal  may  be  made  to  the  General  Con- 
vention ;  but  when  lesser  penalties  are  adjudged,  the  sentence  of 
this  State  Convention  shall  be  final. 

XII.  The  Bishop  shall,  at  least  once  in  three  years,  make  a 
general  visitation  of  the  churches  within  his  own  proper  jurisdic- 
tion, for  the  purposes  of  examining  the  state  of  his  Church,  in- 
specting the  behaviour  of  the  Clergy,  and  administering  the  rite 
of  Confirmation. 


60  JOURNALS  GP  THE  CONVENTION*  [l'79l- 

THE 

CONSTITUTION 

OF 

THE  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL   CHURCH, 

in  the  United  States  of  America, 


Art.  1.  There  shall  be  a  General  Convention'  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church  in  the  United  States  of  America,  on  the  second 
Tuesday  of  September,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord,  1792,  and  on  the 
second  Tuesday  of  September  in  every  third  year  afterwards,  in 
Such  place  as  shall  be  determined  by  the  Convention  ;  and  special 
meetings  may  be  called  at  other  times,  in  the  manner  hereafter  to 
be  provided  for ;  and  this  Church,  in  a  majority  of  the  States 
which  shall  have  adopted  this  Constitution,  shall  be  represented, 
before  they  shall  proceed  to  business ;  except  that  the  representa- 
tion from  two  States  shall  be  sufficient  to  adjourn ;  and  in  all 
business  of  the  Convention,  freedom  of  debate  shall  be  allowed. 

Art.  2.  The  Church  in  each  State  shall  be  entitled  to  a  repre- 
sentation of  both  the  Clergy  and  the  Laity  ;  which  representation 
shall  consist  of  one  or  more  Deputies,  not  exceeding  four  of  each 
order,  chosen  by  the  Convention  of  the  State  ;  and,  in  all  ques- 
tions, when  required  by  the  Clerical  or  Lay  representation  from 
any  State,  each  order  shall  have  one  vote  ;  and  the  majority  of 
suffrages  by  States  shall  be  conclusive  in  each  order,  provided  such 
majority  comprehend  a  majority  of  the  States  represented  in  that 
order :  The  concurrence  of  both  orders  shall  be  necessary  to  con- 
stitute a  vote  of  the  Conventioji.  If  the  Convention  of  any  State 
should  neglect  or  decline  to  appoint  Clerical  Deputies,  or  if  they 
should  neglect  or  decline  to  appoint  Lay  Deputies,  or  if  any  of 
those  of  either  order  appointed  should  neglect  to  attend,  or  be  pre- 
vented by  sickness  or  any  other  accident,  such  State  shall,  never- 
theless, be  considered  as  duly  represented  by  such  Deputy  or 
Deputies  as  may  attend,  whether  Lay  or  Clerical.  And  if,  through 
the  neglect  of  the  Convention  of  any  of  the  churches  which  shall 
have  adopted,  or  may  hereafter  adopt,  this  Constitution,  no' 
Deputies,  either  Lay  or  Clerical,  should  attend  at  any  General 
Convention ;  the  Cihurch  in  such  State  shall  nevertheless  be  bounJ 
by  the  acts  of  such  Convention. 

Art.  3.  The  Bishops  of  this  Church,  when  there  shall  be  three 
or  more,  shall,  whenever  General  Conventioiis  are  held,  form  a 


1791.]  10F   TISE  IHOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  JBl 

separate  House,  with  a  right  to  originate  and  propose  acts,  for  the 
concurrence  of  the  House  of  Dejnities,  composed  of  Clergy  and 
Laity ;  and  when  any  proposed  act  shall  have  passed  the  House 
of  Deputies,  the  same  shall  be  transmitted  to  the  House  of  Bishops, 
who  shall  have  a  negative  thereupon,  unless  adhered  to  ]:)y  four- 
fifths  of  ihe  other  House ;  and  all  acts  of  the  Convention  shall  be 
authenticated  by  both  Houses.  And,  in  all  cases,  the  House  of 
Bishops  shall  signify  to  the  Convention  their  approbation  or  dis- 
approbation (the  latter,  with  their  reasons  in  writing)  within  three 
days  after  the  proposed  act  shall  have  been  reported  to  them  for 
concurrence  ;  and,  in  failure  thereof  it  shall  have  the  operation  of 
a  law.  But  until  there  shall  be  three  or  more  Bisho^-js,  as  afore- 
said, any  Bishop  attending  a  General  Convention  shall  be  a  mem- 
ber, ex  officio,  and  shall  vote  with  the  Clerical  Deputies  of  the 
State  to  which  he  belongs  ;  and  a  Bishop  shall  then  preside. 

Art.  4.  The  Bishop  or  Bishops  in  every  State  shall  be  chosen 
agreeably  to  such  rules,  as  shall  be  fixed  by  the  Convention  of 
that  State ;  and  every  Bishop  of  this  Chm'ch  shall  confine  the  ex- 
ercise of  his  Episcopal  office  to  his  proper  diocese  or  district; 
unless  requested  to  ordain,  or  confirm,  or  perform  any  other  act  of 
the  Episcopal  office,  by  any  church  destitute  of  a  Bishop. 

Art,  5.  A  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  any  of  the  United 
States,  not  now  represented,  may,  at  any  time  hereafter,  be 
admitted,  on  acceding  to  this  'Constitution. 

Art.  6.  In  every  State,  the  mode  of  trying  clei^ymen  shall  be 
instituted  by  the  Convention  of  the  Church  therein.  At  every 
trial  of  a  Bishop,  there  shall  be  one  or  more  of  the  Episcopal 
order  present ;  and  none  but  a  Bishop  shall  pronounce  sentence  of 
deposition  or  degradation  from  the  ministry,  on  any  clergyman, 
whether  Bishop,  or  Presbyter,  or  Deacon. 

Art.  7.  No  person  shall  be  admitted  to  Holy  Orders,  until  he 
shall  have  been  examined  by  the  Bishop  and  by  two  Presbyters, 
and  shall  have  exhibited  such  testimonials  and  other  requisites,  as 
the  canons,  in  that  case  provided,  may  direct.  Nor  shall  any 
person  be  ordained  until  he  shall  have  subscribed  the  following 
declaration :  "  I  do  believe  the  Holy  Scriptures  of  the  Old  and 
New  Testament  to  be  the  word  of  God,  and  to  contain  all  things 
necessary  to  salvation  :  And  I  do  solemnly  engage  to  conform  to 
the  doctrines  and  worship  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in 
these  United  States."  No  person  ordained  by  a  foreign  Bishop 
shall  be  permitted  to  officiate  as  a  minister  of  this  Church,  until  he 
shall  have  complied  with  the  canon  or  canons  in  that  case  pro- 
vided,  and  have  also  subscribed  the  aforesaid  declaration.^ 


QQ  JOURNALS   OF   THE   CONVENTIONS  [1791. 

Art.  8.  A  Book  of  Common  Prayer,  administration  of  the 
Sacraments,  and  other  rites  and  ceremonies  of  the  Church,  Articles 
of  Rehgion,  and  a  form  and  manner  of  making,  ordaining  and 
consecrating  Bishops,  Priests  and  Deacons,  when  estabhshed  by 
this  or  a  future  General  Convention,  shall  be  used  in  the  Protes- 
tant Episcopal  Church  in  those  States,  which  shall  have  adopted 
this  Constitution. 

Art.  9.  This  Constitution  shall  be  unalterable,  unless  in  General 
Convention,  by  the  Church  in  a  majority  of  the  States,  which 
may  have  adopted  the  same ;  and  all  alterations  shall  be  first  pro- 
posed in  one  General  Convention,  and  made  known  to  the  several 
State  Conventions  before  they  shall  be  finally  agreed  to,  or  ratified, 
in  the  ensuing  General  Convention. 


CANONS, 


For  the  Government  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  United 
States  of  America,  agreed  on  and  ratified  in  the  General  Convention  of  said 
Church,  held  in  the  City  of  Philadelphia,  from  the  29th  day  of  September 
to  the  16th  day  of  October,  1789,  inclusive. 


CANON  I. 

Of  the  Orders  of  tlie  Ministers  in  this  Cliurch. 

In  this  Church  there  shall  always  be  three  orders  in  the  minis- 
try, viz.,  Bishops,  Priests,  and  Deacons. 

CANON  II. 

Certificates  to  he  produced  on  the  part  of  Bisho^ys  elect. 

Every  Bishop  elect,  before  his  consecration,  shall  produce  to 
the  Bishops,  to  whom  he  is  presented  for  that  holy  office,  from  the 
Convention  by  whom  he  is  elected  a  Bishop,  and  from  the  General 
Convention,  or  a  Committee  of  that  body,  to  be  appointed  to  act 
in  their  recess,  certificates  respectively,  in  the  following  words, 
viz.: 

Testimony  from  the  Members  of  the  Convention  in  the  State,  from  whence  the 
Person  is  recommended  for  Consecration. 

We,  whose  names  are  underwritten,  fully  sensible  how  im- 
portant it  is  that  the  sacred  office  of  a  Bishop  should  not  be 
unworthily  conferred,  and  firmly  persuaded  that  it  is  our  duty  to 
bear  testimony  on  this  solemn  occasion  without  partiality  or  affec- 


1791.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE    OF   NEW   YORK.  53 

tion,  do,  in  the  presence  of  Almip;hty  God,  testify,  that  A.  B.  is 
not,  so  far  as  we  are  infonned,  justly  hable  to  evil  report,  either 
for  error  in  rehgion,  or  for  viciousness  of  hfe ;  and  that  we  do  not 
know  or  beheve  there  is  any  impediment  or  notable  crime,  for 
which  he  ougjht  not  to  be  consecrated  to  that  holy  office.  We  do 
moreover  jointly  and  severally  declare,  that,  having  personally 
known  him  for  three  years  last  past,  we  do  in  our  consciences  be- 
lieve him  to  be  of  such  sufficiency  in  good  learning,  such  soundness 
in  the  faith,  and  of  such  virtuous  and  pure  manners  and  godly 
conversation,  that  he  is  apt  and  meet  to  exercise  the  office  of  a 
Bishop,  to  the  honour  of  God,  and  the  edifying  of  His  Church,  and 
to  be  an  wholesome  example  to  the  flock  of  Christ. 

Testimony  from  the  General  Convention. 

We,  whose  names  are  underwritten,  fully  sensible  how  impor- 
tant it  is  that  the  sacred  office  of  a  Bishop  should  not  be  unworthily 
conferred,  and  firmly  persuaded  that  it  is  our  duty  to  bear  our 
testimony  on  this  solemn  occasion  without  partiality  or  affection, 
do,  in  the  presence  of  Almighty  God,  testify,  that  A.  B.  is  not,  so  far 
as  we  are  informed,  justly  liable  to  evil  report,  either  for  error  in 
religion,  or  for  viciousness  of  life ;  and  that  we  do  not  know  or 
believe  there  is  any  impediment  or  notable  crime,  on  account  of 
which  he  ought  not  to  be  consecrated  to  that  holy  office,  but  that 
he  hath,  as  we  believe,  led  his  lifcj  for  three  years  last  past,  pious- 
ly, soberly,  and  honestly, 

CANON  IIL 

Of  Episcopal  Yisitation. 

Every  Bishop  in  this  Church  shall,  as  often  as  may  be  conve- 
nient, visit  the  churches  within  his  diocese  or  district,  for  the 
purposes  of  examining  the  state  of  his  Church,  inspecting  the 
behaviour  of  the  Clergy,  and  administering  the  Apostolic  rite  of 
Confirmation. 

CANON  IV. 
Of  the  Age  of  those  who  are  to  be  Ordained  or  Consecrated. 

Deacons'  orders  shall  not  be  conferred  on  any  person  until  he 
shall  be  twenty-one  years  old,  nor  Priests'  orders  on  any  one  until 
he  shall  be  twenty-four  years  old ;  and,  except  on  urgent  occasions, 
unless  he  hath  been  a  Deacon  one  year.  No  man  shall  be  conse- 
crated a  Bishop  of  this  Church  until  he  shall  be  thirty  years  old. 

CANON  V. 
Of  the  Titles  of  those  who  are  to  be  Ordained. 
No  person  shall  be  ordained  either  Deacon  or  Priest,  unless  he 
shall  produce  a  satisfactory  certificate  from  some  church,  parish, 


54  JOURNALS    OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  \^T79Z 

or  congregation,  that  he  is  engaged  with  them,  and  that  they  will 
receive  him  as  their  minister,  and  allow  him  a  reasonable  support  ^ 
or  unless  he  be  engaged  as  a  professor,  tutor,  or  instructor  of 
youth,  in  some  college,  academy,  or  general  seminary  of  learnings 
duly  incorporated  ;  or  unless  the  Standing  Committee  of  the 
Church  in  the  State,  for  which  he  is  to  be  ordained,  shall  certify 
to  the  Bishojf  their  full  belief  and  expectation  that  he  will  be  re- 
ceived and  settled  as  a  pastor,  by  some  one  of  the  vacant  churches 

n  that  State, 

CANON  VI. 

TJie  Testimonials  to  be  Produced  on  the  part  cf  those  who  are  to  be  Ordained. 

Every  candidate  for  Holy  Orders  shall  be  recommended  to  the 
Bishop  by  a  Standing  Committee  of  the  Convention  of  the  State 
wherein  he  resides,  which  recommendation  shall  be  signed  by  the 
names  of  a  majority  of  the  Committee,  and  shall  be  in  the  follow- 
ing words : 

We,  whose  names  are  here  underwritten,  testify.  That  A.  B.  for 
the  space  of  three  years  last  past,  hath  lived  piously,  soberly,  and 
honestly :  Nor  hath  he  at  any  time,  as  far  as  we  know  or  believe^ 
written,  taught,  or  held,  any  thing  contrary  to  the  doctrine  or 
discipline  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church.  And  moreover  we 
think  him  a  person  worthy  to  be  admitted  to  the  sacred  order  of 
.  In  witness  whereof  we  have  hereunto  set  our  hands- 
Dated  the  day  of  ,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord, 

But,  before  a  Standing  Committee  of  any  State  shall  proceed  to 
recommend  any  candidate,  as  aforesaidyto  the  Bishop,  such  candi- 
date shall  produce  testimonials  of  his  good  morals  and  orderly 
conduct  for  three  years  last  past,  from  the  Minister  and  Vestry  of 
the  parish  where  he  has  resided,  or  from  the  Vestry  alone,  if  the 
parish  be  vacant ;  a  publication  of  his  intention  to  apply  for  Holy 
Orders  having  been  previously  made  by  such  Minister  or  Vestry. 
In  every  State,  in  which  there  is  no  Standing  Committee,  such 
Committee  shall  be  appointed  at  its  next  ensuing  Convention ;  and 
in  the  mean  time,  every  candidate  for  Holy  Orders  shall  be  re- 
commended according  to  the  regulations  or  usages  of  the  Church 
in  each  State,  and  the  requisitions  of  the  Bishop,  to  whom  he 
applies. 

CANON  VII. 
Of  tlie  Learning  of  those  who  are  to  be  Ordained. 

No  person  shall  be  ordained  in  this  Church  until  he  shall  have 
satisfied  the  Bishop  and  the  two  Presbyters,  by  whom  he  shall  be 
examined,  that  he  is  sufficiently  acquainted  with  the  New  Testa- 
ment in  the  original  Greek,  and  can  give  an  account  of  his  faith 
in  the  Latin  tongue,  either  in  writing  or  otherwise,  as  may  be 


179  L]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  55 

'  required  ;  unless  it  shall  be  recommended  to  the  Bishop,  by  two- 
thirds  of  the  Stale  Convention  to  which  he  belongs,  to  dispense 
with  the  aforesaid  requisition,  in  whole  or  in  part ;  which  recom- 
mendation shall  only  be  for  good  causes  moving  thereto,  and  shall 
be  in  the  following  words,  with  the  signature  of  the  names  of  the 
majority  of  such  Convention. 

We,  whose  names  are  underwritten,  arc  of  opinion,  that  the 
dispensing  with  the  knowledge  of  the  Latin  and  Greek  languages, 
(or  of  either  of  them,  as  the  case  may  be)  in  the  examination  of  A. 
B.  for  Holy  Orders,  wull  be  of  use  to  the  Church  of  which  we  are 
the  Convention,  in  consideration  of  other  qualifications  of  tlie  said 
A.  B,  for  the  Gospel  ministry, 

CANON  VIIL 
Of  the  stated  Times  of  Ordination. 
Agreeably  to  the  practice  of  the  primitive  Church,  the  stated 
times  of  Ordination  shall  be  on  the  Sundays  following  the  Ember 
weeks,  viz. :  the  second  Sunday  in  Lent,  the  Feast  of  Trinity, 
and  the  Sundays  after  the  Wednesdays  following  the  fourteenth 
day  of  September,  and  the  thirteenth  of  December. 

CANON  IX. 

Of  those  who,  Itaving  been  Ordained  by  foreign  Bishops,  settle  in  this  Church. 
No  person,  not  a  member  of  this  Church,  who  shall  profess  to 
be  episcopally  ordained,  shall  be  permitted  to  officiate  therein, 
until  he  shall  have  exhibited  to  the  Vestry  of  the  church,  in  which 
he  shall  offer  to  officiate,  a  certificate,  signed  by  the  Bishop  of  the 
diocese  or  district,  or,  where  there  is  no  Bishop,  by  three  clergy- 
men of  the  Standing  Committee  of  the  Convention  of  that  State, 
that  his  letters  of  orders  are  authentic,  and  given  by  some  Bishop 
whose  authority  is  acknowledged  by  this  Church,  and  also  satis- 
factory evidence  of  his  moral  character. 

CANON  X. 

Of  the  Use  of  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer. 
Every  minister  shall,  before  all  sermons  and  lectures,  use  the 
Book  of  Common  Prayer,  as  the  same  shall  be  set  forth  and  esta- 
blished by  the  authority  of  this,  or  some  future  General  Convention; 
and  until  such  establishment,  of  an  uniform  Book  of  Common 
Prayer  in  this  Church,  every  minister  shall  read  the  Book  of 
Common  Prayer  directed  to  be  used  by  the  Convention  ol"  the 
Church  in  the  State  in  which  he  resides ;  and  no  other  prayer 
shall  be  used  besides  those  contained  in  the  said  book. 

CANON  XI. 
Of  the  Duty  of  Ministers,  in  regard  to  Episcopal  Visitation. 
It  shall  be  the  duty  of  ministers  to  prepare  children  and  others 


56  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1791. 

for  the  holy  ordinance  of  Confirmation.  And  on  notice  being  re- 
ceived from  the  Bishop  of  his  intention  to  visit  any  church,  which 
notice  shall  be  at  least  one  month  before  the  intended  visitation^ 
the  minister  shall  be  ready  to  present,  for  Confirmation,  those  who 
shall  have  been  previously  instructed  for  the  same  ;  and  shall 
dehver  to  the  Bishop  a  fist  of  the  names  of  those  presented. 

And  at  every  visitation  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  minister,  and 
of  the  Churchwardens,  to  give  information  to  the  Bishop  of  the 
state  of  the  congregation,  under  such  heads,  as  shall  have  been 
committed  to  them  in  the  notice  given  as  aforesaid. 

And  further,  the  ministers  and  Churchwardens  of  such  congre- 
gations as  cannot  be  conveniently  visited  in  any  year,  shall  brhig 
or  send  to  the  Bishop,  at  the  stated  meeting  of  the  Convention  of 
the  diocese  or  district,  information  of  the  state  of  the  congregation, 
under  such  heads,  as  shall  have  been  committed  to  them,  at  least 
one  month  before  the  meeting  of  the  Convention. 

CANON  XII. 

Notorious  Crimes  and  ScandaJs  to  be  Censured. 

If  any  persons  within  this  Church  offend  their  brethren  by  any 
wickedness  of  life,  such  persons  shall  be  repelled  from  the  Holy 
Communion,  agreeably  to  the  rubric,  and  may  be  further  pro- 
ceeded against,  to  the  depriving  of  them  of  all  privileges  of  Church 
membership  ;  according  to  such  rules  of  process  as  may  be  pro- 
vided, either  by  the  General  Convention,  or  by  the  Conventions  in 
the  different  States. 

CANON  xra. 

Sober  Conversation  required  in  Ministers. 

No  ecclesiastical  persons  shall,  other  than  for  their  honest  ne- 
cessities, resort  to  taverns,  or  other  places  most  liable  to  be  abused 
to  licentiousness.  Further,  they  shall  not  give  themselves  to  any 
base  or  servile  labour,  or  to  drinking  or  riot,  or  to  the  spending 
of  their  time  idly.  And  if  any  offend  in  the  above,  they  shall  be 
liable  to  the  ecclesiastical  censure  of  admonition,  or  suspension, 
or  degradation,  as  the  nature  of  the  case  may  require,  and  accord- 
ing to  such  rules  or  process  as  may  be  provided,  either  by  the 
General  Convention,  or  by  the  Conventions  in  the  different  States. 

CANON  XIV. 

Of  the  due  Celebration  of  Sundays. 

All  manner  of  persons  within  this  Church  shall  celebrate  and 
keep  the  Lord's  Day,  commonly  called  Sunday,  in  hearing  the 
word  of  God  read  and  taught,  in  private  and  pubhc  prayer,  in 
other  exercises  of  devotion,  and  in  acts  of  charity,  using  all  godly 
and  sober  conversation. 


1791.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE    OF    NEW    YORK,  57 

CANON  XV. 
Ministers  to  keep  a  Register. 

Every  minister  of  this  Chiirch  shall  keep  a  register  of  baptisms, 
marriages,  and  funerals  within  his  cure,  agreeably  to  such  rules  as 
may  be  provided  by  the  ecclesiastical  authority  where  his  cure 
lies ;  and  if  none  such  be  provided,  then  in  such  a  manner,  as,  in 
his  discretion,  he  shall  think  best  suited  to  the  uses  of  such  a 
register. 

And  the  intention  of  the  register  of  baptisms  is  hereby  declared 
to  be,  as  for  other  good  uses,  so  especially  for  the  proving  of  the 
right  of  Church  membership  of  those  who  may  have  been  admit- 
ted into  this  Church  by  the  holy  ordinance  of  Baptism. 

And  fm'ther,  every  minister  of  this  Church  shall,  within  a  rea- 
sonable time  after  the  publication  of  this  canon,  make  out  and 
continue  a  list  of  all  adult  persons  \vithin  his  cure ;  to  remain  for 
the  use  of  his  successor,  to  be  continued  by  him,  and  by  every 
future  minister  in  the  same  parish. 

And  no  minister  shall  place  on  the  said  list  the  names  of  any 
persons,  except  of  those,  who,  on  due  inquiry,  he  shall  find  to  have 
been  baptised  in  this  Church;  or  who,  having  been  otherwise 
baptised,  shall  have  been  received  into  this  Church,  QJther  by  the 
holy  rite  of  Confirmation,  or  by  receiving  the  Holy  Communion,  or 
by  some  other  joint  act  of  the  parties  and  of  a  minister  of  this 
Church  ;  wherby  such  persons  shall  have  attached  themselves  to 
the  same. 

CANON  XVI. 

A  List  to  be  made,  and  published,  of  tJie  Ministers  of  this  Church. 

The  Secretary  of  the  General  Convention  shall  keep  a  register 
of  all  the  Clergy  of  this  Church  whose  names  shall  be  delivered 
to  him,  in  the  following  manner ;  that  is  to  say — Every  Bishop 
of  this  Church,  or,  where  there  is  no  Bishop,  the  Standing  Com- 
mittee of  that  diocese  or  district,  shall,  at  the  time  of  every  General 
Convention,  deliver,  or  cause  to  be  delivered  to  the  Secretary,  a 
list  of  the  names  of  all  the  ministers  of  this  Church  in  their  proper 
diocese  or  district,  annexing  the  names  of  their  respective  cures, 
or  of  their  stations  in  any  colleges  or  other  incorporated  semina- 
ries of  learning,  or,  in  regard  to  those  w^ho  have  not  any  cures  or 
such  stations,  their  places,  of  residence  only.  And  the  said  list 
shall,  from  time  to  time,  be  pubhshed  on  the  Journals  of  the 
General  Convention. 

And  further,  it  is  recommended  to  the  several  Bishops  of  this 
Church,  and  to  the  several  Standing  Committees,  that,  during  the 
intervals  between  the  meetings  of  the  General  Convention,  they 
take  such  means  of  notifying  the  admission  of  ministers  among 
them,  as,  in  their  discretion  respectively,  they  shall  think  effectual 


58  JOURNAL   OF   THE   CONVENTIONS,    ETC.  [1791. 

to  the  purpose  of  preventing  ignorant  and  unwary  people  from 
being  imposed  on,  by  persons  pretending  to  be  authorized  ministers 
of  this  Chm'ch. 

CANON  xvn. 

Notice  to  be  given  of  the  Induction  and  Dismission  of  Ministers. 

It  is  hereby  required,  that  on  the  induction  of  a  minister  into 
any  church  or  parish,  the  parties  shall  deliver,  or  cause  to  be  de- 
livered to  the  Bishop,  or  to  the  Standing  Committee  of  the  diocese 
or  district,  notice  of  the  same  in  the  following  form,  or  to  this 
effect. 

We,  the  Churchwardens  (or  in  case  of  an  Assistant  Minister^ 
we,  the  Rector  and  Chiirchwardms)  do  certify  to  the  Right  Rev. 
(^naming  the  Bishop)  that  [naining  the  person)  has  been  duly 
chosen  Rector  (or  Assistant  Minister,  as  the  case  may  be)  of 
(^7iaming  the  church  or  churches.) 

Which  certificate  shall  be  signed  with  the  names  of  tliose  who 
certify. 

And  if  the  Bishop,  or  the  Standing  Committee,  be  satisfied  that 
the  person  so  chosen  is  a  qualified  minister  of  this  Church,  he 
shall  transmit  the  said  certificate  fo  the  Secretary  of  the  Conven- 
tion, who  shall  record  it  in  a  book  to  be  kept  by  him  for  that 
purpose. 

But  if  the  Bishop  or  the  Standing  Coimnittee  be  not  satisfied  as 
above,  he  or  they  shall,  at  the  instance  of  the  parties,  proceed  to 
inquire  into  the  sufficiency  of  the  person  so  chosen,  according  to 
such  rules  as  may  be  made  in  the  States  respectively,  and  shall 
confirm  or  reject  the  appointment,  as  the  issue  of  that  inquiry 
may  be. 


FINIS. 


TENTH   CONVENTION 


JOUHNAIi 

OF    THE 

PROCEEDINGS 

OF    A 

CONVENTION 

OF  I 

THE  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH. 

IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK ; 
HELD  I>"  TRINITY  CHTRCH,  IS  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK, 

From  October  9th,  to  October  11  th,  1792. 


2!$c  follobtna  eentltmm  JJrcsnit: 

The  Right  Rev.  Samuel  Provoost,  D.  D.,.  Bishop  of  the  Protes- 
tant Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State  of  New  York,  and  Rector  of 
Trinity  Church,  in  the  Cit\-  of  New  York. 

Rev.  Benjamin  Moore,  D.  D,,  Assistant  Minister  of  said  church- 
Rev.  Abraham  Beach,  D.  D.,  Assistant  Minister  of  said  church. 

Rev.  Thomas  L.  Moore,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church, 
South  Hempstead. 

Rev.  Mr.  Elhson,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  at  Albany. 

Rev.  Richard  C.  Moore,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Church,  at 
Staten  Island. 

Rev,  Mr.  Foote,  Rector  of  the  Churches  at  Rye  and  \Miite 
Plains. 

Rev.  Mr.  Cooper,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  at  Philipsburgh. 

Rev.  Mr.  Bartow,  Rector  of  the  Church  at  New  Rochelle. 

Rev.  Mr.  Fowler,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  at  Peekskdll, 
and  of  St.  Philip's  Church,  at  Beverly. 

Rev.  Mr.  Hammel,  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  at  Jamaica ;  of 
St.  James'  Church,  at  Newtown ;  and  of  St.  George's  Church,  at 
Flushing. 

Rev. '  Mr.  Spierin,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Church,  at  Ulster 
coxmty. 


60  JOURNALS   OF   THE   CONVENTIONS  [1792. 

Rev.  Mr.  Sands,  Minister  of  the  Churches  at  East  Wood,  and 
IsHp. 

Rev.  Dr.  Learning,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Rattoone,  resident  in  the  city 
of  New  York. 

The  Hon.  WilKam  S.  Johnson,  Mr.  Robert  Watts,  and  Mr. 
Hubert  Van  Wagenen,  city  of  New  York. 

Aquila  Giles,  Esq.,  and  Mr.  Durell,  Brooklyn. 

Mr.  David  Titus,  Newtown. 

Mr.  Christopher  Smith,  and  Daniel  Kissam,  Esq.,  Jamaica. 

Mr.  Lambert  Moore,  Flushing. 

Dr.  Samuel  Martin,  and  Mr.  George  Hewlett,  South  Hemp- 
stead. 

Mr.  Richard  Floyd,  Setauket. 

Mr.  Stephen  Jarfles  De  Lancey,  North  Salem. 

Hon.  Paul  Micheau,  and  James  Guion,  Esq.,  Staten  Island. 

Augustus  Van  Cortlandt,  Esq.,  and  Mr.  Gilbert  Valentine, 
Yonkers. 

Dr.  Isaac  Besly,  and  Mr.  William  Besly,  New  Rochelle. 

Mr.  Abraham  Valentine,  and  Mr.  David  Guion,  East  Chester. 

Mr.  Walter  Nichols,  Rye  and  White  Plains. 

Mr.  Daniel  Smith,  Newcastle. 

Mr.  Daniel  LefFerts,  Poughkeepsie. 

Mr.  James  Bramble,  and  Mr.  Nestell,  Newburgh. 

Cadwallader  Colden,  Esq.,  and  Mr.  Andrew  Graham,  Ulster 
county. 

Prayers  were  read  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Foote,  and  a  sermon  was 
preached  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Spierin. 

The  Lay  Delegates  produced  the  testimonials  of  their  respective 
appointments,  which  were  read,  and  approved. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Rattoone  was  chosen  Secretary. 

The  Convention  were  informed  by  the  Bishop,  that  since  their 
last  meeting  the  Rev.  Thomas  J.  Clagget,  D.  D.,  had  been  conse- 
crated Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of 
Maryland — That  he  had  ordained  Mr.  Harris,  Mr.  Ireland,  Mr. 
Gardiner,  Mr.  Jackson  Sands,  and  Mr.  Ammi  Rogers,  (the  two 
last  now  settled  in  this  State)  and  had  consecrated  the  church  at 
Philipsburgh. 

An  extract  from  the  Will  of  St.  George  Talbot  being  read,  in 
which  he  devised  in  trust,  certain  sums  of  money  to  the  Society 
for  Propagatmg  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts,  for  the  use  and 


1792.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  61 

benefit  of  the  churches  at  North  Castle  and  Bedford ;  which  said 
money  is  now  in  possession  of  Lewis  McDonald  and  others ; 

Resolved,  That  a  Committee  be  appointed,  consisting  of  the 
Hon.  William  S.  Johnson,  Rev.  Dr.  Moore,  and  Mr.  Smith,  to 
prepare  a  draught  of  a  Deed,  to  vest  said  monies  in  the  Corpora- 
tion of  Trinity  Church,  in  trust  for  the  Convention  ;  to  be  by  them 
distributed  according  to  the  intent  and  meaning  of  said  Will. 

Rev.  Dr.  Leaming,  Rev.  Mr.  Ellison,  and  Dr.  Samuel  Martin, 
were  appointed  a  Committee  to  report  what  business  might  appear 
necessary  to  be  taken  up  at  this  meeting  of  the  Convention. 

Convention  adjourned  till  to-morrow  morning,  half-past  ten 
o'clock. 

Wednesday,  October  10th,  1792. 

Convention  met. 

Rev.  Mr.  Cooper  read  prayers. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Rogers,  from  Schenectady,  and  the  Lay  Dele- 
gates, William  Denning,  Esq.,  from  Peekskill  and  Beverly ;  Mr. 
J  ohn  Van  Nostrand,  from  Brooklyn ;  and  Mr.  Charles  Hewlett, 
from  East  Wood,  appeared  and  took  their  seats. 

Mr.  Denning  certified  to  the  Convention,  that  possession  had 
been  procured  of  the  parsonage- house  and  glebe,  belonging  to  the 
Churches  of  St.  Philip's,  at  the  Highlands,  and  St.  Peter's,  near 
Peekskill — That  they  had  given  a  call  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  Fowler, 
and  had  provided  for  his  support ;  and  that  the  people  seemed 
much  pleased  with  having  the  Gospel  once  more  preached,  and 
Divine  service  performed  according  to  the  usage  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church. 

The  Treasurer,  Mr.  Hubert  Van  Wagenen,  produced  his  ac- 
counts, which  were  read,  and  approved ;  and  for  fear  of  accidents 
by  death  or  otherwise,  he  lodged  with  the  Convention,  a  power 
of  attorney  given  to  Richard  Harison,  Esq.,  to  act  in  his  name 
and  stead,  and  to  recover  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  ninety 
pounds,  by  him  the  said  Treasurer  put  out  on  mortgage  security. 

The  Committee  appointed  yesterday  to  report  what  business 
might  appear  necessary  to  come  before  the  Convention  at  this 
meeting,  made  report,  and  the  Rev.  Dr.  Moore,  and  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Beach  were  added  to  the  same  Committee,  in  order  to  devise 
a  plan  of  interior  goverrmient  for  the  Church. 


62  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1792. 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Convention  be  given  to  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Spierin,  for  his  sermon  preached  before  them  yesterday. 

Dr.  Johnson,  from  the  Committee  appointed  to  prepare  a 
draught  of  conveyance,  for  certain  sums  of  money  devised  by  St. 
George  Talbot, 

Reported,  That  instead  of  a  particular,  a  general  application 
ought,  in  their  opinion,  to  be  made  to  the  Society,  for  a  grant  to 
the  Corporation  of  Trinity  Church,  in  the  City  of  Nev/  York,  in 
trust  for  this  Convention,  of  all  the  property,  both  real  and  per- 
sonal, to  which  that  Society  may  have  just  claim,  within  this 
State. 

This  report  was  approved  by  the  Convention,  and  the  powers 
of  said  Committee  were  enlarged  accordingly. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Spierin,  Dr.  Johnson,  and  Mr.  Colden,  were 
appointed  a  Committee  to  inquire  into  the  state  of  the  property  at 
Newburgh,  belonging  to  the  Episcopal  Church,  and  now  in  the 
possession  of  other  denominations. 

Mr.  Hugh  Gaine  was  recommended,  by  the  Convention,  to 
print  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer,  according  to  the  act  of  the 
last  General  Convention ;  and  the  Rev.  Dr.  Moore,  Rev.  Dr. 
Beach,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Rattoone,  were  appointed  a  Committee 
to  correct  the  press,  by  the  standard  book. 

Resolved,  That  the  Standing  Committee  shall  apply  to  the 
Legislature,  to  have  altered,  as  far  as  it  respects  the  Episcopal 
Church,  the  style,  "  Trustees,"  for  that  of  "  Minister,  Church- 
wardens and  Vestrymen,"  in  the  general  law,  under  which  all 
religious  denominations  are  entitled  to  incorporate  themselves, 
throughout  this  State : — and  to  obtain,  if  possible,  an  annual 
election  of  their  Churchwardens  and  Vestrymen. 

Resolved,  That  at  the  State  Convention,  in  the  year  1794,  the 
proposal  of  the  General  Convention,  relative  to  the  investing  the 
House  of  Bishops  with  a  negative,  on  the  proceedings  of  the  other 
House,  shall  again  be  taken  into  consideration. 

Resolved,  That  the  six  additional  canons,  agreed  on  by  the  last 
General  Convention,  be  inserted  in  the  minutes  of  this  Convention ; 
and  the  amendments  of  the  7th  canon,  of  1789 ;  and  the  act  for 
supporting  missionaries  on  the  frontiers  of  the  United  States. 

Rev.  Dr.  Moore,  Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Mr.  Thomas  Moore, 
Rev.  Mr.  Hammel,  Dr.  Johnson,  Aquila  Giles,  Esq.,  and  Mr. 


1792.]  OF   THE    DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  63 

Robert  Watts,  were  elected  the  Standing  Cominiltce  for  the  year 
ensuing. 

Convention  adjourned  till  to-morrow  morning,  half-past  ten 
o'clock. 

Thursday,  October  11th,  1792. 
Convention  met. 

The  Committee,  on  the  state  of  the  land  belonging  to  the  church 
at  Newburgh,  made  a  report  which  was  agreed  to  by  the  Conven- 
tion, viz.,  That  it  be  recommended  to  the  members  of  the  Episcopal 
Church  at  Newburgh,  to  take  the  most  eminent  counsel  on  the 
subject ;  and  in  the  mean  time  to  support  and  enlarge  the  Epis- 
copal Church  in  that  place,  to  the  utmost  of  their  power. 

The  plan  of  interior  government  for  the  Church,  reported  by 
the  Committee,  was  not  adopted  by  the  Convention. 

The  monies  due  for  printing  the  Journals  of  the  General  Con- 
vention, were  apportioned  by  a  Committee,  and  paid  accordingly. 

The  follovdng  Rules  were  adopted  to  regulate  the  mode  of 
doing  business  in  the  Convention ; — 

I.  The  business  of  every  day  shall  be  introduced  by  prayer. 

n.  When  the  President  takes  the  chair,  no  member  shall  con- 
tinue standing,  or  shall  afterwards  stand  up,  unless  to  address  the 
Chair. 

in.  When  any  member  is  about  to  speak  in  debate,  or  deliver 
any  matter  to  the  Convention,  he  shall  rise  from  his  seat,  and 
without  advancing,  shall,  with  due  respect,  address  himself  to  the 
President,  confining  himself  strictly  to  the  point  in  debate. 

IV.  No  member  shall  speak  more  than  twice  in  the  same 
debate,  without  leave  of  the  Convention. 

V.  A  question  being  once  determined,  shall  stand  as  the  judg- 
ment of  the  Convention,  and  shall  not  be  again  drawn  into  debate, 
during  the  same  session. 

VI.  While  the  President  is  putting  any  question,  no  one  shall 
hold  private  discourse,  stand  up,  walk  into,  out  of,  or  across  the 
house. 


64  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS,   ETC.  [1792, 

VIL  Every  member  who  shall  be  in  the  Convention,  when  any 
question  is  put,  shall,  on  a  division,  be  counted,  unless  he  be  par- 
ticularly interested  in  the  decision. 

VIII.  No  motion  shall  be  considered  as  before  the  Convention 
unless  it  be  seconded  and  reduced  to  writing,  when  required. 

IX.  When  any  question  is  before  the  Convention  it  shall  be 
determined  on,  before  any  thing  new  shall  be  introduced,  except 
the  question  for  adjournment. 

X.  The  question  for  adjournment  shall  be  always  in  order,  and 
taken  without  debate. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Moore,  Rev.  Thomas  Moore,  Rev.  Mr.  Elhson, 
Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Dr.  Johnson,  Mr.  Watts,  Aquila  Giles,  and 
Daniel  Hale,  Esq's,  were  elected  Delegates  to  the  General  Con- 
vention. 

Convention  adjourned  sine  die. 


ELEVENTH   CONVENTION. 


OF   THE 

PROCEEDINGS 

OF    A 

CONVENTION 

OF 

THE  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH, 

IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK ; 
UELD   IN   TRINITY  CHURCH,   IN  THE   CITY   OF   NEW    YORK, 

From  October  8th,  to  October  10th,  1793. 


At  a  Convention  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  City  of  New 
York,  on  the  8th  of  October,  1793— 

2rfjc  follotoinfl  CKcntlemcn  iDresent : 

The  Right  Rev.  Samuel  Provoost,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Pro- 
testant Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State  of  New  York,  and  Rector 
of  Trinity  Church,  in  the  City  of  New  York. 

Rev.  Benjamin  Moore,  D.  D.,  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  New  York. 

Rev.  Mr.  Ellison,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's,  Albany. 

Rev.  Mr.  Bissett,  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
York. 

Rev.  Richard  C.  Moore,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's,  Staten  Island. 

Rev.  Mr.  Cooper,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  at  Philipsburgh. 

Rev.  Mr.  Bartow,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New  Rochelle, 

Rev.  Mr.  Nesbitt,  Rector  of  St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn. 

Rev.  Mr.  Hammel,  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  Jamaica;  St- 
James'  Newtown ;  and  St.  George's  Flushing. 

Rev.  Mr.  Rattoone,  Professor  of  the  Greek  and  Latin  Lan- 
guages, Columbia  College. 

Rev.  Mr.  Sands,  Minister  of  the  Church  at  East  Woods  and 
IsHp. 

Rev.  Mr.  Rogers,  Minister  of  St.  George's  Church,  Schenec- 
tady, and  Christ  Church,  Ballston. 


66  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1793. 

Rev.  Mr.  Vanhorne,  Minister  of  St.  Andrew's,  Ulster  county, 

Mr.  Stuyvesant,  Mr.  Gaine,  and  Mr.  Van  Wagenen,  from  New 
York. 

Hon.  Paul  Micheau,  and  .John  Miclieau,  Esq.,  from  Staten 
Island. 

Aquila  Giles,  Esq.,  Mr.  Van  Nostrand,  and  Mr.  Powers,  from 
Brooklyn ;  and  Mr.  Buckbee,  from  Newtown. 

Mr.  Ustick,  and  John  Hicks,  Esq.,  from  Flushing. 

Mr.  Clowes,  Mr.  Onderdonk,  and  Samuel  Carman,  Esq's,  from 
South  Hempstead. 

Mr.  Hewlett,  from  East  Woods. 

Mr.  Stephen  Ward,  and  Mr.  Thomas  Bartow,  from  East  Chester. 

Augustus  Van  Cortlandt,  Esq.,  and  Mr.  Jonathan  Warner,  from 
Yonkers. 

Mr.  Samuel  Marvin,  from  Rye  and  White  Plains. 

Absolam  Guion,  Esq.,  and  Peter  Shute,  from  New  Rochelle. 

Mr.  Daniel  Smith,  from  New  Castle. 

Cadwallader  D.  Colden,  Esq.,  from  Poughkeepsie. 

Mr.  Alexander  Colden,  from  Ulster  county. 

Mr.  Williams,  from  Beekmantown. 

Jacob  Morris,  Esq.,  from  Otsego  county. 

Bishop  Provoost  read  prayers,  and  a  sermon  was  preached  by 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Rattoone. 

The  Lay  Delegates  produced  their  credentials,  which  were  read, 
and  approved. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Bisset, 

Resolved,  That  the  fifth  article  of  the  Rules  and  Regulations 
of  this  Church  shall  be  amended  thus :  "  Every  clergyman  who 
is  regularly  settled  in  any  congregation  in  this  State,  or  who  is  a 
professor  or  tutor  in  any  college,  academy,  or  other  seminary  of 
learning  duly  incorporated,  shall  be  a  member  of  this  Convention, 
ex  officio. ^^ 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Rattoone  was  chosen  Secretary. 

Resolved,  That  every  clergyman  who  shall  in  future  obtain  a 
seat  in  the  Convention  of  this  Church,  by  election,  shall  be  consi- 
dered as  a  member  of  the  Convention  only  during  that  session. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Van  Wagenen, 

Resolved,  That  the  Standing  Committee,  or  any  two  of  them, 
shall  be  a  Committee  to  examine  the  accounts  of  the  Treasurer, 
and  make  report  to  each  annual  Convention. 

The  Convention  adjourned  till  to-morrow  morning,  half-past 
ten  o'clock. 


1793.]  of  the  diocese  of  new  york.  67 

October  9tii,  1793. 

The  Convention  met  according  to  adjournment. 

Xhe  Rev.  Dr.  Beach  read  prayers. 

Minutes  of  yesterday  were  read,  and  approved. 

The  Bishop  informed  the  Convention,  that  since  their  last  meet- 
ing hp  had  consecrated  a  church  at  Duanesburgh,  erected  solely 
by  Judge  Duane,  at  the  expense  of  upwards  of  eight  hundred 
pounds,  exclusively  of  the  lot  of  ground  on  which  it  stands.  The 
sixty  pounds  which  the  Judge  had  received  as  a  donation  from  his 
friends,  to  assist  hhn  in  building  of  the  church,  he  appropriated  to 
the  purchase  of  a  handsome  set  of  plate, 

A  copy  of  the  Deed  of  Gift  of  said  church  and  ground,  here 
follows ',  together  with  the  Form  of  Consecration. 

(Copy.) 
J,  James  Duane,  Proprietor  of  the  Town  of  Duanesburgh,  in  the  County 
of  Albany,  To  all  whom  it  may  concern,  do  hereby  make  known  and  declare 
^hat  the  Edifice  by  me  lately  erected  at  a  Place  called  the  Centre  Square  of  said 
Town,  and  the  Ground  on  which  said  Edifice  is  situated,  are  intended,  and  here- 
by appropriated  for  the  public  Worship  of  Almighty  God,  according  to  the  Rites 
and  Ceremonies  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of  New-York; 
for  which  Use  they  shall  always  remain  and  continue.  And  that  I  have  re- 
tjuested,  and  do  hereby  pray  the  Right  Reverend  the  Bishop  of  the  Protestant 
F^piscopal  Church  in  the  State  of  New- York,  to  consecrate  and  set  apart  the 
said  Edifice,  with  the  Ground  on  which  it  is  erected,  by  the  Name  of  Christ- 
Church,  in  Duanesburgh,  according  to  the  Rites  and  Ceremonies  of  tlie  said 
Protestant  Episcojjal  Church. 

In  Testimony  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  Hand  and  Seal,  the 
Twenty-fourth  Day  of  August,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  One  Thou- 
sand Seven  Hundred  and  Ninety-three. 

[L.  S.]  JAMES  DUANE. 

This  instrument,  rit  the  order  of  the  Right  Reverend  Bishop 
Provoost,  was  publicly  read  in  the  time  of  Divine  service,  imme- 
diately before  the  Consecration,  by  me, 

THOMAS  ELLISON, 

Rector  of  St.  Peter's,  Albany. 
In  cur  pre?encp, 

SAMUEL  PROVOOST, 

Bishop  of  the  Protcrtint  Episcopal 
Church,  New-York. 

LEONARD  CUTTING, 

Minister  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
•  Church,  United  Slates. 

(Copy.) 
BE  it  known  unto  all  Men  by  these  Presents,  That  I,  Samuel,  by  Divine 
Providence  Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of  New- 
York,  did  on  this  present  Da)%  duly  and  solemnly  consecrate  to  the  Honor  and 


68  JOURNALS   OF   THE   CONVENTIONS  [1790. 

Service  of  xilmighty  God,  Christ-Church  in  the  Town  and  Parish  of  Duancs-- 
burgh,  in  the  County  of  Albany:  And  I  do  hereby  pubh'ckly  and  openly  de- 
clare and  pronounce  the  said  Church  to  be  separated  from  all  profane  and 
Gommon  Uses. 

In  Testimony  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  Hand  and  affixed  my  S*al, 
in  Duanesburgh  aforesaid,  this  Twenty-fifth  Day  of  August,  in  the 
Year  of  our  Lord  One  Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Ninety-three. 
[L,  S.J  SAMUEL  PROVOOST, 

Bi^ihop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopul 
Church,  in  the  State  of  New- York. 

Bishop  Provost  further  informed  the  Convention,  that  he  had 
consecrated  a  church  at  Ballston,  and  that  he  had  there  confirmed 
upwards  of  two  hundred,  and  administered  the  Communion  to 
above  ninety  persons,  and  was  greatly  pleased  with  the  rapid 
growth  and  extension  of  that  church.  That  he  had  also  visited 
Poughkeepsie,  and  found  that  in  the  church  of  that  place  there 
had  lately  been  an  accession  of  some  very  valuable  members. 

Richard  Harison,  Esq.,  one  of  the  Delegates  from  Trinity 
Church,  New  York,  and  James  Farley,  Esq.,  from  Albany,  pro- 
duced their  credentials  and  took  their  seats. 

A  memorial  was  then  presented  by  two  of  the  Trustees  of  a 
Society,  formerly  members  of  Trinity  Church  in  this  city,  but  since 
separated ;  stating  to  the  Convention,  that  they  had  erected  a 
house  of  public  worship,  and  praying  that  their  Delegates  might 
be  admitted  a  seat  in  this  Convention. 

On  a  question,  whether  the  doors  of  the  Convention  were  at 
any  time  open  for  the  admission  of  those  who  might  wush  to  hear 
the  debates  ? — it  was  determined  in  the  negative. 

In  consequence  of  this  resolve  the  Trustees  who  presented  the 
above  memorial,  withdrew.  After  a  full  and  ample  discussion  was 
given  to  the  subject  of  the  said  memorial,  the  motion  for  its  rejec- 
tion being  put,  the  votes  were  as  follows : 

Clergy — Affirmative:  Rev.  Dr.  Moore,  Rev.  Mr.  Ellison, 
Rev.  Mr.  Bissett,  Rev,  Mr.  Cooper,  Rev.  Mr.  Hammel,  Rev.  Mr. 
Sands. 

JYegative:  Rev.  Mr.  Moore,  Ptev.  Mr.  Bartow,  Rev.  Mr. 
Rattoone. 

Laity — Affirmative:  New  York,  Staten  Island,  Newtown^ 
Flushing,  South  Hempstead,  Yonkers,  Rye  and  White  Plains., 
New  Castle,  Poughkeepsie,  Ulster,  ptsego,  Albany, 

Divided :  East  Chester. 

JVegative :  Brooklyn,  New  Rochelle. 

Convention  ad]oiu:ned  till  to-morrow  morning,  10  o'clock 


1.793.]  OF    THE   DIOOESE  OF   NEW    YORK.  69 

OcTOPER  IOtii,  1793. 
Convention  met. 

Rev.  Mr,  Bissett  read  prayers. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Fowler  from  Peekskill,  took  his  seat  in  Conven- 
fion. 

The  minutes  of  yesterday  were  then  read. 

The  thanks  of  this  Convention  were  returned  to  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Rattoone,  for  his  sermon  delivered  at  the  opening  of  this  Conven- 
tion. 

Rev,  Mr.  Bissett  was  added  to  the  Committee  appointed  to 
superintend  the  printing  of  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer. 

Ordered,  That  the  business  of  applying  to  the  Legislature  to 
have  the  style,  Trustees,  altered,  for  Rector,  Churchwardens  and 
Vestrymen,  &c.,  be  again  given  in  charge  to  the  Standing  Cgm- 
•inittee  for  the  year  ensuing. 

Ordered,  That  the  Treasurer  of  this  Convention,  pay  to  the 
Bishop,  tlie  sum  of  eighteen  pounds,  to  defray  the  expense  in- 
curred by  his  Episcopal  visitations. 

The  accounts  of  the  Treasurer  were  then  examined,  and  ap- 
proved, and  the  thanks  of  the  Convention  returned  him  for  the 
faithful  discharge  of  his  important  trust. 

iVir.  Van  Wagenen  was  again  unanimously  elected  Treasurer. 

Rev.  Dr.  Moore,  Rev.  Mr.  Ellison,  Rev.  Mr.  Bissett,  Rev.  Mr. 
ITammel,  and  Josiah  O.  Hoffman,  Mathew  Clarkson,  Cadwallader 
Golden,  Esq's,  and  I\Ir.  Stevenson,  were  appoint-ed  the  Standing 
Committee  of  the  Convention. 

The  Delegates  chosen  to  represent  this  Church  in  General  Con- 
vention, were  the  Rev,  Dr.  Moore,  Rev.  T.  Moore,  Rev.  Mr. 
Ellison,  Rev.  Mr.  Bisset,  Augustus  Van  Cortlandt,  Richard 
Harison,  Aquila  Giles,  Esq's,  and  Mr.  Stevenson. 

Resolved,  That  the  Committee  appointed  to  superintend  the 
printing  of  the  Common  Prayer,  be  authorized  to  pubhsh  the 
minutes  of  this  and  the  preceding  Convention. 

The  Convention  then  adjourned  sim  die, 

FINIS, 


TWELFTH    CONVENTION. 


JOURIS'AX, 

OF    THE 

PROCEEDINGS 

OF    A 

CONVENTION 

OF 

THE  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH, 

IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK  ; 
HELD   IN   TRINITY   CHVRCH,   IN   THE  CITY   OK   NEW    YORK, 

From  October  14th,  to  October  16th,  1794. 


Hist  o£  t\)Z  i^embcrs  of  tje  CConbcnlion, 

CLERGY. 

The  Right  Rev.  Samuel  Provoost,  D.D.,  Bishop  of  the  Protes- 
tant Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State  of  New  York,  and  Rector  of 
Trinity  Church,  in  the  City  of  New  York. 

Rev.  Abraham  Beach,  D.  D.,  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  in  the  City  of  New  York. 

Rev.  Benjamin  Moore,  D.  D.,  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  in  the  City  of  New  York. 

Rev.  Mr.  Thomas  Ellison,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany. 

Rev.  Mr.  Bissett,  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  in  the 
City  of  New  York. 

Rev.  Mr.  Richard  C.  Moore,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Church, 
Staten  Island. 

Rev.  Mr.  George  H.  Spierin,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Pough- 
keepsie. 

Rev.  Mr.  Samuel  Nesbitt,  Rector  of  St.  Ann's  Church,  Brook- 
lyn. 

Rev.  Mr.  Elias  Cooper,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Philips- 
burgh,  and  of Church,  East  Chester. 

Rev.  Mr.  Andrew  Fowler,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Peeks- 
kill,  and  St.  Philip's  Church,  Phihpstown. 


1794.]  JOURNALS   OF    THE    CONVENTIONS,   ETC.  71 

Rev.  Mr.  Theodosius  Bartow,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
Rochelle. 

Rev.  Mr.  William  Ilammell,  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  Jamaica, 
St.  James',  Newtown,  and  St.  George's,  Flushing. 

Rev.  Mr.  John  J.  Sands,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Rye. 

Rev.  Mr.  Ararai  Rogers,  Minister  of  St.  George's  Church, 
Schenectady,  and  Christ  Church,  Ballston. 

Rev.  Mr.  John  Ireland,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  West 
Chester. 

Rev.  Mr.  Frederick  Van  Home,  Minister  of  St.  Andrew's 
Church,  Ulster  county. 

Rev.  Mr, Gardiner,  Minister  of  Clu-ist  Church,  Hudson. 

LAITY. 

From  South  Hempstead  Dr.  Samuel  Martin,  Mr.  George  Hew- 
let,  Mr.  Richard  Thorne,  and  Mr.  Stephen  Baldwin. 

From  Jamaica,  Mr.  Christopher  Smith,  and  Dr.  Jacob  Ogden. 

From  Newtown,  John  Delafield,  Esq.,  Mr.  David  Titus,  and 
Mr.  Charles  Roach. 

From  Flushing,  Mr.  Garret  Beekman,  Mr.  Francis  Lewis,  and 
Mr,  John  Hicks. 

From  Brooklyn,  Mr.  George  Powers,  and  Mr.  Gilbert  Van 
Mater. 

From  Staten  Island,  Paul  Micheau,  Esq.,  and  Mr.  Lawrence 
Hyllyer. 

From  the  city  of  New  York,  Robert  Watts,  Esq.,  Dr.  John 
Charlton,  Richard  Harison,  Esq.,  and  Mr.  Hubert  Van  Wagenen, 

From  West  Chester,  Philip  J.  Livingston,  Esq.,  and  Mr.  Israel 
Underbill. 

From  East  Chester,  William  Popham,  and  Philip  Pell,  Esq's. 

From  New  Rochelle,  Dr.  Isaac  Besly,  and  Mr.  Peter  Shute. 

From  Rye  and  White  Plains,  Jonathan  Horton,  and  John 
Barker,  Esq's. 

From  Yonkers,  Augustus  Van  Cortland,  Esq.,  and  Mr.  Thomas 
Valentine. 

From  Bedford  and  Newcastle,  Mr.  Daniel  Smith. 

From  Peekskill  and  Philipstown,  Mr.  Jarvis  Dusenbury. 

From  Newburgh,  Justin  Foote,  Esq. 

From  Beekmantown,  Mr.  Stephen  J.  De  Lancey. 

From  Poughkeepsie,  Mr.  James  Bramble. 

From  Hudson,  Mr.  John  Powell. 

From  Otsego,  Jacob  Morris,  Esq. 

From  Albany,  Henry  Cuyler,  Esq. 

From  Ballston,  James  Emott,  Esq. 

From  Camden,  Mr.  Isaac  Binninger. 


72  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1794. 

JOURNAL,  &c. 

New  York,  Tuesday,  October  14th,  1794. 

The  Clergy  and  Delegates  assembled  in  Trinity  Church,  at  half- 
past  ten  o'clock  a.  m. 

The  Right  Rev.  Dr.  Provoost  read  prayers,  and  a  sermon  was 
preached  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Bissett. 

After  Divine  service  the  testimonials  of  the  Delegates  were  read. 
Those  who  appeared  to  be  properly  delegated,  took  their  seats ; 
and  those  who  claimed  seats  under  an  invalid  appointment,  were 
desired  to  withdraw. 

The  members  then  proceeded  to  the  appointment  of  a  Secretary ; 
and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Bissett  was  elected. 

Adjourned  to  half-past  ten  o'clock  to-morrow. 

Wednesday,  October  15th,  1794. 

The  Convention  met. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Rogers  read  prayers. 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Convention  be  given  to  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Bissett  for  his  sermon  preached  before  them  yesterday ; 
and  that  he  be  requested  to  publish  the  same. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Rogers,  in  behalf  of  himself  and  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Van  Home,  represented  that  on  the  printed  Journal  of  the  last 
Convention,  their  names  were  omitted  by  mistake,  in  the  list  of 
those  who  voted  for  the  rejection  of  the  memorial  of  the  Society 
who  separated  from  Trinity  Church  in  the  city  of  New  York : 
which  representation  appears  to  this  Convention  to  be  true. 

A  petition  was  presented  from  certain  persons,  styling  them- 
selves "  The  Rector,  Wardens,  and  Vestrymen  of  Christ's  Church, 
in  the  City  of  New  York,"  praying  to  be  recognised  by  the  Con- 
vention. 

It  was  moved  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Richard  C.  Moore,  seconded  by 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Nesbitt,  that  the  prayer  of  this  petition  be  granted. 

After  an  ample  discussion  of  the  subject,  the  question  was  put, 
and  determined  in  the  negative. 


1794.]      (  OF    THE    DIOCESE    OF    NEW    YORK.  lii 

The  yeas  and  nays  being  called  for,  they  appeared  as  follows : 

Clergy — Affirmative  :  The  Rev.  Mr.  Richard  C.  Moore,  Rev, 
Mr.  Nesbitt,  Rev.  Mr.  Bartow.— 3. 

JYegative :  The  Rev.  Dr.  Moore,  Rev.  Mr.  Ellison,  Rev.  Mr. 
Blsset,  Rev.  Mr.  Spierin,  Rev.  Mr.  Cooper,  Rev.  Mr.  Fowler, 
Rev.  Mr.  Haramell,  Rev.  Mr.  Sands,  Rev.  Mr.  Rogers,  Rev.  Mr. 
Ireland,  Rev.  Mr.  Gardin'er. — 11. 

Laity — Affinnaiive  :  Brooklyn,  New  Rochelle,  Hudson. — 3. 
Divided :  Staten  Island,  Rye  and  White  Plains. — 2 
JYegative:    South  Hempstead,  Jamaica,  Newtown,  Flushing, 
New  York — 3  votes  :  West  Chester,  East  Chester,  Yonkers,  Bed- 
ford and  Newcastle,  Peekskill,  Newburgh,  Beekmantown,  Pough- 
keepsie,  Otsego,  Albany,  Ballston,  Camden. — 19. 

A  petition  was  presented  from  the  Trustees  and  other  members 
of  the  church  at  Beekmantown,  praying  that  the  Convention 
would  recommend  Mr.  Stephen  James  De  Lancey  to  the  Bishop, 
as  a  candidate  for  the  order  of  Deacons. 

On  motion  to  reject  this  petition,  it  was  determined  in  the 
affirmative. 

A  report  was  presented  from  Matthew  Clarkson,  and  Josiah 
Ogden  Hoffman,  Esq's,  stating  that  they  had  examined  the  ac- 
counts of  the  Treasurer  of  the  Convention,  and  found  them  just 
and  right. 

Resolved,  That  the  report  be  accepted  and  approved. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Ellison,  from  the  Standing  Committee,  reported 
the  steps  taken  and  the  progress  made  by  the  Committee,  in  regard 
to  the  application  to  the  Honourable  the  Legislature  of  the  State 
of  New  York  in  behalf  of  this  Church. 

Resolved,  That  the  report  be  accepted  and  approved. 

Besolved,  That  the  same  business  be  recommitted  to  the  Stand- 
ing Committee  for  the  ensuing  year  ;  and  that  they  be  requested 
and  enjoined  to  prosecute  it  at  the  next  session  of  the  Legislature- 
Adjourned  to  half-past  ten  o'clock  to-morrow. 

Thursday,  October  16th,  1794. 
The  Convention  met. 
The  Rev.  Mr.  Ireland  read  prayers. 

The  subject  of  Mr.  De  Lancey 's  application  for  Holy  Orders 
being  again  taken  up  and  considered. 

Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  write  a  letter  to  the  Trustees  of 
the  congregation  in  Beekmantown,  informing  them  that  the  Con- 


74  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS,    ETC.  [1794. 

vention  could  not  interfere  in  the  business  of  Mr.  De  Lancey's 
ordination ;  but  that  they  approve  of  the  zeal  manifested  by  said 
Trustees,  and  of  their  exertions  for  the  good  of  the  Church. 

Resolved,  That  the  Bishop  be,  and  he  is  hereby  requested  to 
exert  the  authority  with  which  he  is  invested,  as  Head  of  this 
Church,  to  enforce  obedience  to  all  the  canons,  rules,  and  regula- 
tions of  the  General  and  State  Convention,  more  particularly  the 
canons  which  respect  the  conduct  of  clergymen  ;  to  admonish  and 
reprove  those  who  may  hereafter  act  irregularly,  and,  in  case  any 
should  persist  in  disobedience,  to  report  their  names  to  the  Con- 
vention. 

The  Convention  proceeded  to  appoint  the  Standing  Committee 
for  the  ensuing  year ;  and  the  Rev.  Dr.  Moore,  Rev.  Mr.  Ellison, 
Rev.  Mr.  Bissett,  Rev.  Mr.  Spierin,  and  Matthew  Clarkson, 
Richard  Harison,  Josiah  Ogden  Hoffman,  and  Cadwallader  Col- 
den,  jun..  Esq's,  were  elected. 

The  Convention  afterwards  proceeded  to  the  appointment  of 
Delegates  to  represent  this  Church  in  the  General  Convention, 
to  be  held  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  on  the  second  Tuesday  of 
September  next ;  and  the  Rev.  Dr.  Moore,  Rev.  Mr.  Elhson, 
Rev.  Mr.  Bissett,  Rev.  Mr.  Spierin,  and  Richard  Harison,  Au- 
gustus Van  Cortlandt,  Cadwallader  Colden,  sen.,  and  Philip  S. 
Van  Rensselaer,  Esq's,  were  elected. 

Mr.  Hubert  Van  Wagenen  was  re-elected  Treasurer,  and  the 
thanks  of  the  Convention  given  to  him  for  his  faithful  services  in 
the  discharge  of  his  office. 

Resolved,  That  the  Standing  Committee  be  directed  to  inquire 
into,  and  prosecute  the  claim  which  this  Church  has  to  a  farm 
at  Fort  Hunter,  and  to  attend  to  the  state  of  the  church  at 
Newburgh. 

The  Convention  then  adjourned  sine  die. 


Note.— There  appears  to  have  been  no  Convention  in  1795. 


T  li  1 11  T  E  E  N  T  II   CONVENTION 


JOURUiTAI, 

OF   THE 

PROCEEDINGS 

OF   A 

CONVENTION 

OF 
THE  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH, 

IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK ; 

HELD    IN    TRINITY    CHURCH,    IN    THE   CITY    OF   NEW    YORK, 

From  Tuesday,  October  lllh,  to  Thursday,  October  13tl),  1796. 


3List  of  t!jc  irHetttlJcvs  of  tlje  ©onbention. 

CLERGY. 

The  Right  Rev.  Samuel  Provoost,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Protes- 
tant Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State  of  New  York,  and  Rector  of 
Trinity  Church,  in  the  City  of  New  York. 

Rev.  Abraham  Beach,  D.  D.,  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  in  the  City  of  New  York. 

Rev.  Benjamin  Moore,  D.  D.,  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  in  the  City  of  New  York. 

Rev.  Henry  Vandyke,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church,  Newtown. 

Rev.  John  Bissett,  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  in  the 
City  of  New  York. 

Rev.  Samuel  Nesbitt,  Rector  of  St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn. 

Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
Rochelle. 

Rev.  John  Ireland,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  West  Chester- 
Rev.  Ammi  Rogers,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Ballston. 

Rev.  Walter  C.  Gardiner,  Minister  of  Christ  Church,  Hudson. 

Rev.  Samuel  Haskell,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Peekskill, 
and  St.  Philip's  Chapel,  Phihpstown. 


76  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1796. 

Rev.  John  Urquhart,  Minister  of  St.  John's  Church,  Johnstown, 
and  Queen  Anne's  Chapel,  Fort  Hunter, 

Rev.  John  Sayrs,  Minister  of  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie. 

LAITY. 

From  Islip,  Mr.  Wilham  Nicoll. 

From  Brookhaven,  Mr.  Richard  Floyd. 

From  Hempstead,  Mr.  George  Hewlet,  Mr.  Samuel  Carman, 
and  Mr.  Richard  Thorn. 

From  Flushing,  Mr.  John  Hicks. 

From  Jamaica,  Mr.  Christopher  Smith,  and  IVIr.  Levinus  Clark- 
son. 

From  Newtown,  Mr  David  Titus,  and  Mr.  Charles  Roach. 

From  Brooklyn,  Mr.  John  Van  Nostrandt,  Mr.  George  Powers, 
and  Mr.  Paul  Durell. 

From  the  city  of  New  York,  Robert  Watts,  Esq.,  Dr.  John 
Charlton,  Richard  Harison,  Esq.,  and  JMr.  Hubert  Van  Wagenen. 

From  West  Chester,  Israel  Underbill,  Esq. 

From  East  Chester,  William  Popham,  Esq.,  and  Mr.  John 
Reid. 

From  New  Rochelle,  Mr.  Robert  G.  Wetmore. 

From  Rye  and  White  Plains,  General  Thomas,  and  John  Bar- 
ker, Esq. 

From  Bedford  and  New  Castle,  Mr.  William  Miller,  Mr.  James 
M'Donalds,  and  Mr.  Marmaduke  Foster. 

From  Poughkeepsie,  Mr.  John  Davis,  and  Mr.  James  Bramble. 

From  Otsego,  James  Morris,  Esq. 

From  Stillwater,  Henry  Davis,  Esq. 


New  York,  Tuesday,  October  11th,  1796. 

The  Clergy  and  Delegates  assembled  in  Trinity  Church,  at 
half-past  ten  o'clock  a.  m. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Rogers  read  prayers,  and  a  sermon  was  preached 
by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Ireland. 

After  Divine  service,  the  testimonials  of  the  Delegates  were 
read,  and  approved. 

The  members  then  proceeded  to  the  appointment  of  a  Secretary ; 
and  Mr.  Bisset  was  chosen. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Rogers, 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Convention  be  given  to  the 


1796.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW    YORK.  77 

Rev.  Mr.  Ireland,  for  his  excellent  sermon  preached  before  them 
this  day,  and  that  he  be  requested  to  publish  the  same. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Bisset, 

Resolved,  That  a  Committee  be  appointed  to  revise  the  rules 
and  regulations  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  State 
of  New  York,  to  render  them  consistent  with  the  canons  enacted 
by  the  General  Convention,  and  to  report  them  in  the  form  of  a 
Constitution  ;  and  also  to  report  such  canons  as  may  appear  con- 
ducive to  the  good  government  and  benefit  of  this  Church. 

Accordingly  the  following  members  were  chosen  by  ballot  a 
Committee  for  the  said  purposes,  and  in  the  following  order,  viz. : 
the  Rev.  Dr.  Moore,  Rev.  Mr.  Bisset,  Dr.  Charlton,  Major  Pop- 
ham,  and  the  Rev.  Dr.  Beach. 

Adjourned  to  half-past  10  o'clock  to-morrow. 


Wednesday,  October  12th,  1796. 

The  Convention  met. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Beach  read  prayers. 

The  congregation  of  St.  John's  Church,  Stillwater,  was,  upon 
application,  recognised  and  received  as  a  church  in  union  with 
this  Convention,  and  their  Delegate,  Henry  Davis,  Esq.,  admitted 
to  take  his  seat. 

The  congregation  of  Trinity  Church,  in  the  town  of  Waterford, 
and  county  of  Saratoga,  was,  upon  petition  for  that  pui-pose  sign- 
ed by  the  Rector,  Churchwardens,  and  Vestrymen,  and  presented 
by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Rogers,  recognised  and  received  as  a  church  in 
union  with  this  Convention. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Moore,  from  the  Committee  on  the  Constitution 
and  Canons,  made  a  report,  which  was  read. 

On  motion, 

The  Constitution  as  reported  was  taken  up  and  considered  by 
paragraphs,  and,  with  one  amendment,  was  adopted  and  ratified- 

The  first  and  second  canons  were  taken  up  and  considered  by 
paragraphs,  and,  with  two  amendments,  were  enacted. 


78  JOURNALS   OF   THE   CONVENTIONS  [1796. 

The  Treasurer  gave  a  statement  of  his  accounts,  and  produced 
a  certificate  signed  by  two  members  of  the  Standing  Committee, 
that  they  were  just  and  right. 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Convention  be  given  to  Mr. 
Van  Wagenen  for  his  faithful  services  as  Treasurer. 

Resolved,  That  Richard  Harison,  Esq.,  Rev.  Mr.  Rogers,  and 
Rev.  Mr.  Urquhart  be  a  Committee  for  prosecuting  the  claim  of 
the  Church  on  the  farm  at  Fort  Hunter. 

The  Convention  proceeded  to  appoint  the  Committee  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church  for  Propagating  the  Gospel  in  the 
State  of  New  York,  agreeably  to  the  first  canon ;  and  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Moore,  Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Mr.  Bissett,  Dr.  Charlton,  Mr. 
Van  Wagenen,  and  Mr.  David  Clarkson  were  elected. 

Adjourned  to  nine  o'clock  to-morrow. 


Thuksday,  October  13th,  1796. 

The  Convention  met. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Urquhart  read  prayers. 

It  was  moved  by  the  Rev.  JVIr.  Gardiner,  seconded  by  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Beach,  that  the  whole  of  the  proceedings  of  yesterday  respect- 
ing the  Constitution  be  rescinded. 

After  an  ample  discussion  of  the  subject,  the  question  was  put, 
and  determined  in  the  negative. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Moore,  from  the  Committee  appointed  for  that 
purpose,  made  a  report  of  some  additional  canons,  which  were 
read. 

Three  of  the  canons  reported,  were  taken  up  and  considered  by 
paragraphs,  and,  with  some  amendments,  were  enacted ;  and  the 
consideration  of  the  rest  was  postponed  to  the  next  Convention. 

The  congregation  of  St.  John's  Church,  New  Stamford,  was, 
upon  application  made,  and  evidence  stated  by  Rev.  Mr.  Gardiner, 
recosnised  and  received  as  a  church  in  union  with  this  Convention. 

The  congregation  of  St.  James'  Church,  in  the  town  of  Milton, 
was,  upon  application  made,  and  evidence  stated  by  the  Rev.  Mr. 


a 
1796.]  OF    THE    DIOCESE    OF    NEW    YORK.  79 

Rogers,  recognised  and  received  as  a  church  in  union  with  this 
Convention. 

Mr.  Van  Wagenen  was  re-elected  Treasurer. 

The  Convention  proceeded  to  appoint  the  Standing  Committee 
for  the  ensuing  year ;  and  the  Rev.  Dr.  Moore,  Rev.  Dr.  Beach, 
Rev.  Mr.  Ellison,  Rev.  Mr.  Bissett,  and  Dr.  Charlton,  and  Richard 
Harison,  Josiah  0.  Hoffinan,  and  Philip  Van  Renssellaer,  Esq's, 
were  elected. 

The  Rev.  f)r.  Moore,  Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Mr.  Ireland,  Rev. 
Mr.  Bissett,  Dr.  Charlton,  Richard  Harison,  and  Henry  Walton, 
Esq's,  and  Mr.  Hubert  Van  Wagenen,  were  elected  to  represent 
this  Church  in  the  General  Convention  until  the  meeting  of  the 
next  State  Convention,  and  until  a  new  election  of  Deputies  take 
place. 

The  Convention  adjourned. 


THE   CONSTITUTION 

OF 

THE  PROTESTANT   EPISCOPAL   CHURCH, 

In  tJie  State  of  Nevj  York. 


Article  I.  There  shall  be  a  Convention  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church  in  this  State  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  October 
in  each  year,  in  such  place  as  shall  be  determined  by  the  Bishop 
for  the  time  being. 

'^"Art.  II.  The  Bishop  shall  have  power  to  call  Special  Conven- 
tions when  he  may  judge  it  conducive  to  the  good  of  the  Church, 
or  when  apphed  to  for  that  purpose  by  the  Standing  Com.mittee : 
And  in  case  of  a  vacancy  in  the  Episcopal  Chair,  the  Standing 
Committee  shall  have  power  to  call  a  Special  Convention. 

Art.  ni.  The  Convention  shall  be  composed  of  the  officiating 
ministers,  being  regularly  admitted  and  settled  in  some  church 
within  this  State  which  is  in  union  wnth  this  Convention,  and 
of  lay  members  consisting  of  one  or  more  delegates  from  each 


a 


80  JOURNALS   OF    THE    CONVENTIONS  [1796. 

church,  to  be  chosen  by  the  Vestry  or  Congregation  :  and  clergy- 
men employed  as  missionaries  under  the  direction  of  this  Con- 
vention, and  clergymen  engaged  as  professors  or  instructors  of 
youth  in  any  college,  academy,  or  general  seminary  of  learning 
duly  incorporated,  may  be  members  of  the  Convention. 

Art.  IV.  Every  Convention  shall  be  opened  with  prayers  and 
a  sermon ;  and  the  preacher  shall  be  nominated  by  the  Bishop. 

Art.  V.  The  Bishop  shall  preside  in  the  Convention ;  but  in 
case  of  a  vacancy  or  necessary  absence,  the  members  shall  elect 
a  President  from  among  the  Clergy. 

Art.  VI.  A  Secretary  shall  be  chosen  upon  the  assembling  of 
the  annual  Convention  from  among  the  members  thereof,  who 
shall  remain  in  office  until  the  meeting  of  the  next  Convention. 
His  duty  shall  be  to  take  minutes  of  their  proceedings,  to  preserve 
their  journals  and  records,  to  attest  the  public  acts  of  the  body, 
and  faithfully  to  deliver  into  the  hands  of  his  successor,  all  books 
and  papers  relative  to  the  concerns  of  the  Convention,  which  may 
be  in  his  possession  :  It  shall  also  be  his  duty  to  give  due  notice 
to  each  Minister  and  Vestry  of  the  time  and  place  appointed  for 
the  meeting  of  the  succeeding  Convention. 

Art.  VII.  In  all  matters  which  shall  come  before  the  Conven- 
tion the  Clergy  and  Laity  shall  deliberate  in  one  body ;  and  in 
voting,  the  Clergy  shall  vote  by  individuals,  and  the  Laity  by  con- 
gregations ;  and  when  more  than  one  church  or  chapel  shall  be 
united  under  one  Vestry,  the  delegate  or  delegates  of  such  Vestry 
shall  be  entitled  to  a  vote  for  each  church  or  chapel ;  and  a  ma- 
jority of  votes  of  the  two  orders  jointly  shall  be  decisive :  But  if 
in  any  case  it  be  required  by  five  votes,  the  two  orders  shall  vote 
separately  in  the  manner  aforesaid,  and  the  concurrence  of  a  ma- 
jority of  each  order  shall  be  necessary  to  constitute  a  decision. 
In  the  case  of  electing  a  Bishop,  the  two  orders  shall  always  vote 
separately,  agreeably  to  the  mode  last  prescribed. 

Art.  Vin.  The  mode  of  altering  this  Constitution  shall  be  as 
follows : — A  proposition  for  an  amendment  shall  be  introduced  in 
writing,  and  considered  in  the  Convention ;  and,  if  approved  of, 
shall  lie  over  to  the  next  Convention ;  and,  if  again  approved  of 
in  the  next  ensuing  Convention,  by  a  majority  of  the  two  orders 
voting  thereon  separately,  the  change  shall  take  place,  and  the 
Constitution  so  altered  shall  be  valid  and  obligatory. 


1796.]  OF   fHE   DIOCESE    OF   NEW    YORK.  81 

CANONS 

OF 

THE  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH, 
In  the  State  of  New  York. 


CANON  I. 


"Whereas  by  a  resolve  of  the  last  General  Convention,  held  in 
Philadelphia,  in  the  month  of  September,  1795,  the  Act  entitled 
jin  Act  for  supporting  Missionaries  to  preach  the  Gospel  on  the 
Frontiers  of  the  United  States  w'as  repealed,  as  inconvenient  and 
impracticable,  and  the  appropriation  of  the  money  collected  for 
that  purpose  in  the  several  States  ^vas  remitted  to  the  respective 
State  Conventions,  with  a  recommendation  to  prosecute  that 
benevolent  plan : 

It  is  hereby  ordained  and  directed  that  a  Committee  consisting 
of  three  clergymen  and  three  laymen,  of  which  the  Bishop  of  this 
Church  for  the  time  being  shall  be  Chairman,  shall  be  elected  at 
each  annual  Convention,  and  shall  continue  in  office  until  their 
successors  shall  be  appointed.  They  shall  be  styled  The  Co7n^ 
mittee  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  for  Propagating  the 
Gospel  in  the  State  of  Mew  York ;  and  shall  have  power  *o 
dispose  of  such  monies  as  now  are  or  hereafter  shall  be  contribu- 
ted for  the  purpose  aforesaid,  in  such  way  as  they  may  judge  most 
€xpedient,  or  according  to  such  directions  as  may  hereafter  be 
given  them  by  the  Convention ;  making  a  report  to  each  annual 
Convention  of  their  proceedings,  and  of  the  state  of  the  funds. 
And  the  ministers  of  this  Church  are  hereby  required  and  enjoined 
in  the  month  of  September  in  each  year  to  preach  a  sermon  and 
make  a  collection  in  their  respective  congregations  for  carrying 
this  laudable  plan  into  effect,  and  to  transmit  the  smns  collected 
lo  the  Treasurer,  who  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Committee. 

CANON  n. 

Each  minister  in  this  Church  shall  in  the  month  of  May  in 
each  year,  preach  a  sermon  on  the  rights  and  duties  which  are 
peculiarly  Episcopal,  in  which  he  shall  lay  before  his  congregation 
the  dignity  and  usefulness  of  the  office  of  a  Bishop,  and  the  ne- 
cessity of  supporting  it  by  their  voluntary  contributions.  The 
money  collected  on  these  occasions  shall  be  transmitted  to  the 
Treasurer  of  the  Convention,  to  be  held  by  him  in  trust  for  the 
Convention,  and  shall  be  permitted  to  accumulate  without  diminu- 
tion, till  the  annual  profits  oi  the  fund  become  adequate  to  the 


82  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS,  ETC,       [1796. 

support  of  a  Bishop,  and  then,  by  mutual  consent  of  the  Bishop 
of  this  State  for  the  time  being  and  the  Convention,  the  Bishop 
shall  hold  no  parochial  cure,  but  shall  devote  himself  entirely  to 
the  duties  which  pertain  to  his  Episcopal  office. 

CANON  III. 

When  a  Special  Convention  is  called,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  Secretary,  in  issuing  the  notifications,  to  specify  the  business 
and  purposes  for  Vi^hich  the  Convention  is  assembled- 

CANON  IV. 

In  order  to  give  effect  to  the  fifteenth  canon  enacted  by  the 
General  Convention  in  1789,  it  is  hereby  required  that  each  Min- 
ister of  this  Church  shall  keep  a  register  of  all  the  baptisms, 
marriages,  and  funerals  solemnized  by  him  in  the  discharge  of  his 
ministry ;  specifying  the  names  of  the  parties  married,  the  name 
and  time  of  the  birth  of  the  child  baptized  and  the  names  of  the 
parents,  and  the  name  of  the  person  buried,  and  the  time  when 
each  rite  was  performed ;  which  register  shall  be  transcribed,  at 
least  once  in  every  month,  in  a  book  to  be  kept  for  that  purpose, 
belonging  to  the  Vestry  of  each  church.  He  shall  also  keep  a 
register  of  the  names  of  the  communicants  within  his  cure.  And 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  minister  to  report  annually  to  the 
!^shop,  at  the  meeting  of  the  Convention,  the  amount  or  sum 
total  of  said  registers,  and  also  the  amount  of  the  register  of  adults 
required  to  be  kept  by  the  aforesaid  fifteenth  canon  of  the  General 
Convention,  together  with  a  written  account  of  the  state  of  his 
parish ;  which  reports  shall  be  by  the  Bishop  communicated  to 
the  Convention,  and  read  in  their  presence,  in  order  to  promote  a 
general  knowledge  of  the  state  of  the  Church ;  and  shall  after- 
wards be  preserved  by  the  Secretary  among  the  records  of  the 
Convention. 

CANON  V. 

As  the  edification  of  the  people  depends  greatly  on  the  orderly 
and  devout  celebration  of  public  worship,  it  is  hereby  required  and 
enjoined  that  each  Minister  shall,  from  time  to  time,  explain  to  his 
congregation  the  Liturgy  of  the  Church,  either  in  regular  sermons, 
or  by  occasional  addresses ;  laying  before  them  the  beauty,  order, 
and  fitness  of  its  several  parts,  and  urging  them  to  a  due  observ- 
ance of  the  rubrics. 


FINIS, 


i?  C  U  R  T  E  E  NT  H    C  0  N  V  E  NT  I  0  K. 


OF    THE 

PROCEEDINGS 

OF   A 

CONVENTIO 

'OF 

THE  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH, 

IN  THE  STATE  Or  NEAV  YORK ; 

HELD   IN   TRINITY   CHURCH,   IN   THE   CITY   OF   NEW   YORK 

From  Tuesday,  October  3d,  to  Thursday,  October  5th,  1797. 


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3list  of  t??c  i^cmucvj?  of  tfjc  (Eonbcntion. 

C  L  E  E  G  Y. 

The  rdght  Rev.  Sam\iel  Provoost,  D,  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Protes-^ 
•tant  Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State  of  New  York,  and  Rector  of 
Trinity  Church,  in  the  City  of  New  York. 

Rev.  Abraham  Beach,  D.  D.,  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity 
■Church,  in  the  City  of  New  York. 

Rev.  Benjamin  Moore,  D.D.,  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  in  the  City  of  New  York. 

Rev.  Henry  Vandyke,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church,  Newtown. 

Rev.  John  Bissett,  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  in  the 
City  of  New  York. 

Rev.  Samuel  Nesbitt,  Rector  of  St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn. 

Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  Rector  of  St  John's  Church,  Yonkers, 
■and  St.  Paul's  Church,  East  Chester. 

Rev.  John  Ireland,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  West  Chester. 

Rev.  Elijah  D.  Rattoone,  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  Jamaica, 
:and  St.  George's  Church,  Flushing. 

Rev.  Frederick  Van  Home,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Church. 
Ulster  county. 

Rev.  Ammi  Rogers,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Ballston, 


S4  JOUR?IALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1797* 

Rev.  Samuel  Haskell,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Chui'ch,  Peeks- 
kill,  and  St.  Philip's  Church,  Philipstown. 

Rev.  John  Urquhart,  Rector  of  St.  Ann's  Church,  FortHunter^ 
and  St.  John's  Church,  Johnstown. 

Rev.  John  Sayrs,  Minister  of  Christ  Church,  Pcughkeepsie. 

LAITY. 

From  Brookhaven,  Mr.  Richard  De  Wick. 

From  Jamaica,  Mr.  Christopher  Smithy  and  Mr.  Edward  Barden. 

From  Flushing,  John  H.  Smith,  and  Lewis  Cornwall,  Esq's. 

From  Newtown,  IVIr.  David  Titus,  and  John  Delafield,  Esq. 

From  Brooklyn,  Aquila  Giles,  Esq.,  and  Messrs.  John  Van 
Nostrand,  and  John  Fisher. 

From  Staten  Island,  jMr.  Alexander  Cairns. 

From  the  City  of  New  York,  Dr.  John  Charlton,  and  Messrs. 
Hubert  Van  Wagenen,  and  Moses  Rogers. 

From  East  Chester,  William  Popham,  Esq.,  and  Mr.  Lancaster 
Underhill, 

From  Yonkers,  Mr.  Shadwick  Taylor. 

From  New  Rochelle,  Mr.  Frederick  Guion. 

From  Rye  and  White  Plains,  Mr.  Jonathan  Purdy. 

From  Bedford  and  New  Castle,  WilHam  Miller,  Esq. 

From  Franklin,  Messrs.  Uriah  Mitchell,  and  Archibald  Camp- 
bell. 

From  Fishskill,  Peter  Mesier,  Esq. 

From  Coldenham,  Mr.  John  J.  Banks. 

From  Beekmantown,  Mr.  Benjamin  Snider. 

From  Poughkeepsie,  Mr.  John  Mott. 

From  Milton,  Dr.  James  Henderson. 

JOURNAL,    &c. 

New  York,  Tuesday,  October  3d,  1797, 

The  Clergy  and  Delegates  assembled  in  Trinity  Church,  at  half- 
past  ten  o'clock,  a.  m. 

The  Right  Rev.  Dr.  Provoost,  read  prayers,  and  a  sermon  was 
preached  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Vandyke. 

After  Divine  service,  the  testimonials  of  the  Delegates  were 
read,  and  approved. 

The  members  then  proceeded  to  the  appointment  of  a  Secretary; 
and  Mr.  Bisset  was  ehosen. 


1797.]  OF  THE   DIOCESE   OF    NEW   YORK.  85 

The  congregation  of  Christ  Church  in  the  town  of  Franklin, 
Dutchess  county,  was,  on  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Rogers,  and 
evidence  stated  by  him  and  other  members,  recognised  and  re- 
ceived as  a  church  in  union  with  this  Convention;  and  their 
Delegates,  Mr.  Uriah  IMitchell  and  Mr.  Archibald  Campbell,  were 
admitted  to  take  their  seats. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Ireland, 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Convention  be  given  to  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Vandyke  for  his  excellent  sermon  preached  before  them 
tliis  day,  and  that  he  be  requested  to  pubhsh  the  same. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  ]\Ioore,  the  minutes  of  the  last  Con- 
vention,  together  with  the  Constitution  and  Canons,  were  read. 

Adjourned  to  half-past  10  o'clock  to-morrow. 

Wednesday,  Octobep.  4th,  1797. 

The  Convention  met. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Rattoone  read  prayers. 

A  report  was  given  in  by  the  Committee  of  tlie  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church  for  Propagating  the  Gospel  in  the  State  of  New 
York,  accompanied  with  the  minutes  of  the  Committee,  the  letteis 
and  journal  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Wetmore,  and  the  Treasurer's  account 
of  the  state  of  the  funds ;  all  which  were  read,  and  approved  by 
the  Convention. 

The  Convention  then  proceeded  to  the  election  of  the  Committee 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  for  Propagating  the  Gospel  in 
the  State  of  New  York;  and  the  Rev.  Dr^  Moore,  Rev.  Dr. 
Beach,  Rev.  Mr.  Bisset,  Dr.  Charlton,  Mr.  Van  Wagencn,  and  Mr. 
David  Clarkson,  were  chosen. 

The  Treasurer  gave  a  statement  of  his  accounts  and  produced  a 
certificate  signed  by  two  members  of  the  Standing  Committee, 
testifying  that  they  were  just  and  rigbt. 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Convention  be  given  to  Mr. 
Van  Wagenen  for  his  faithful  services  as  Treasurer. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Ireland,  a  canon  was  enacted  for 
continuing  the  powers  and  functions  of  certain  Committees  and 
officers  till  a  new  election  take  place. 


E6  JOURNALS    OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1797,. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Rattoone  proposed  a  canon  for  the  better  ascer- 
taining of  the  qualifications  of  candidates  for  Holy  Orders ;  the 
further  consideration  of  which,  after  some  discussion,  was  post- 
poned till  to-morrow. 

Agreeably  to  the  fourth  canon  enacted  in  the  last  Convention^, 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Rogers  and  Rev.  Mr.  Ireland  gave  in  to  the  Bishop 
the  amount  of  their  parochial  registers,  with  a  Avritten  account  of 
the  state  of  their  parishes.  A  similar  retjirn  which  had  been 
transmitted  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Thomas  L.  Moore,  was  also  presented^ 
They  were  read  in  the  Convention,  and  ordered  to  be  filed  by  the- 
Secretary. 

Adjourned  to  ten  o'clock,  to-morrow. 


TuimsDA-Yy:  October  5th,  1797.. 
The  Con'V»®ntion  met,. 
The  Rev..  Mr.  Rogers  rsad  prayers,- 

The  Rev.  Mr..  Rattoone,  after  some  discussion  of  the  subject^, 
agreed  to  the  further  postponement  of  the  canon  proposed  by  hini 
yesterday;  and, 

On  motion  ,of  Rev.  Mr.  Yandyke,  seconded  by  Rev.  Mr, 
Rattoone,. 

Resolvedy  That  the  Clerical  and.  Lay  Deputies  from  this  Con- 
vention to  the  General  Convention,  be  instructed  to  propose  anJ 
advocate  in  that  body  the  obtaining  of  a  more  effectual  and 
guarded  mode  of  ascertaining  the  qualifications  of  candidates  for 
Holy  Orders ;  and  that  the  Bishop  be  requested  to  use  his  influence- 
for  the  accomplishment  of  the  same  salutary  p-arpose. 

The  Right  Rev.  Dr..  Provoost,  Rev.  Mr.  Nesbitt,  Rev.  Mr. 
Sayrs,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Van  Home,  gave  in  the  amount  of  their 
paroehial  registers.. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Moore  eommunicated  to  tlie  Convention  a  letter 
addressed  to  him  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Ellison,  stating  that  some 
Lutheran  clergymen  had,  in  the  name  and  on  the  behalf  of  the 
Consistory  of  the  Lutheran  Church  in  the  State  of  New  York,  in- 
timated to  him  a  desire  to  have  it  proposed  to  this  Convention 
that  their  Church  might  be  united  with  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  in  this  State,  and  that  their  ministers  might  receive 
Episcopal  ordination :  Whereupon;  it  was 


1797.]  OF    THE    DIOCESE    OF   NEW   TORK.  S7 

Resolved,  That  the  Rev.  Dr.  Moore,  Rev.  Mr.  Ellison,  and 
Rev.  Mr.  Rogers,  be  a  Committee  to  meet  such  gentlemen  of  the 
Lutheran  Church  as  may  be  duly  appointed  by  their  ecclesiastical 
authority  to  confer  with  them  on  this  subject ;  and  that,  should  it 
appear  to  the  Conferees  on  the  part  of  this  Church  proper  and 
necessary  to  obtain  the  interposition  of  the  General  Convention 
for  the  accomplishment  of  this  object,  they  shall  be  empowered, 
with  the  consent  and  ad\'icc  of  the  Bishop,  to  make  application,  in 
the  name  of  this  Convention,  to  that  body  at  its  meeting  in  Sep- 
tember next ;  and  that  they  shall  make  report  of  their  proceedings 
to  the  next  State  Convention. 

The  Convention  proceeded  to  the  appointment  of  the  Standing 
Committee  ;  and  the  Rev.  Dr.  Moore,  Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Mr. 
Cooper,  Rev.  Mr.  Bissett,  Dr.  Charlton,  General  Clarkson,  and 
Guert  Van  Schoonhoven,  and  J.  0.  HotFman,  Esq's,  were  elected. 

The  Convention  proceeded  to  the  election  of  Deputies  to  the 
General  Convention ;  and  the  Rev.  Dr.  Moore,  Rev.  Thomas  L. 
^loore.  Rev.  Mr.  Bissett,  Rev.  Mr.  Rogers,  Richard  Harison, 
Henry  Walton,  John  Delafield,  Esq's,  and  Mr.  Moses  Rogers, 
xvere  chosen. 

Mr.  Hubert  Van  Wagenen  was  elected  Treasurer. 

The  Convention  adjourned. 


CANON. 

It  is  hereby  ordained  that  the  Standing  Committee,  the  Committee  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church  for  Propagating  the  Gospel  in  the  State  of  New 
York,  the  Deputies  to  the  General  Convention,  the  Treasurer,  and  the  Secre- 
tary, shall  continue  in  office,  and  exercise  their  respective  functions  during  the 
year  for  which  they  are  appointed,  and  until  a  new  election  take  place. 


3soTE. — There  do  not  appear  to  hare  been  any  Conventions  held  in  1798,  1799,  or 
3800. 


F  I  F  T  E  E  X  T  H   C  0  X  V  E  N  T  I  0  X. 
OF    THE 

PROCEEDINGS 

OF  A 

SPECIAL    CONVENTION 

OP 
THE  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHUECH, 

IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK ; 

HELD   IN   TRINITY   CHURCH,   IN  THE   CITY   OF   NEW   YORK, 

From  Thursday,  September  3d,  to  Saturday,  September  5th,  ISOl. 


Hist  of  tf)e  erierfln  anO  of  tljc  3Ltiv  delegates 

WHO    COMPOSED   THIS   CONVENTION. 

The  Right  Rev.  Samuel  Provoost,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Protes- 
tant Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of  New  York. 

Rev,  Benjamin  Moore,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  in  the 
City  of  New  York. 

Rev.  Abraham  Beach,  D.  D.,  ^  Assistant  IMinisters  of  Trinity 

Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  and  >  Church,  in  the  City  of  New 

Rev.  Cave  Jones,  j  York. 

Rev.  Henry  Vandyke,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church,  Newtown. 

Rev.  Elijah  D.  Rattoone,  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  Jamaica, 
and  St.  George's  Church,  Flushing. 

Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead. 

Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  ^Yest  Ches- 
ter, and  St.  Paul's  Church,  East  Chester. 

Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,.  New 
Rochelle. 

Rev.  John  Ireland,  Rector  of  St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn. 

Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers. 

Rev.  Frederick  Van  Home,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Church. 
Orange  count}-. 


1801.]  JOURNALS   OF   THE   CONTENTIONS,    ETC.  89 

Rev.  Robert  G.  Wetmore,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church, 
Schenectady,  and  Christ  Church,  Duanesburgh. 

Rev.  Philander  Chase,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie, 
and  Trinity  Church,  Fishkill. 

LAY    DELEGATES. 

Dr.  John  Charlton,  Robert  Watts,  Hubert  Van  Wagenen,  and 
Richard  Harison,  Trinity  Church,  New  York. 

David  Titus,  and  David  Purdy,  St.  James'  Church,  Newtown. 

Christopher  Smith,  and  George  Codwise,  Grace  Church, 
Jamaica. 

Lewis  Cornell,  John  H.  Smith,  and  John  B.  Hicks,  St.  George's 
Church,  Flushing. 

John  ]Moore,  St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead. 

Lancaster  Underbill,  St.  Paul's  Church,  East  Chester. 

George  Powers,  William  Grigg,  and  Robert  Hodge,  St.  Ann's 
Church,  Brooklyn. 

Augustus  Van  Cortlandt,  and  Abraham  Fowler,  St.  John's 
Church,  Yonkers. 

Samuel  Guilford,  and  Peter  Gerard  Siuyvesant,  St.  George's 
Church,  Schenectady. 

John  Reed,  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie. 

Peter  ]\Iesier,  Trinit}-  Church,  Fishkill. 

Thomas  Bro^\-n,  Joshua  Purdy,  and  Andrew  Ggden,  Grace 
Church,  Rye,  and  Church  at  White  Plains. 

Joshua  Lancaster,  St.  Peter's,  and  St.  Phihp's,  Peekskill  and 
Philipstown. 

David  Olmstead, Churches  at  Bedford  and  North- 
castle. 

Uriah  Mitchell,  Christ  Church,  Franklin. 

Peter  Stuyvesant,  and  William  Ogden,  St.  Mark's  Church, 
Bowery,  New  York. 

New  York,  Thursday,  September  3d,  1801. 

Agreeably  to  a  notification  of  the  Right  Rev.  Samuel  Provoost, 
D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of 
New  York,  this  being  the  day  appointed  for  the  meeting  of  a 
Special  Convention  of  said  Church,  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Pro- 
voost, and  several  of  the  Clergy  and  Lay  Delegates,  attended  in 
Trinity  Church,  at  half-past  10  o'clock  a.  m. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Ireland  read  prayers. 

After  Divine  service,  the  testimonials  of  the  Delegates  were 
read,  and  approved  of. 


90  JOURNALS    OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1801. 

The  Convention  proceeded  to  the  appointment  of  a  Secretary, 
and  the  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart  was  chosen. 

The  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Provoost  addressed  the  Convention, 
and  resigned  his  Episcopal  jurisdiction  of  this  diocese. 

The  Convention  then  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  a  President 
-pro  tern.,  and  the  Rev.  Dr.  Benjamin  Moore  was  chosen. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  the  Rev.  Dr.  Wilham  Smith,  of  this  city,  and 
Mr.  Andrew  Beers,  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  New  Stamford,  be  ad- 
mitted as  visitors  to  the  sittings  of  this  Convention. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Harison, 

Resolved,  That  a  Committee  be  appointed  to  consider  and  re- 
port what  measures  are  necessary  to  be  pursued  in  the  present 
situation  of  this  Church. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  accordingly  appointed  by  ballot, 
viz. :  the  Rev.  Dr.  Moore,  Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Mr.  Wilkins, 
Robert  Watts,  and  Richard  Harison,  Esq's. 

The  Convention  adjourned  to  10  o'clock  to-morrow  morning. 


FRmAY,  September  4th,  1801. 

The  Convention  met  pursuant  to  adjournment. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Wilkins  read  prayers. 

The  Committee  appointed  to  consider  and  report  what  measures 
are  necessary  to  be  pursued  in  the  present  situation  of  this  Church, 
made  a  report  as  follows,  viz. : 

"The  Right  Rev.  Samuel  Provoost,  D.D.,  having  declared  that 
he  resigned  his  jurisdiction  as  Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  in  this  State,  and  having  expressed  his  affectionate  wishes 
for  the  prosperity  of  the  Church  in  general,  and  the  individual 
members  of  the  Convention, 

"  Resolved,  That  the  Convention  return  their  thanks  to  the 
Bishop  for  his  kind  wishes,  and  whilst  they  regret  that  he  should 
have  judged  himself  under  the  necessity  of  quitting  so  suddenly 
the  exercise  of  the  Episcopal  office,  and  those  solemn  and  impor- 
tant duties  which  are  connected  with  it,  they  beg  leave  to  assure 
him  of  their  sincere  and  fervent  prayers  that  Divine  providence 


1801.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE    OF   NEW   YORK.  91 

may  so  guide  and  govern  him  in  all  his  ways,  as  will  most  con- 
duce both  to  his  temporal  and  eternal  felicity. 

"Resolvedy  That  a  copy  of  this  resolution  be  transmitted  to 
Bishop  Provoost  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Convention. 

"  Resolved  also.  That  it  be  recommended  to  the  Standing  Com- 
mittee to  call  a  Special  Convention,  to  meet  in  this  city  in  the 
month  of  November  next,  for  the  purpose  of  choosing  a  suitable 
person  to  be  consecrated  as  a  Bishop,  and  to  have  the  charge  of 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of  New  York." 

The  preamble,  and  the  first  and  second  resolutions  of  the  fore- 
going report  were  unanimously  adopted  by  the  Convention.  The 
last  resolution  was  rejected. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Harison, 

Resolved,  That  this  Convention  will  proceed  to-morrow  morn- 
ing to  the  election  of  a  suitable  person  to  be  recommended  for 
consecration  as  Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  this 
State. 

A  memorial  was  preseiited  from  the  Corporation  of  Christ 
Church,  in  the  city  of  New  York,  on  the  situation  of  their  church. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Hobart, 

Resolved,  That  this  Convention  cannot,  with  propriety,  act 
upon  the  memorial  from  the  Corporation  of  Christ  Church  while 
this  Church  is  destitute  of  a  Bishop. 

The  Treasurer  presented  his  accounts,  wnth  the  following  state- 
ment from  two  of  the  members  of  the  Standing  Committee,  viz. : 

"  We,  the  subscribers,  two  of  the  Standing  Committee  of  the 
Convention  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of 
New  York,  appointed  to  examine  the  accounts  of  the  Treasurer 
of  said  Convention,  do  certify,  that  we  have  carefully  examined 
the  same  from  the  4th  day  of  October,  1797  (being  the  last  time 
the  same  was  examined),  to  this  day,  and  find  that  the  Treasurer 
has  at  present  out  on  interest  the  sum  of  nine  hundred  and  twenty 
pounds,  and  in  his  hands  one  hundred  and  thirty-one  pounds 
twelve  shiHings  and  four  pence,  ready  to  put  out  as  soon  as  an 
opportunity  shall  offer.  Witness  our  hands,  this  3d  day  of  Sep- 
tember, 1801. 

,e-       n  ABRAHAM  BEACH, 

(Signed)  BENJAMIN  MOORE." 


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Resolved  unanimously,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Convention  be 
returned  to  Mr.  Hubert  Van  Wagenen  for  his  faithful  services  as 
Treasurer. 

The  Convention  took  into  consideration  a  resolution  of  the  last 
General  Convention,  proposing  an  alteration  in  the  first  Article 
of  the  General  Constitution ;  whereupon, 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Hobart, 

Resolved,  That  the  Delegates  from  this  State  to  the  General 
Convention  be  instructed  to  oppose  and  vote  against  the  proposed 
alteration  in  the  first  Article  of  the  General  Constitution,  so  far  as 
respects  the  alteration  of  the  time  of  meetings  of  the  Convention 
from  three  to  every  five  years. 

Tlie  following  gentlemen  were  appointed,  by  ballot,  a  Commit- 
tee to  consider  what  instructions  should  be  given  to  the  Delegates 
from  this  State  to  the  General  Convention,  on  the  subject  of  Arti- 
cles of  Religion,  viz. :  the  Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Dr.  Moore,  Rev. 
Mr.  Wilkins,  Rev.  Mr.  Hobart,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Ireland. 

The  Convention  adjomned  to  9  o'clock  to-morrow  morning. 


Saturday,  September  5th,  1801. 

The  Convention  met  pursuant  to  adjournment. 
The  Rev.  Mr.  Van  Dyke  read  prayers. 

The  Committee  appointed  to  consider  and  report  what  instruc- 
tions should  be  given  to  the  Delegates  from  this  State  to  the 
General  Convention,  on  the  subject  of  Articles  of  Religion,  made  a 
report,  which  was  read  and  adopted,  as  follows : 

"  That  the  Delegates  to  the  General  Convention  from  this  State 
be  instructed  to  advocate  and  vote  for  the  adoption  of  the  Articles 
of  Religion  of  the  Church  of  England,  except  such  parts  as  may 
affect  the  political  government  of  this  country." 

The  following  gentlemen  were  chosen,  by  ballot,  Delegates  to 
the  General  Convention,  viz. :  the  Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Mr. 
Wilkins,  Rev.  Mr.  Ireland,  Rev.  Mr.  Hobart,  John  Reed,  William 
Ogden,  Robert  Watts,  and  Aquila  Giles,  Esq's. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  chosen,  by  ballot,  members  of 
the  Standing  Committee,  viz. :  Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Mr.  Rat- 
toone,  Rev.  Mr.  Hobart,  Rev.  Mr.  Jones,  Dr.  John  Charlton,  Gen. 
Matthew  Clarkson,  Richard  Harison,  and  William  Ogden,  Esq's. 


1801.]  OF  THE   DIOCESE   OF  NEW  YORK.  93 

The  Convention  then  proceeded,  by  ballot,  to  the  choice  of  a 
person  to  be  recommended  for  consecration  as  Bishop  of  the  Pro- 
testant Episcopal  Church  in  this  State,  and,  on  counting  the  votes, 
it  appeared  that  the  Rev.  Benjamin  Moore,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  Tri- 
nity Church,  in  the  city  of  New  York,  was  unanimously  chosen 
by  Clergy  and  Laity. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  chosen,  by  ballot,  "  The  Com- 
mittee of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  for  Propagating  the 
Gospel  in  the  State  of  New  York;"  agreeably  to  the  first  canon 
of  the  Church,  in  this  State,  passed  in  the  year  1796,  viz. :  the 
Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Mr.  Hobart,  Rev.  Mr.  Jones,  Dr.  John 
Charlton,  Hubert  Van  Wagenen,  and  David  M.  Clarkson,  Esq's. 

The  members  then  proceeded  to  sign  the  testimonial  required 
by  the  canon  of  the  General  Convention  in  favour  of  the  Rev. 
Benjamin  Moore,  D.  D.,  Bishop  elect  of  this  Church. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Wilkins  proposed  the  following  resolutions,  the 
consideration  of  which  was  postponed,  viz.: 

1.  That  no  Lay  Delegates  be  admitted  to  a  seat  in  the  Conven- 
tion, in  future,  but  such  as  are  communicants  of  this  Church,  and 
have  been  so  for  at  least  one  year  previous  to  their  appointment, 
to  be  certified  by  the  Rector,  the  Chiu-chw^ardens  and  Vestry  of 
the  parish  by  whom  they  are  delegated ;  and  that  no  parish,  not 
having  a  Rector  or  regular  Episcopal  clergyman  settled  among 
them,  shall  have  a  right  of  delegation  while  remaining  in  that 
state. 

2.  That  whenever  two  or  more  parishes  are  united  in  the  sup- 
port of  one  Minister  or  Rector,  they  shall  be  considered,  in  respect 
to  delegation  to  the  Convention,  as  only  one  parish. 

Mr.  Hubert  Van  Wagenen  was  re-elected  Treasurer. 

The  Convention  adjourned. 


APPENDIX. 


The  Rev.  Benjamin  Moore,  D.  D.,  Bishop  elect  of  the  Church 
in  this  State,  was  consecrated  in  St.  Michael's  Church,  Trenton, 
New  Jersey,  on  Friday,  the  11th  of  September,  1801,  by  the 
Right  Rev.  Bishop  White,  of  Pennsylvania,  presiding  Bishop,  the 


94  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [I8OI. 

Right  Rev.  Bishop  Claggett,  of  INIaryland,  and  the  Right  Rev, 
Bishop  Jarvis,  of  Connecticut,  as  appears  by  the  certificate  of 
consecration,  which  follows : 

"■  Know  all  men  by  these  presents,  that  we,  William  White, 
D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of 
Pennsylvania,  presiding  Bishop  ;  Thomas  John  Claggett,  D.  D., 
Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of  ]\Iary- 
land  ;  and  Abraham  Jarvis,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal  Church  in  the  State  of  Connecticut ;  under  the  protection 
of  Almighty  God,  in  St.  Michael's  Church,  in  the  city  of  Trenton,, 
on  Friday,  the  11th  day  of  September,  in  the  year  of  our  Lorl 
one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  one,  did  then  and  there  rightly 
and  canonically  consecrate  our  beloved  in  Christ,  Benjamin 
Moore,  D.D.,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  in  the  city  of  New  York, 
of  whose  sufficiency  in  good  learning,  soundness  in  the  faith,  and 
purity  of  manners,  we  were  fully  ascertained,  into  the  office  of 
Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of  New 
York,  to  which  the  said  Benjamin  Moore,  D.  D.,  hath  been  elect- 
ed by  the  Convention  of  the  said  State,  in  consequence  of  the  in- 
ability of  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Provoost,  and  of  his  declining 
all  Episcopal  jurisdiction  within  the  said  State. 

"  In  testimony  whereof,  we  have  signed  our  names,  and  caused 
our  seals  to  be  affixed. 

"  Given  in  the  city  of  Trenton,  this  eleventh  day  of  Septem- 
ber, in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  one. 

"WILLIAM  WHITE,  L.  S. 

«  THOMAS  J.  CLAGGETT,        L.  S. 

"  ABRAHAM  JARVIS.  L.  .S.'" 


CONSTITUTION 

OF 

THE  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL   CHURCH, 

In  the  United  States  of  America. 


[See  Journal  of  1791,  page  60.] 


ISOL]  OF    THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  95 

CANONS, 

FOR  THE  GOVERNMENT  OF  THE  PROT.  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH 

IN  THE  UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA. 

The  following  Canons  were  agreed  on,  and  ratified  in  the  General  Convention 
of  said  Church,  held  in  the  City  of  Philadelphia,  from  the  29th  day  of  Sep- 
tember to  the  16th  day  of  October,  1789,  inclusive. 


CANON  I. 
Of  the  Orders  of  the  Ministers  in  this  Church. 

In  this  Church  there  shall  always  be  three  orders  in  the  minis- 
try, viz.,  Bishops,  Priests,  and  Deacons. 

CANON  II. 
Certificates  to  be  produced  on  the  part  of  Bishops  elect. 

Every  Bishop  elect,  before  his  consecration,  shall  produce  to 
the  Bishops,  to  whom  he  is  presented  for  that  holy  office,  from  J;he 
Convention  by  whom  he  is  elected  a  Bishop,  and  from  the  General 
Convention,  or  a  Committee  of  that  body,  to  be  appointed  to  act 
in  their  recess,  certificates  respectively,  in  the  following  words, 
viz. : 

Test im on  1/ from  the  Members  of  the  Convention  in  the  State,  from  iclience  the 
Person  is  recommended  for  Consecration. 

We,  whose  names  are  underwritten,  fully  sensible  how  im- 
portant it  is  that  the  sacred  office  of  a  Bishop  should  not  be 
unworthily  conferred,  and  firmly  persuaded  that  it  is  our  duty  to 
bear  testimony  on  this  solemn  occasion,  \^dthout  partiality  or  affec- 
tion, do,  in  the  presence  of  Almighty  God,  testify,  that  A.  B.  is 
not,  so  far  as  we  are  informed,  justly  liable  to  evil  report,  either 
for  error  in  rehgion,  or  for  viciousness  of  life ;  and  that  we  do  not 
know  or  believe  there  is  any  impediment  or  notable  crime,  for 
which  he  ought  not  to  be  consecrated  to  that  holy  office.  We  do 
moreover  jointly  and  severally  declare,  that,  having  personally 
known  him  for  three  years  last  past,  we  do  in  om*  consciences  be- 
lieve him  to  be  of  such  sufficiency  in  good  learning,  such  soundness 
in  the  faith,  and  of  such  vhtuous  and  pure  manners,  and  godly 
conversation,  that  he  is  apt  and  meet  to  exercise  the  office  of  a 
Bishop,  to  the  honour  of  God,  and  the  edifying  of  His  Church,  and 
to  be  an  wholesome  example  to  the  flock  of  Christ. 

Testimony  from  tlie  General  Convention. 
We,  whose  names  are  underwritten,  fully  sensible  how  impor- 
tant it  is  that  the  sacred  office  of  a  Bishop  should  not  be  unworthily 


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conferred,  and  firmly  persuaded  that  it  is  our  duty  to  bear  our 
'  testimony  on  this  solemn  occasion,  without  partiality  or  affection, 
do,  in  the  presence  of  Almighty  God,  testify,  that  A.  B.  is  not,  so  far 
as  we  are  informed,  justly  liable  to  evil  report,  either  for  error  in 
religion,  or  for  viciousness  of  life ;  and  that  we  do  not  know  or 
believe  there  is  any  impediment  or  notable  crime,  on  account  of 
which  he  ought  not  to  be  consecrated  to  that  holy  office,  but  that 
he  hath,  as  we  believe,  led  his  hfe,  for  three  years  last  past,  pious- 
ly, soberly,  and  honestly. 

CANON  III. 
Of  Episcopal  Visitation, 
Repealed  by  Canon  I.  of  1795. 

CANON  IV. 
Of  the  Age  of  those  who  are  to  be  Ordained  or  Consecrated, 
Repealed  by  Canon  III.  of  1795. 

«  CANON  V. 

Of  tlie  Titles  of  those  who  are  to  be  Ordained. 

No  person  shall  be  ordained  either  Deacon  or  Priest,  unless  he 
shall  produce  a  satisfactory  certificate  from  some  church,  pari^ 
or  congregation,  that  he  is  engaged  with  them,  and  that  they  will 
receive  him  as  their  minister,  and  allow  him  a  reasonable  support ; 
or  unless  he  be  engaged  as  a  professor,  tutor,  or  instructor  of 
youth,  in  some  college,  academy,  or  general  seminary  of  learning, 
duly  incorporated  ;  or  unless  the  Standing  Committee  of  the 
Church  in  the  State,  for  which  he  is  to  be  ordained,  shall  certify 
to  the  Bishop  their  full  belief  and  expectation  that  he  will  be  re- 
ceived and  settled  as  a  pastor,  by  some  one  of  the  vacant  churches 
in  that  State. 

CANON  VI. 

The  Testimonials  to  be  Produced  on  the  part  of  those  ivko  are  to  be  Ordained, 
Repealed  by  Canon  II.  of  1795. 

CANON  VII. 
Of  the  Learning  of  those  who  are  to  be  Ordained. 
Repealed  by  Canon  IV.  of  1795. 

CANON  VIII. 
Of  the  stated  Times  of  Ordination. 

Agreeably  to  the  practice  of  the  primitive  Church,  the  stated 
times  of  Ordination  shall  be  on  the  Sundays  following  the  Ember 
vfeokSf.viz. :  the  ^second  Sunday  m^  Lent,  the  Feast  of  Trinity, 


1801.]  OF  THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  W7 

and  the  Sundays  after  the  Wednesdays  following  the  fourteenth 
day  of  September,  and  the  thirteenth  of  December. 

CANON  IX. 
(Jf  those  who,  having  been  Ordained  by  foreign  Sishops,  settle  in  this  Church. 

No  person,  not  a  member  of  this  Church,  who  shall  profess  to 
be  Episf;opalIy  ordained,  shall  be  permitted  to  othciate  therein, 
until  he  shall  have  exhibited  to  the  Ve-stry  of  the  church,  in  which 
he  shall  offer  to  officiate,  a  certificate,  signed  by  the  Bishop  of  the 
diocese  or  district,  or,  where  there  is  no  Bishop,  by  three  clergy- 
men of  the  Standing  Committee  of  the  Convention  of  that  State, 
that  his  letters  of  orders  are  authentic,  and  given  by  some  Bishop 
whose  authority  is  acknowledged  by  this  Church,  and  also  satis* 
factory  -evidence  of  his  moral  character. 

CANON  X. 
Of  the  Use  of  tlie  Book  of  Common  Prayer. 

Every  minister  shall,  before  all  sermons  and  lectures,  use  the 
Book  of  Common  Prayer,  as  the  same  shall  be  set  forth  and  esta-- 
blished  by  the  authority  of  this,  or  some  future  General  Convention; 
and  until  such  establishment  of  an  uniform  Book  of  Common 
Prayer  in  this  Church,  every  minister  shall  read  the  Book  of 
Common  Prayer  directed  to  be  used  by  the  Convention  ol'  the 
Church  in  the  State  in  w^hich  he  resides ;  and  no  other  prayer 
shall  be  used  besides  those  contained  in  the  said  book. 

CANON  XI. 
ijfthe  Bvttj  of  Ministers,  in  regard  to  Episcopal  Visitations. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  ministers  to  prepare  children  and  others 
for  the  holy  ordinance  of  Confirmation.  And  on  notice  being  re- 
ceived from  the  Bishop,  of  his  intention  to  visit  any  church,  which 
notice  shall  be  at  least  one  month  before  the  intended  visitation, 
the  minister  shall  be  ready  to  present,  for  Confirmation,  those  who 
shall  have  been  previously  instructed  for  the  same  ;  and  shall 
deliver  to  the  Bishop  a  list  of  the  names  of  those  presented. 

And  at  every  visitation  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Minister,  and 
of  the  Churchwardens,  to  give  information  to  the  Bishop  of  the 
state  of  the  cono-reo'ation,  under  such  heads,  as  shall  have  been 
<;ommitted  to  Ihem  in  the  notice  given  as  aforesaid. 

And  further,  the  min'stei-s  and  Churchwardens  of  such  congre- 
gations as  cannot  be  conveniently  visited  in  any  year,  shall  bring, 
or  send  to  the  Bishop,  at  the  stated  meeting  of  the  Convention  of 
the  diocese  or  district,  information  of  the  state  of  the  congregation, 
under  such  heads  as  shall  have  been  committed  to  them,  at  least 
one  month  before  the  meeting  of  the-  Convention. 


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CANON   XII. 

Notorious  Crimes  and  Scandals  to  be  Censured. 

If  any  persons  within  thi&  Church  offend  their  brethren  by  any 
wickedness  of  life,  such  persons  bhall  be  repelled  from  the  Holy 
Communion,  agreeably  to  the  rubric,  and  may  be  further  prO" 
ceedcd  against,  to  the  depriving  of  them  of  all  privileges  of  Church 
membership,  according  to  such  rules  of  process  as  may  be  pro- 
vided, either  by  the  General  Convention,  or  by  the  Conventions  in. 
the  different  States. 

CANON  XIII. 
Sober  Conversation  required  in  Ministers^ 

No  ecclesiastical  persons  shall,  other  than  for  their  honest  ne" 
cessities,  resort  to  taverns,  or  other  places  most  liable  to  be  abused 
to  licentiousness.  Further,  they  shall  not  give  themselves  to  any 
base  or  servile  labour,  or  to  drinking  or  riot,  or  to  the  spending 
of  their  time  idly.  And  if  any  offend  in  the  above,  they  shall  be 
liable  to  the  ecclesiastical  censure  of  admonition,  or  suspension, 
or  degradation,  as  the  nature  of  the  ease  may  require,  and  accord- 
ing to  such  rules  or  process  as  may  be  provided,  either  by  the 
General  Convention,  or  by  the  Conventions  in  the  different  States, 

CANON  XIV. 
Of  the  due  Celebration  of  Sundays. 

All  manner  of  persons  within  this  Church  shall  celebrate  ancf 
keep  the  Lord's  Day,  commonly  called  Sunday,  in  hearing  the 
word  of  God  read  and  taught,  in  private  and  public  prayer,  in 
other  exercises  of  devotion,  and  in  acts  of  charity,  using  all^ godly 
and  sober  conversation, 

CANON  XV. 
Ministers  to  keep  a  Register. 

Every  minister  of  this  Church  shall  keep  a  register  of  baptisms,- 
marriao-es,  and  funerals  within  his  cure,  agreeably  to  such  rules  as- 
may  be  provided  by  the  ecclesiastical  authority  where  his  cure 
lies ;  and  if  none  such  be  provided,  then  in  such  a  manner  as,  in 
his  discretion,  he  shall  think  best  suited  to  the  uses  of  such  a 
register. 

And  the  intention  of  the  register  of  baptisms  is  hereby  declared 
to^  be,  as  for  other  good  uses,  so  especially  for  the  proving  of  the 
right  of  Church  membership  of  those  who  may  have  been  admit- 
ted into  this  Church  by  the  holy  ordinance  of  Baptism. 

And  further,  every  minister  of  this  Church  shall,  within  a  rea- 
sonable time  after  the  publication  of  this  canon,  make  out  and 
continue  a  list  of  all  adult  persons  within  his  cure ;  to  remain  for 


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the  use  of  his  successor,  to  be  continued  by  him,  and  by  every 
future  minister  in  the  same  parish. 

And  no  minister  shall  place  on  the  said  list  the  names  of  any 
persons,  except  of  those,  who,  on  due  inquiry,  he  shall  find  to  have 
been  baptised  in  this  Church;  or  who,  having  been  otherwise 
baptised,  shall  have  been  received  into  this  Church,  either  by  the 
holy  rite  of  Confirmation,  or  by  receiving  the  Holy  Communion,  or 
by  some  other  joint  acts  of  the  parties  and  of  a  minister  of  this 
Church  ;  whereby  such  persons  shall  have  attached  themselves  to 
the  same. 

CANON  XVI. 
A  List  to  be  made,  and  published,  of  tlie  Ministers  of  this  Church. 

The  Secretary  of  the  General  Convention  shall  keep  a  register 
of  all  the  Clergy  of  this  Church  whose  names  shall  be  delivered 
to  him,  in  the  following  manner ;  that  is  to  say — Every  Bishop 
of  this  Church,  or,  where  there  is  no  Bishop,  the  Standing  Com- 
mittee of  that  diocese  or  district,  shall,  at  the  time  of  every  General 
Convention,  deliver,  or  cause  to  be  delivered  to  the  Secretary,  a 
list  of  the  names  of  all  the  ministers  of  this  Church  in  their  proper 
diocese  or  district,  annexing  the  names  of  their  respective  cures, 
or  of  their  stations  in  any  colleges  or  other  incorporated  semina- 
ries of  learning,  or,  in  regard  to  those  who  have  not  any  cures  or 
such  stations,  their  places  of  residence  only.  And  the  said  list 
shall,  from  time  to  time,  be  published  on  the  Journals  of  the 
General  Convention. 

And  further,  it  is  recommended  to  the  several  Bishops  of  this 
Church,  and  to  the  several  Standing  Committees,  that,  during  the 
intervals  between  the  meetings  of  the  General  Convention,  they 
take  such  means  of  notifying  the  admission  of  ministers  among 
them,  as,  in  their  discretion  respectively,  they  shall  think  eflfectual 
to  the  purpose  of  preventing  ignorant  and  unwary  people  from 
being  imposed  on,  by  persons  pretending  to  be  authorized  ministers 
of  this  Church. 

CANON  XVII. 

Notice  to  be  given  of  the  Induction  and  Dismission  of  Ministers. 

It  is  hereby  required,  that,  on  the  induction  of  a  minister  into 
any  church  or  parish,  the  parties  shall  deliver,  or  cause  to  be  de- 
livered to  the  Bishop,  or  to  the  Standing  Committee  of  the  diocese 
or  district,  notice  of  the  same  in  the  following  form,  or  to  this 
effect. 

We,  the  Churchwardens  {or,  in  case  of  an  Assistant  Minister, 
we,  the  Rector  and  Churchwardens)  do  certify  to  the  Right  Rev. 
{naming  the  Bishop)  that  {naming  the  person)  has  been  duly 
■chosen  Rector  {or  Assistant  Minister,  as  the  case  may  be)  of 
(naming  the  church  or  churches.) 


100  JOURNALS  OF   THE   CONVENTIONS  [1801^ 

Which  certificate  shall  be  signed  with  the  names  of  those  whc 
certify. 

And  if  the  Bishop,  or  the  Standing  Committee,  be  satisfied  that 
the  person  so  chosen  is  a  qualified  minister  of  this  Church,  he 
shall  transmit  the  said  certificate  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Conven- 
tion, who  shall  record  it  in  a  book  to  be  kept  by  him  for  that 
purpose. 

But  if  the  Bishop,  or  the  Standing  Committee,  be  not  satisfied  as 
•above,  he  or  they  shall,  at  the  instance  of  the  parties,  proceed  to 
inquire  into  the  sufficiency  of  the  person  so  chosen,  according  to 
such  rules  as  may  be  made  in  the  States  respectively,  and  shall 
confirm  or  reject  the  appointment,  as  the  issue  of  that  inquiry 
may  be. 

Passed  October  16th,  1789. 
House  of  Bishops. 

SAMUEL  SEABURY,  Bp.  Connect.  Pres. 
WILLIAM  WHITE,  Pennsylvania. 
Attested,  JOSEPH  CLARKSON,  Secretary. 

House  of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies. 

WILLIAM  SMITH,  President. 
Attested,  FRANCIS  HOPiaNSON,  Secretary 


ADDITIONAL  CANONS, 

Passed  1792. 

CANON  I. 
Of  Clergymen  claiming  to  be  Ministers  of  this  Church. 

For  a  more  full  accomplishment  of  the  good  purposes  to  be' 
answered  by  the  16th  canon,  enacted  by  the  last  General  Con- 
vention, it  is  hereby  required,  that  every  clergyman,  claiming  to 
be  a  minister  of  this  Church,  shall  deliver  in  his  name  to  the 
Bishop,  or,  if  there  be  no  Bishop,  to  the  Chairman,  or  some  mem- 
ber of  the  Standing  Committee,  of  the  Church  in  the  State  in 
which  he  resides,  on  or  before  Easter  Monday,  1793 ;  or,  if  he  be 
not  within  any  of  the  States  which  have  acceded  to  the  Constitu- 
tion of  this  Church,  then  within  three  months  after  he  shall  come 
to  reside  in  any  of  the  said  States.  And  every  clergyman,  during 
his  neglect  of  conformity  to  this  canon,  shall  not  be  known  as  a 
clergyman  of  this  Church,  or  be  admitted  to  minister  in  any  office 
of  the  same. 


1801.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  IGl 

CANON  II. 
Of  a  Clergifman  in  any  Diocese  chargeable  with  Misdemeanor  in  any  other. 

If  a  clerg}'raan  of  the  Church,  in  any  diocese  or  district  within 
this  union,  shall,  in  any  other  diocese  or  district,  conduct  himself 
in  such  a  way  as  is  contrary  to  the  rules  of  this  Church,  and  dis- 
graceful to  his  office,  the  Bishop,  or,  if  there  be  no  Bishop,  the 
Standing  Committee,  shall  give  notice  thereof  to  the  ecclesiastical 
authority  of  the  diocese  or  district  to  which  such  offender  belongs, 
exhibiting,  with  the  information  given,  the  proofs  of  the  charges 
made  against  him. 

CANON  III. 

Of  publishing  the  Sentence  of  Degradation  against  a  Clergyman. 

Whenever  a  clergyman  shall  be  degraded,  agreeably  to  the 
canons  of  any  particular  Church  in  the  union,  the  Bishop  who 
pronounces  sentence  shall,  without  delay,  cause  the  sentence  of 
degradation  to  be  published  from  every  pulpit  where  there  may 
be  an  officiating  minister,  throughout  the  diocese  or  district  in 
which  the  degraded  minister  resided  ;  and  also  shall  give  inform- 
ation of  the  sentence  to  all  Bishops  of  this  Church ;  and,  where 
there  is  no  Bishop,  to  the  Standing  Committee. 

CANON  IV. 

Of  the  Declaration  which  may  he  prefixed  to  certain  Signatures. 

In  regard  to  the  first  certificate  required  in  favour  of  a  Bishop 
elect,  by  the  2d  canon  of  the  last  General  Convention,  and  the 
certificate  required  in  favour  of  a  candidate  for  Priests'  or  Dea- 
cons' orders,  by  the  6th  canon  ;  if  there  be  any  members  of  the 
bodies  respectively  concerned,  who  have  not  the  requisite  per- 
sonal knowledge  of  the  parties,  such  persons  may  prefix  the 
following  declaration  to  their  signatures  : 

"  We  believe  the  testimony  contained  in  the  above  certificate ; 

and  we  join  in  the  recommendation  of  A.  B.  to  the  office  of , 

on  sufficient  evidence  offered  to  us  of  the  facts  set  forth." 

Provided,  that  in  the  case  of  a  Priest  or  Deacon,  two  at  least 
of  the  Standing  Committee  sign  the  same,  as  being  personally 
acquainted  with  the  candidate. 

The  above  canon  is  repealed,  in  part,  by  CaiK)n  IL  of  1795. 

CANON  V. 
Of  the  Officiating  of  Strangers. 
No  stranger  shall  be  permitted  to  officiate  in  any  congregation 
of  this  Church,  without  first  producing  the  evidences  of  his  being 
a  minister  thereof  to  the  minister,  or,  in  case  of  vacancy  or  ab- 
sence, to  the  Churchwardens,  Vestrymen,  or  Trustees  of  the  con- 


102  JOURNALS   OF   THE    COnVENTIONS  [180L 

gregation.  And  in  case  any  person  not  regularly  ordained  shal! 
assume  the  ministerial  office,  and  perform  any  of  the  duties  tliereof 
in  this  Church,  the  minister,  or  in  case  of  vacancy  or  absence,  the 
Churchwardens,  Vestrymen,  or  Trustees  of  the  congregation, 
where  such  offence  may  be  committed,  shall  cause  the  name  of 
such  person,  together  wath  the  offence,  to  be  published  in  as 
many  of  the  public  papers  as  may  be  convenient. 

CANON  VI. 
Of  one  Clcrgipnan  officiating  within  the  Parochial  Cure  of  ajiot/ier  Clergyman. 
Repealed  by  Canon  V.  of  1795. 

House  of  Bishops. 

SAMUEL  PROVOOST,  President. 
Attested,  L.  CUTTING,  Secreta^-y. 

House  of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies. 

WILLIAM  SMITH,  President. 
Attested,  J.  BISSET,  Secretary. 


CANONS 
Passed  1795. 

CANON  I. 
Of  Episc  opa  I  Visitation . 

Every  Bishop  in  this  Church  shall  visit  the  churches  withiw 
his  diocese  or  district,  for  the  purpose  of  examining  the  state  of 
his  Church,  inspecting  the  behaviour  of  the  Clergy,  and  adminis- 
tering the  Apostolic  rite  of  Confirmation.  And  it  is  deemed  proper 
that  such  visitations  be  made  once  in  three  years  at  least,  by  every 
Bishop,  to  every  church  within  his  diocese  or  district,  which  shall 
make  provision  for  defraying  the  necessary  expenses  of  the 
Bishop  at  such  visitation.  And  it  is  hereby  declared  to  be  the 
dut}^  of  the  Minister  and  Vestry  of  every  church  or  congregation 
to  make  such  provision  accordingly. 

The  Bishop  of  any  Diocese,  State,  or  District,  may,  on  the 
invitation  of  the  Convention,  or  Standing  Committee  of  the  Church 
in  any  State  where  there  is  not  a  Bishop,  visit  and  perform  the 
Episcopal  offices  in  that  State,  or  part  of  the  State,  as  the  case 
may  be,  provision  being  made  for  defraying  his  expenses  as 
aforesaid ;  and  such  State,  or  part  of  a  State,  shall  be  considered 
as  annexed  to  the  district  or  diocese  of  such  Bishop,  until  a  Bishop 


1801.3  OF   THE    DIOCESE   OF   NEW  YORK.  103 

is  duly  elected  and  consecrated  for  such  State,  or  until  the  invita- 
tion £r\\en  by  the  Convention  or  Standing  Committee  be  revoked. 
But  it  is  to  be  understood,  that  to  enable  the  Bishop  to  make  the 
aforesaid  visitations,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Clergy,  in  such 
reasonable  rotation  as  may  be  devised,  to  officiate  for  him  in  any 
parochial  duties  which  belong  to  him.  And  no  State  shall  pro- 
ceed to  the  election  or  appointment  of  a  Bishop,  unless  there  be 
at  least  six  presbyters  residing  and  officiating  therein^  a  majority 
of  whom,  at  least,  shall  concur  in  such  election.  But  the  Con- 
ventions of  two  or  more  States,  having  together  nine  or  more 
settled  and  officiating  presbyters,  may  associate,  and  join  in  the 
election  of  a  Bishop. 

The  third  canon  of  the  year  1789  is  hereby  rescinded. 

CANON  II. 
Of  tlie  Testimonials  to  be  Produced  on  tJie  pmi  of  those  who  are  to  be  Ordained. 

Every  candidate  for  Holy  Orders  shall  be  recommended  to  the 
Bishop  by  a  Standing  Committee  appointed  by  the  Convention 
of  the  Church  in  that  State  wherein  he  resides,  which  recom- 
mendation shall  be  signed  by  the  names  of  a  majority  of  the 
Committee,  and  shall  be  in  the  following  words : — 

"  We,  whose  names  are  hereunder  written,  testify,  that  A.  B, 
hath  laid  before  us  satisfactory  testimonials,  that  for  the  space 
■of  three  years  last  past,  he  hath  lived  piously,  soberly,  and  ho- 
nestly ;  and  hath  not  written,  taught,  or  held  any  thing  contrary' 
to  the  doctrine  or  discipline  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church ; 
and  moreover  we  think  him  a  person  worthy  to  be  admitted  to 
the  sacred  order  of  .    In  witness  whereof  we  have  hereunto 

set  our  hands  this        <3ay  of        ,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord         ." 

But  before  a  Standing  Committee  in  any  State  shall  proceed  to 
recommend  any  candidate,  as  aforesaid,  to  the  Bishop,  such  candi- 
date shall  produce,  from  the  Minister  and  Vestry  of  the  parish 
where  he  resides,  or  from  the  Vestry  alone,  if  the  parish  be  vacant ; 
or,  if  there  be  no  Vestry,  from  at  least  twelve  respectable  persons 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of  the  neighbourhood  in 
which  he  resides,  testimonials  of  his  good  morals  and  orderly 
i;onduct  for  three  years  last  past,  and  that  he  has  not,  so  far  as 
they  know  and  believe,  written,  taught  or  held  any  thin^  con- 
trary to  the  doctrine  or  discipline  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church ;  a  publication  of  his  intention  to  apply  for  Holy  Orders 
liaving  been  previously  made  by  such  Minister  or  Vestry.  He 
shall  also  lay  before  the  Standing  Committee  testimonials  to  the 
same  effect,  signed  by  at  least  one  respectable  clergyman  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal"  Church  in  the  United  States,  from  his  per- 
sonal knowledge  of  the  candidate  for  at  least  one  year. 


104  JOimNALS  OF   THE   CONVENTrONS  [1801^ 

In  every  State,  in  which  there  is  no  Standing  Committee,  such 
Conaraittee  shall  be  appointed  at  its  next  ensuing  Convention;  andy 
in  the  mean  time,  every  candidate  for  Holy  Orders  shall  be  re- 
commended according  to  the  regulations  or  usage  of  the  Church 
in  each  State,  and  the  requisitions  of  the  Bishop  to  whom  he 
applies. 

The  6th  canon,  passed  in  October,  1789,  eonceming  the  "  tes- 
timonials t'o  be  produced  on  the  part  of  those  who  are  to  be 
ordained,"  and  so  much  of  the  4th  canon,  passed  in  1792,  as 
relates  to  the  subject  of  this  canon,  are  hereby  rescinded. 

CANON  IIL 
OftJw  Age  of  those  who  are  to  be  Ordained  or  Consecrated. 

Deacons'  orders  shall  not  be  conferred  on  any  person  until  he 
shall  be  twenty-one  years  old,  nor  Priests'  orders  on  any  one  until 
he  shall  be  twenty-four  years  old ;  and  unless  he  shall  have  been, 
a  Deacon  one  year,  No  roan  shall  be  consecrated  a  Bishop  of 
this  Church  until  he  shall  be  thirty  years  old. 

The  4th  canon  of  the  year  1789  is  hereby  rescinded, 

CANON  IV. 
Of  tine  Learning  of  those  who  are  to  be  Ordairted. 

No  person  shall  be  ordained  in  this  Church,  until  he  shall  have 
satisfied  the  Bishop  znd  the  two  presbyters,  by  whom  he  shall  be 
examined,  thai  he  is  well  acquainted  with  the  holy  scriptures, 
•can  read  the  New  Testament  in  the  original  Greek,  and  give  an 
account  of  his  faith  in  the  Latin  tongue;  and  that  he  hath  a 
competent  knowledge  of  natural  and  moral  philosophy  and 
Church  histoiy,  and  hath  paid  attention  to  composition  and  pul- 
pit eloq'dence,  as  means  of  giving  additional  efficacy  to  his  la- 
bours ;  [unless  the  Bishop  shall  judge  it  proper  to  dispense  with 
the  above  requisites  in  part,  in  consideration  of  certain  other 
qualifications  in  the  candidate  peculiarly  fitting  him  for  the  Gos- 
pel ministry.] 

The  7th  canon  of  the  year  1789  i&  hereby  rescinded. 
JV.  B.  The  last  clause  of  this  canon  marked  thus  []  was  repealed 
hy  the  4th  canon  of  1799, 

CANON  V. 

Of  tfte  officiating  of  Minivers  of  this  Church  in  the  Churches,  or  within  tfur 
Parochial  Cures,  of  other  Clergymen. 

No  clergyman  belonging  to  this  Church  shall  officiate,  either  by 
preaching  or  reading  prayers,  in  the  parish  or  within  the  paro- 
chial cure,  of  another  clergyman,  unless  he  have  received  express- 


1801.]  OF    THE    DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  105 

permission  for  that  purpose  from  the  minister  of  the  parish  or  cure, 
or,  in  his  absence,  from  the  Churchwartlcns  and  Vestrymen,  or 
Trustees  of  the  congregation.  But  if  any  minister  of  a  church 
shall,  from  inability,  or  any  other  cause,  neglect  to  perform  the 
regular  services  to  his  congregation,  and  shall  refuse  his  consent 
to  any  other  minister  of  this  Church  to  officiate  within  his  cure, 
the  Churchwardens,  Vestrymen,  or  Trustees  of  such  congregation, 
shall,  on  proof  of  such  neglect  and  refusal  before  the  Bishop  of 
the  diocese,  or,  if  there  be  no  Bishop,  before  the  Standing  Com- 
mittee, or  before  such  persons  as  may  be  deputed  by  him  or  them, 
or  before  such  persons  as  may  be,  by  the  regulations  of  this 
Church  in  any  State,  vested  with  the  power  of  hearing  and 
deciding  on  complaints  against  clergymen,  have  power  to  open 
the  doors  of  their  churches  to  any  regular  minister  of  the  Protes- 
tant Episcopal  Church. 

The  6th  canon  of  1792  is  hereby  rescinded. 

CANON  VI. 

Of  the  Preparatory  Exercises  of  a  Candidate  for  the  Ministry. 

Every  candidate  for  the  ministry  shall  give  notice  of  his  inten- 
tion to  the  Bishop,  or  to  such  body  as  the  Church  in  the  State  in 
which  the  candidate  resides  may  have  appointed  to  superintend  the 
instruction  of  candidates  for  Holy  Orders,  at  least  one  year  before 
his  ordination.  And  if  there  be  a  Bishop  within  the  State  or  Dis- 
trict where  the  candidate  resides,  he  shall  apply  to  no  other  Bishop 
for  ordination,  without  the  permission  of  the  former.  And  the 
said  candidate  shall  pass  through  the  preparatory  exercises  which 
the  Bishop,  or  such  body  aforesaid,  may  appoint ;  such  as  com- 
posing of  theses,  homilies,  or  sermons,  one  or  more,  to  be  de- 
livered, either  publicly  or  privately,  in  his  or  their  presence,  at 
such  time  or  times  as  may  be  appointed  by  the  authority  afore-, 
said. 

And  this  canon  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  the  first  day  of 
January  next. 

CANON  VII. 

For  tite  better  accomplishing  of  the  Objects  of  the  6th  Canon  of  1792. 

Whereas  there  is  no  provision  made  in  the  "  6th  canon  of 
1792,"  for  the  case  of  such  a  vicinity  of  two  or  more  churches, 
as  that  there  can  be  no  local  boundaries  drawn  between  their 
respective  cures,  it  is  hereby  ordained,  that  in  every  such  case,  no 
minister  of  this  Church,  other  than  the  parochial  Clergy  of  the 
said  cures,  shall  preach  within  the  common  limits  of  the  same,  in 
any  other  place  than  in  one  of  the  churches  thereof,  without  the 
consent  of  the  major  number  of  the  parochial  Clergy  of  the  said 
churches. 


i06  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1801. 

CANON  VIII. 

Toprsvenf  a  Congregation,  in  any  Diocese  or  State,  to  unite  with  a  Church  in 
any  other  Diocese  or  State. 

Whereas  a  question  may  arise,  whether  a  congregation  within 
the  diocese  of  any  Bishop,  or  within  any  State  in  which  there  is 
not  yet  any  Bishop  settled,  may  unite  themselves  with  the  Church 
in  any  other  Diocese  or  State ;  it  is  hereby  determined  and  de- 
clared that  all  such  unions  shall  be  considered  as  irregular  and 
void;  and  that  every  congregation  of  this  Church,  shall  be 
considered  as  belonging  to  the  body  of  the  Church  of  the  diocese, 
or  of  the  State  within  the  limits  of  which  they  dwell ;  or  within 
which  there  is  seated  a  church  to  which  they  belong.  And  no 
clergyman  having  a  parish  or  cure  in  more  than  one  State,  shall 
have  a  seat  in  the  Convention  of  any  State,  other  than  that  in 
which  he  resides. 

CANON  IX. 

/b  empower  the  Bishop  in  each  Diocese  or  District  to  compose  Forms  of  Prayer 
or  TJianksgiving  for  extraordinary  Occasions. 

The  Bishop  of  each  diocese  or  district  may  compose  forms  of 
prayer  or  thanksgiving,  as  the  case  may  require,  for  extraordinary 
occasions,  and  transmit  them  to  each  clergyman  within  his  diocese 
or  district,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  use  such  forms  in  his  church 
on  such  occasions.  And  the  Clergy  in  those  States  in  which 
there  is  no  Bishop,  may  use  the  form  of  prayer  or  thanksgiving 
composed  by  the  Bishop  of  any  other  State. 

Done  in  Convention,  and  signed  by  order  of  the  House  of 
Btshops. 

WILLIAM  WHITE,  D.  D.,  Presidi^ig  Bishop. 

WILLIAM  SMITH,  D.  D., 

President  of  the  House  of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies. 


CANONS 

Passed  1799. 

CANON  I. 

Of  the  Mode  of  calling  Special  Meetings  of  the  General  Convention. 

The  right  of  calling  special  meetings  of  the  General  Conven- 
tion shall  be  in  the  Bishops.  This  right  shall  be  exercised  by  the 
presiding  Bishop,  or,  in  the  case  of  his  death,  by  the  Bishop  who, 
according  to  the  rules  of  the  House  of  Bishops,  is  to  preside  at 
the  next  General  Convention ;  provided,  that  the  summons  shall 
be  with  the  consent,  or  on  the  requisition  of  a  majority  of  the 
Bishops,  expressed  to  him  in  writing. 


1801.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE    OF   NEW    YORK,  107 

The  place  of  holding  any  Special  Convention  shall  be  that 
fixed  on  by  the  preceding  General  Convention,  for  the  meeting 
of  the  next  General  Convention,  unless  circumstances,  to  be 
judged  of  by  the  Bishops,  shall  render  a  meeting  at  such  place 
unsafe  ;  in  which  case  the  Bishops  shall  appoint  some  other  place. 

CANON  ir. 

Of  the  Consecration  of  Bishops  in  the  Recess  of  the  General  Convention. 

If,  during  the  recess  of  the  General  Convention,  the  Church  in 
any  State  should  be  desirous  of  the  consecration  of  a  Bishop,  the 
Standing  Committee  of  the  Church  in  such  State  may,  by  their 
President,  or  by  some  other  person,  or  persons,  specially  appointed, 
communicate  the  desire  to  the  Standing  Committees  of  the  churches 
in  the  different  States,  together  with  copies  of  the  necessary  testi- 
monials :  and  if  the  major  number  of  the  Standing  Committees 
shall  consent  to  the  proposed  consecration,  the  Standing  Com- 
mittee of  the  State  concerned  may  communicate  the  evidences  of 
such  consent,  together  with  the  other  testimonials,  to  any  three 
Bishops  of  this  Church,  who  may  thereon  proceed  to  the  conse- 
cration. The  evidences  of  the  consent  of  the  different  Standing 
Committees  shall  be  in  the  form  prescribed  for  the  General 
Convention  in  the  "  2d  canon  of  1789  :"  and  without  the  afore- 
said requisites,  no  consecration  shall  take  place  during  the  recess 
of  the  General  Convention. 

CANOxN  III. 
Explanatory  of  Part  of  the  1st  Canon  of  1795. 

No  clergyman,  employed  by  the  year,  or  for  any  limited  time, 
shall  be  considered  as  a  regularly  officiating  and  resident  minister 
of  the  Church  in  any  State,  for  the  purpose  expressed  in  the  two 
concluding  sentences  of  the  1st  canon  of  1795,  entitled,  "  a  canon 
concerning  Episcopal  Visitation." 

CANON  IV. 

Repealing  in  part  the  4th  Canon  of  1795,  concerning  the  Learning  of  those 
who  are  to  be  Ordained. 

Whereas,  by  the  canon  of  1795,  entitled,  "  of  the  learning  of 
those  who  are  to  be  ordained,"  a  power  is  vested  in  Bishops  of 
dispensing  with  certain  enumerated  requisites  in  part,  which  power 
is  not  only  too  indefinitely  expressed,  but  may  be  abused  ;  so  much, 
therefore,  of  the  said  canon  as  authorises  Bishops  to  dispense  with 
any  of  the  qualifications  required  in  candidates  for  Holy  Orders,  is 
hereby  repealed. 

Bif  Order  of  the  Honse  of  Bishops. 

WILLIAM  WHITE,  D.  D.,  Presiding  Bishop. 
By  Order  of  the  House  of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies. 

WILLIAM  SMITH,  D.  D.,  President. 


108  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1801. 

CANONS 

Passed  1801. 

CANON  I. 

Respecting  those  who  discontinue  all  Exercise  of  the  Ministerial  Offixe 
ivithout  lawful  Cause,  ^'c. 

If  any  person,  having  been  ordained  in  this  Church,  or  having 
been  otherwise  regularly  ordained  and  admitted  a  minister  in  this 
Church,  shall  discontinue  all  exercise  of  the  ministerial  office  with- 
out lawful  cause,  or  shall  avow  that  he  is  no  longer  a  minister  of 
this  Church,  or  shall  live  in  the  habitual  disuse  of  the  public  wor- 
ship, or  of  the  Holy  Eucharist,  according  to  the  offices  of  this 
Church — such  person,  on  due  proof  of  the  same,  or  on  liis  own 
confession,  shall  be  liable  to  be  degraded  from  the  ministry. 

CANON  II. 
Limiting  the  Operation  of  the  4th  Canon  of  1795. 
The  Bishop  of  this  Church,  in  any  State,  with  the  advice  and 
consent  of  all  the  clerical  members  of  the  Standing  Committee  of 
his  diocese,  may  dispense  with  the  knowledge  of  the  Latin  and 
Greek  languages,  and  other  branches  of  learning  not  strictly 
ecclesiastical,  which  are  required  by  the  4th  canon  of  1795. 

CANON  III. 

Prescribing  the  Mode  of  Publishing  authorised  Editions  of  the  Common 
Prayer  Book,  ^c. 

The  Bishop  of  this  Church,  in  any  State,  or,  where  there  is  no 
Bishop,  the  Standing  Committee,  are  authorised  to  appoint,  from 
time  to  time,  some  suitable  person  or  persons  to  compare  and  cor- 
rect all  new  editions  of  the  Common  Prayer  Book,  Book  of  Offices, 
&c.,  by  some  standard  book ;  and  a  certificate  of  their  having 
been  so  compared  and  corrected  shall  be  published  with  said  books. 
And  in  case  any  edition  shall  be  published  without  such  correc- 
tion, it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Bishop,  or,  where  there  is  no 
Bishop,  of  the  Standing  Committee,  to  give  public  notice  that  such 
edition  is  not  authorised  by  the  Church.  The  Bishop  of  this 
Church,  in  Pennsylvania,  is  hereby  authorised  to  set  forth  an  edi- 
tion of  the  Articles  of  Religion,  which,  w^hen  published,  shall  be 
the  standard  copy.  The  octavo  edition  of  the  Common  Prayer 
Book,  published  in  New  York  in  1793,  by  Hugh  Gaine,  and  the 
quarto  edition  of  the  Book  of  Offices,  &c.,  of  the  same  year,  pub- 
lished in  the  same  place,  are  hereby  established  as  standard  books, 
with  the  exception  of  errors  evidently  typographical ;  the  correc- 
tion of  which  errors  is  confided  to  such  person  or  persons  as  the 
Bishop  or  Standing  Committee  may  appoint  for  superintending 
any  publication. 


1801.]  OP  THE  DIOCESE   OF  NEW  YORK.  W9 

CANON  IV. 

Making  an  Addition  to  the  1st  Canon  of  1795,  concerning  Episcopal 

Visitation. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  Bishop  of  this  Church  to  keep  a 
res^ister  of  his  proceecUngs  at  every  visitation  of  his  diocese,  and 
particularly  of  the  names  and  age  of  the  persons  confirmed,  and  to 
report  a  copy  of  such  register  to  the  House  of  Bishops,  at  every 
triennial  meeting  of  the  General  Convention  of  this  Church,  in 
order  that  the  same  may  be  communicated  to  the  House  of  Cleri- 
cal and  Lay  Deputies,  to  be  preserved  among  the  general  records 
of  the  Church. 

The  above  canons  passed  in  Convention,  September,  1801. 

By  order  of  the  House  of  Bishops. 

WILLIAM  WHITE,  D.D.,  Presiding  Bishop. 

By  Order  of  the  House  of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies. 

ABRAHAM  BEACH,  D.D.,  President. 


A  PRAYER 

To  be  used  at  tlie  Meetings  of  Convention,  adopted  in  General  Convention, 

1799. 

Almighty  and  everlasting  God,  who,  by  thy  Holy  Spirit,  didst 
preside  in  the  council  of  the  blessed  Apostles,  and  hast  promised, 
through  thy  Son  Jesus  Christ,  to  be  with  thy  Church  to  the  end 
of  the  world  ;  we  beseech  thee  to  be  present  with  the  council  of 
thy  Church  here  assembled  in  thy  name  and  presence.  Save 
them  from  all  error,  ignorance,  pride,  and  prejudice ;  and  of  thy 
great  mercy  vouchsafe,  we  beseech  thee,  so  to  direct,  sanctify,  and 
govern  us  in  our  present  work,  by  the  mighty  power  of  the  Holy 
Ghost,  that  the  comfortable  Gospel  of  Christ  may  be  truly 
preached,  truly  received,  and  truly  followed,  in  all  places,  to  the 
breaking  down  the  kingdom  of  sin,  satan,  and  death;  till  at  length 
the  whole  of  thy  dispersed  sheep,  being  gathered  into  one  fold, 
shall  become  partakers  of  everlasting  life,  through  the  merits  and 
death  of  Jesus  Christ  our  Saviour.     Amen. 


RESOLUTION 

Of  tlie  Bishops,  the  Clergy,  and  Laity  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in 
the  United  States  of  America,  in   Convention,  in  the  City  of   Trenton,  th£ 
11th  day  of  September,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1801,  respecting  Articles  of 
Religion. 
The  Articles  of  Religion  are  hereby  ordered  to  be  set  forth  with 

the  following  directions  to  be  observed  m  all  future  editions  of  the 

same ;  that  is  to  say — 


110  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [180L 

The  following  to  be  the  title,  viz. : 

"Articles  of  Religion,  as  established  by  the  Bishops,  the  Clergy, 
and  the  Laity  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  United 
States  of  America,  in  Convention,  on  the  12th  day  of  September, 
in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1801." 

The  Articles  to  stand  as  in  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer  of  the 
Church  of  England,  with  the  following  alterations  and  omissions, 
viz.  : 

In  the  8th  Article,  the  word  three  in  the  title,  and  the  words 
three — Athanasius^  Creed)  in  the  article,  to  be  omitted,  and  the 
article  to  read  thus  : 

"Art.  8. 
"  Of  t lie  Creeds. 

"  The  Nicene  Creed,  and  that  which  is  commonly  called  the 
Apostles'  Creed,  ought  thoroughly  to  be  received  and  believed ; 
for  they  may  be  proved  by  most  certain  warrants  of  Holy  Scrip- 
ture." 

Under  the  title,  "article  21,"  the  following  note  to  be  inserted, 
viz. : 

"  The  21st  of  the  former  articles  is  omitted,  because  it  is  partly 
of  a  local  and  civil  nature,  and  is  provided  for,  as  to  the  remaining 
parts  of  it,  in  other  articles." 

The  35th  article  to  be  inserted  with  the  following  note,  viz. : 

"  This  article  is  received  in  this  Church,  so  far  as  it  declares  the 
books  of  homilies  to  be  an  explication  of  Christian  doctrine,  and 
instructive  in  piety  and  morals.  But  all  references  to  the  Consti- 
tution and  laws  of  England  are  considered  as  inapplicable  to  the 
circumstances  of  this  Church,  which  also  suspends  the  order  for 
the  reading  of  said  homilies  in  churches  until  a  revision  of  thera 
may  conveniently  be  made,  for  the  clearing  of  them,  as  well  from 
obsolete  words  and  phrases,  as  from  the  local  references." 

The  36th  article,  entitled,  "  Of  Consecration  of  Bishops  and 
Ministers,"  to  read  thus  : 

"  The  book  of  consecration  of  Bishops,  and  ordering  of  Priests 
and  Deacons,  as  set  forth  by  the  General  Convention  of  this  Church 
in  1792,  doth  contain  all  things  necessary  to  such  consecration 
and  ordering ;  neither  hath  it  any  thing  that,  of  itself,  is  supersti- 
tious and  ungodly  :  and,  therefore,  whosoever  are  consecrated  or 
ordered  according  to  said  form,  we  decree  all  such  to  be  rightly, 
orderly,  and  lawfully  consecrated  and  ordered." 

The  37th  article  to  be  omitted,  and  the  following  substituted  in 

its  place : 

"  Of  the  Power  of  the  Civil  Magistrate. 

"  The  power  of  the  Civil  Magistrate  extendeth  to  all  men,  as 
well  Clergy  as  Laity,  in  all  things  temporal,  but  hath  no  authority 


1801.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE    OF   NEW   YORK.  Ill 

in  things  purely  spiritual.  And  we  hold  it  to  he  the  duty  of  all 
men  who  are  professors  of  the  Gospel,  to  pay  respectful  obedience 
to  the  civil  authority,  regularly  and  legitimately  constituted." 

Adofted  by  the  House  of  Bishops. 

WILLIAM  WHITE,  D.  D.,  Presiding  Bishop. 
Adopted  by  the  House  of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies. 

ABRAHAM  BEACH,  D.D.,  President. 


CONSTITUTION 

Of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of  New  York,  as  adopted 
October  11,  1796. 

[See  Journal  of  1796,  page  79.] 


CANONS 

Of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of  New  York. 

Canons  passed  1796. 

[See  Journal  of  1796,  page  81.] 


CANON 

Passed  1797. 

[See  Journal  of  1797,  page  87.] 


SIXTEENTH   convention; 


OF   THE 

PROCEEDINGS 

OF    THE 

ANNUAL    CONVENTION 

OF 

THE  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH, 

IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK  i 

HELD    IN    TRINITY   CHURCH,    IN   THE   CITY   OF    NEW    YORK, 

On  Tuesday,  October  5lh,  and  'Wednesday,  October  6th,  A.  D.  1802. 


ai.^t  of  tlje  ©lerflj)  an»  3laH  Dclcsatcs 

WHO  COMPOSED  THE  CONVENTION. 

The  Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Moore,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Protes- 
tant  Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State  of  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
Rochellc 

The  Rev.  Abraham  Beach,  D.  D.,  an  Assistant  Minister  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Richard  Bradford,  Rector  of  St  Luke's  Church,  Cats- 
kill. 

The  Rev.  Philander  Chase,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Pough- 
keepsie,  and  Trinity  Church,  Fishkill. 

The  Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers. 

The  Rev.  WilHam  Harris,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's  Church,  Bowery, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead. 

The  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinit); 
Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  John  Ireland,  Rector  of  St.  Ana's  Church,  Brooklyn. 

The  Rev.  Cave  Jones,  an  Assistant  Mimsier  of  Trinity  Church, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Bethel  Judd,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Hudson. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Pilmore,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  New  York. 


1802.]  JOURNALS  OF   THE    CONVENTIONS,   ETC.  ll^ 

The  Rev.  Evan  Rogers,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Rye. 

The  Rev.  Henry  Van  Dyke,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church,  New- 
town. 

The  Rev.  Frederick  Van  Home,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Church, 
Orange  county. 

The  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  West 
Chester,  and  St.  Paul's  Church,  East  Chester. 

The  Rev.  Robert  G.  Wetmore,  Rector  of  Christ  Church, 
Duanesburgh,  and  St.  George's  Church,  Schenectady. 


LAY    DELEGATES. 

Christ  Church,  Hudson,  Wilham  E.  Norman. 

Christ  Church,  New  York,  George  Warner,  George  Donii- 
nick. 

Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie,  J.  Davis. 

Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  Christopher  Smith,  John  Motley. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Orange  county,  Thomas  Colden. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island,  J.  Van  Buskirk,  N.  Brit- 
ton,  W.  B.  Gifford,  G.  W.  Barnes. 

St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn,  Robert  Hodge,  William  Grigg. 

St.  George's  Church,  Flushing,  John  H.  Smith. 

St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead,  Thomas  Clowes,  Richard 
Thorn  e. 

St.  George's  Church,  Schenectady,  Samuel  Gilford. 

St.  James'  Church,  Newtown,  David  Purdy. 

St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers,  Abraham  Fowler,  Isaac  Lau- 
rence. 

St.  Luke's  Church,  Cattskill,  Peter  G.  Stuyvesant. 

St.  Mark's  Church,  Bowery,  New  York,  Peter  Stuyvesant, 
Wilham  A.  Hardenbrook. 

Trinity  Church,  Fishkill,  Peter  Mesier. 

Trinity  Church,  New  York,  John  Charlton,  Robert  Watts, 
Hubert  Van  Wagenen. 

Churches,  at  Bedford  and  Newcastle,  William  Miller. 

Churches,  in  Otsego  county,  James  Morris. 


New  York,  Tuesday,  October  5th,  1802,  A.  M. 

This  being  the  day  appointed  for  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
Convention  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  this  State,  the 
Right  Rev.  Bishop  Moore,  and  several  of  the  Clergy  and  Lay 
Delegates,  attended  in  Trinity  Church,  where  prayers  were  read  by 


114  JOURNALS   OF    THE   CONVENTIONS  [1802. 

the  Rev.  Mr.  Harris,  and  a  sermon  delivered  by  the  Right  Rev. 
Bishop  Moore. 

After  Divine  service,  the  Convention  assembled,  and  the  certi- 
ficates of  the  several  Lay  Delegates  were  read,  and  approved  of. 

The  Bishop  informed  the  Convention  that  he  considered  the 
following  clergymen  as  regular  clergymen  of  this  Church,  and 
duly  inducted  into  their  respective  parishes ;  and  they  took  their 
seats  in  Convention  accordingly :  viz.,  the  Rev.  William  Harris, 
Rector  of  St.  Mark's  Church,  Bowery ;  Rev.  Bethel  Judd,  Rector 
of  Christ  Church,  Hudson ;  Rev.  Evan  Rogers,  Rector  of  Christ 
Church,  Rye;  Rev.  Richard  Bradford,  Rector  of  St.  Luke's 
Church  Cattskill.  It  also  appeared  that  this  latter  church  was 
duly  incorporated,  and  it  was  recognized  and  received  into  union 
with  this  Convention. 

The  Convention  then  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  a  Secretary, 
and  the  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart  was  duly  chosen. 

On  motion, 

Resolved  unanimously,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Convention  be 
returned  to  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Moore,  for  his  sermon  preached 
before  them  this  day,  and  that  he  be  requested  to  furnish  a  copy 
of  it  for  publication. 

On  motion, 

Resolved  unanimously.  That  the  Rev.  Mr.  Seabury,  of  Con- 
necticut, be  admitted  as  a  visitor  to  the  sittings  of  this  Convention. 

The  memorial  of  the  Corporation  of  Christ  Church,  in  the  city 
of  New  York,  presented  to  the  last  Convention,  was  called  up 
and  read  ;  and,  on  motion. 

Resolved  unanvmously ,  That  when  the  Bishop  shall  express  to 
this  Convention  that  he  is  satisfied  with  the  acknowledgments 
made  to  him  by  the  rector  and  congregation  of  Christ  Church, 
the  said  rector  and  congregation  be  received  into  communion 
with  the  Church. 

The  Secretary  was  ordered  to  furnish  the  rector  of  Christ 
Church  with  a  copy  of  this  resolution. 

The  resolutions  relative  to  the  quahfications  of  Lay  Delegates, 
&c.  to  a  seat  in  the  Convention,  which  were  proposed  at  the  last 
Convention,  and  postponed,  were  called  up ;  and  a  division  of 
them  being  required,  the  Convention  took  into  consideration  the 
following  resolutions,  viz. : 


1802.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE    OF   NEW   YORK.  115 

Resolved,  That  no  Lay  Delegates  be  admitted  to  a  seat  in  this 
Convention,  in  the  future,  but  such  as  are  communicants  of  this 
Church,  and  have  been  so  for  at  least  one  year  previous  to  their 
appointment,  to  be  certified  by  the  Rector,  the  Churchwardens 
and  Vestry  of  the  parish  by  whom  they  are  delegated. 

Without  coming  to  a  decision  on  this  resolution,  the  Convention 
adjourned  to  nine  o'clock  to-morrow  morning. 


Wednesday,  October  6th,  1802. 

The  Convention  met. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Judd  read  prayers. 

The  Bishop  informed  the  Convention  that  the  rector  and  con- 
gregation of  Christ  Church  had  made  to  him  acknowledgments 
which  he  deemed  satisfactory.  Accordingly,  in  pursuance  of  the 
resolution  of  yesterday,  the  Rev.  Joseph  Pilmore,  Rector  of  Christ 
Church,  took  his  seat  in  the  Convention  :  and  the  certificate  of 
the  Lay  Delegates  from  the  said  church  was  read,  and  approved 
of. 

The  resolution  under  consideration  yesterday,  recurring,  the 
following  resolution  was  proposed  and  unanimously  adopted  in  its 
stead,  viz.  : 

Resolved,  That  it  is  the  opinion  of  this  Convention  that  the 
welfare  and  prosperity  of  the  Church  require,  and  it  is  in  itself 
proper  and  right,  that  no  Lay  Delegates  should  be  sent  to  this 
Convention,  but  such  as  are  communicants  of  this  Church,  and 
have  been  so  at  least  for  one  year  previously  to  their  appointment. 
And  that  it  be  recommended  to  the  several  parishes  to  adopt  this 
principle,  and,  as  far  as  possible,  to  carry  it  into  effect  in  their 
future  delegations. 

The  Convention  unanimously  adopted  the  following  proposed 
canons,  viz. :  Canons  prescribing  the  mode  of  presenting  and  try- 
ing clergymen ;  a  Canon  enjoining  it  on  the  Clergy  to  officiate 
occasionally  in  vacant  parishes ;  and  a  Canon  regulating  the 
mode  in  which  alms  and  contributions  at  the  Holy  Communion 
are  to  be  apphed. 

The  Treasurer  presented  the  following  statement  of  the  funds 
for  the  support  of  the  Episcopate,  viz. : 

"  We  the  subscribers,  two  of  the  Standing  Committee  of  the  Convention  ol 
the  Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of  New  York,  appointed  to  examine  the  ac- 
counts of  the  Treasurer  of  said  Convention,  do  certifv,  that  we  have  examined 


116  JOURNALS   OF    THE    CONVENTIONS  [1802. 

the  same  from  the  third  day  of  September  last  to  this  day,  and  do  find  them 
just  and  ri^ht,  and  that  the  Treasurer  has  at  present  out  on  interest  (on  good 
security  shown  to  us)  the  sum  of  twelve  hundred  and  twenty  pounds,  and  that 
the  Treasurer  is  at  present  in  advance  the  sum  of  fiive  pounds,  two  shillings 
and  five  pence.     Witness  our  hands,  this  fifth  day  of  October,  1802. 

"ABRAHAM  BEACH, 
"J.  H.  HOBART." 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Convention  be  returned  to  the 
Treasurer  for  his  attention  and  services. 

The  Clergy  present  were  separately  called  upon  to  inform  the 
Convention  whether  they  had,  in  their  respective  churches,  during 
the  past  year,  preached  the  sermons,  and  made  the  collections 
prescribed  by  the  first  and  second  canons  of  the  Church  in  this 
State,  passed  in  1796.  Agreeably  to  the  fourth  canon  of  the  same 
year,  several  of  the  Clergy  reported  to  the  Bishop  their  parochial 
registers,  which  were  read,  and  ordered  to  be  preserved  by  the 
Secretary,  among  the  records  of  the  Convention.  And  the  delin- 
quent Clergy  were  ordered  to  transmit  their  returns,  without  delay, 
to  the  Secretary-. 

The  Convention  unanimously  adopted  a  proposed  Office  of  In- 
duction into  the  rectorship  of  parishes  ;  and  a  proposed  canon 
prescribing  the  use  of  the  said  office  at  the  induction  and  settle- 
ment of  every  rector. 

The  minutes  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Standing  Committee  for 
the  past  year,  and  of  the  Committee  for  Propagating  the  Gospel, 
were  read.  From  these  last  minutes  it  appeared  that  the  Rev. 
Davenport  Phelps,  Deacon,  was  employed  as  a  missionary  on  the 
frontiers  of  the  State,  subject  to  instructions  delivered  to  him  by 
the  Bishop  :  and  from  several  communications  from  him  it  appeared 
that  he  was  zealously  prosecuting  the  objects  of  his  mission. 

The  following  persons  were  chosen,  by  ballot,  members  of  the 
Standing  Committee :  Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Mr.  Hobart,  Rev. 
Mr.  Jones,  Rev.  Mr.  Harris,  Dr.  Charlton,  Richard  Harison, 
Matthew  Clarkson,  and  Wilham  Ogden,  Esq's. 

The  following  persons  were  chosen,  by  ballot,  members  of  "  the 
Committee  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  for  Propapating 
the  Gospel  in  the  State  of  New  York,"  agreeably  to  the  first  canon 
of  the  Church  in  this  State,  of  1796,  viz. :  the  Rev.  Dr.  Beach, 
Rev.  Mr.  Jones,  Rev.  Mr.  Hobart,  Dr.  John  Charlton,  Hubert  Van 
Wagenen,  and  David  M.  Clarkson,  Esq's.  The  Bishop  being,  ex 
officio,  a  member  and  President  of  the  Committee. 


1802.]  OF    THE   DIOCESE    OF   NEW   YORK.  117 

The  following  persons  were  chosen,  by  ballot,  Delegates  to  the 
General  Convention :  Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Mr.  Wilkins,  Rev. 
Mr.  Hobart,  Rev.  Mr.  Harris,  John  Reed,  Hubert  Van  Wagenen, 
Robert  Watts,  and  William  Ogden,  Esq's. 

Mr,  Hubert  Van  Wagenen  was  unanimously  re-elected  Trea- 
surer of  the  Convention. 

The  Journals  of  the  Convention,  and  the  Office  of  Induction, 
were  ordered  to  be  printed. 

The  Bishop  expressed  to  the  Convention  his  satisfaction  at  the 
unanimity  and  harmony  which  had  prevailed  during  the  sitting, 
and  his  earnest  wish  and  expectation  that  every  individual  would 
zealously  endeavour  to  advance  the  interests  of  Religion  and  the 
Church. 

The  Convention  rose. 

Attested,  J.  H.  HOBART,  Sec'y. 


APPENDIX. 


RESOLUTION 

Passed  at  this  Convention,  October,  1802. 

Resolved,  That  it  is  the  opinion  of  this  Convention,  that  the 
welfare  of  the  Church  requires,  and  it  is  in  itself  proper  and  right, 
that  no  Lay  Delegates  should  be  sent  to  this  Convention,  but  such 
as  are  communicants  of  this  Church,  and  have  been  so  for  at  least 
one  year  previously  to  their  appointment.  And  that  it  be  recom- 
mended to  the  several  parishes  to  adopt  this  principle,  and,  as  far 
as  possible,  to  carry  it  into  effect  in  their  future  delegations. 


CANONS 

Passed  at  this  Convention,  October,  1802.. 
The  first  four  Canons  prescribe  the  mode  of  trying  Clergymen, 

CANON  I. 
Of  Presentments. 

Every  trial  of  a  clergyman  in  this  Church  for  misbehaviour 
"shall  be  on  presentment  made  to  the  Bishop  by  the  Convention, 


118  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1802. 

by  the  Vestry  of  the  parish  to  which  a  clergyman  belongs,  or  by 
three  or  more  presbyters  of  the  Church.  In  every  presentment 
the  charge  or  charges  shall  be  distinctly  specified. 

CANON  II. 
Of  the  Trial  of  a  Clergyman. 

For  the  trial  of  a  clergyman,  the  Bishop  shall  nominate  eight 
presbyters,  out  of  whom  the  person  accused  may  choose  five ;  or 
if  he  neglect  or  refuse  to  do  this,  the  Bishop  shall  appoint  five  ; 
who  shall  be  constituted  a  Board  for  trying  the  accused  person. 
The  Bishop  shall  appoint  the  time  and  place  of  trial,  of  both 
which  at  least  a  month's  notice  shall  be  given  to  the  party  ac- 
cused ;  and  should  he  neglect  or  refuse  to  attend,  the  trial  shall 
proceed.  The  Board  thus  constituted,  or  any  three  of  them,  shall 
examine  fully  the  charges  alleged,  and  keep  a  minute  and  accurate 
record  of  the  testimony  of  witnesses,  and  of  every  question  and 
proceeding  that  comes  before  them.  No  charge  shall  be  sub- 
stantiated on  a  testimony  of  less  than  two  witnesses.  On  the  ex- 
amination of  any  witness,  should  the  accused  party  require  it,  an 
oath  or  affirmation  shall  be  administered  by  a  magistrate.  In  all 
questions,  a  majority  of  the  whole  Board  shall  be  necessary  to  a 
decision.  The  Board  having  come  to  a  decision  on  the  charge 
or  charges  respectively,  shall  communicate  this  decision  to  the 
Bishop ;  and  also,  in  case  they  have  found  the  accused  person 
guilty,  the  sentence  which  in  their  opinion  should  be  pro- 
nounced. A  certified  copy  of  the  record  of  their  proceedings 
shall  be  laid  before  the  Bishop,  and  his  judgment  in  the  case  is 
to  be  final. 

CANON  III. 

Of  the  Sentence  to  be  pronounced  on  a  Clergyman  found  guilty  of  Mis- 
behaviour. 

This  sentence  may  be  admonition,  suspension,  or  degradation 
from  the  ministry,  or  excommunication,  and  shall  be  pronounced 
by  the  Bishop  only  in  convocalion. 

CANON  IV. 
Of  the  Presentment  and  Trial  of  a  Bishop. 

Presentment  of  the  Bishop  of  this  Church  shall  only  be  made 
by  the  Convention  of  this  State  to  three  or  more  Bishops  of  the 
Church  in  the  United  States,  who  shall  proceed  in  the  case  as 
they  may  think  proper. 

CANON  V. 

Enjoining  it  on  the  Clergy  to  officiate  occasionally  in  Vacant  Parishes. 

It  is  hereby  enjoined  on  every  clergyman  in  this  diocese  to 
officiate  at  least  once  in  every  three  months  in  some  of  the  vacant 


1802.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE    OF   NEW  YORK.  119 

parishes  in  his  neighbourhood,  and  to  render  to  the  Convention, 
at  every  annual  meeting,  a  statement  of  the  parishes  in  which  he 
has  officiated.  And  unless  the  parishes  make  provision  for  defray- 
ing his  expenses,  the  Committee  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  for  Propagating  the  Gospel  in  this  State  shall  be  answer- 
able for  them. 

CANOV  VI. 

Directing  the  Mode  in  which  Alms  and  Contributions  at  the  Holy  Communion 
are  to  be  applied. 

Whereas  doubts  have  arisen  as  to  the  mode  in  which  alms  and 
contributions  at  the  administration  of  the  Holy  Communion  are  to 
be  applied ;  it  is  hereby  declared,  that  they  shall  be  deposited 
wdth  the  minister  of  the  parish,  to  be  applied  to  such  charitable 
and  pious  purposes  as  he  may  think  proper.  And  he  shall  an- 
nually exhibit  to  the  Vestry  an  account  of  the  money  received 
and  expended. 

CANON  VII. 
Prescribing  the  Office  of  Induction. 

No  minister  shall  be  considered  as  regularly  inducted  or  settled 
hereafter,  as  the  rector  of  any  parish,  except  he  has  been  inducted 
or  settled  according  to  the  Office  of  Induction,  prescribed  by  this 
Convention. 

Attested,  J.  H.  HOBART, 

Secretary  of  the  Convention. 


SEVENTEENTH    CONVENTION. 


JOURIfAZi 

OF    THE 

PROCEEDINGS 

OF    THE 

ANNUAL   CONVENTION. 

OF 
THE  PROTESTANT   EPISCOPAL  CHURCH, 

IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK ; 

HJSLS    IN    ST.    PETER'S    CHURCH,    ALBANY, 

On  Tuesday,  October  4tb,  and  Wednesday,  October  Stb,  1803. 


SDList  of  ti)e  ffllcrjjw  antr  3la2  JBclesates 

WHO  ATTENDED  THE  CONVENTION. 
CLERGY. 

The  Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Moore,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Protes- 
tant Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State  of  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Frederick  Beasley,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 
Albany. 

The  Rev.  Richard  Bradford,  Rector  of  St.  Luke's  Church, 
Cattskill. 

The  Rev.  Philander  Chase,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Pough- 
keepsie,  and  Trinity  Church,  Fishkill. 

The  Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers. 

The  Rev.  William  Harris,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's  Church,  Bowery, 
New  York.      9 

The  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Daniel  Nash,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Otsego, 
St.  Luke's,  Richfield,  and  Harmony  Church,  Butternutts. 

The  Rev.  Davenport  Phelps,  Missionary  in  the  western  parts 
of  the  State. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Pihnore,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  New  York. 


1803.]  JOURNALS   OF   THE    COIfVENTIONS,  •ETC.  121 

The  Rev.  Gamaliel  Thatcher,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Balls- 
town,  St.  James'  Church,  Milton,  and  St.  John's  Church  Still- 
water. 

The  Rev.  John  Urquhart,  Principal  of  the  Jonhstown  Academy. 

The  Rev.  Frederick  Van  Home,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Church, 
Orange  county. 

The  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  West 
Chester,  and  St.  Paul's  Church,  East  Chester. 

'^LAY    DELEGATES. 

Christ  Church,  Ballstown,  Henr}'  Walton,  Eliud  Davis. 

Christ  Church,  Hudson,  William  E.  Norman. 

Christ  Church,  New  York,  George  Warner. 

St.  George's  Church,  Schenectady,  John  W.  Browm,  Richard 
Wiggins. 

St.  James'  Church,  Goshen,  William  M.  Thompson. 

St.  James'  Chiu-ch,  Milton,  Nathan  Worden. 

St.  John's  Church,  Johnstowm,  William  Egan,  Joseph  Newton. 

St.  John's  Church,  Otsego,  Joseph  TimnichfF. 

St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers,  Brabazen  Noble. 

St.  Luke's  Church,  Cattskill,  John  Blanchard,  James  Bell. 

St.  Luke's  Church,  Richfield,  Ezben  Pringle. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Paris,  Gideon  Seymour. 

St.  Peter's  Chm-ch,  Albany,  John  Stevenson,  Goldsborough 
Banyer. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Stamford,  Andrew^  Beers. 


Albany,  Tuesday,  October  4th,  1803. 

This  being  the  day  appointed  for  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
Convention  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  and  the  city  of 
Albany  having  been  appointed  by  the  Bishop  as  the  place  of 
meeting,  several  of  the  Clergy  and  Lay  Delegates  attended,  in  the 
morning,  the  consecration  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  in  said  city,  by 
the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Moore,  when  prayers  were  read  by  the 
Rev.  Mr,  Harris,  and  a  sermon  delivered  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Hobart 
In  the  afternoon  prayers  were  read  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Cooper,  and 
a  sermon  on  the  occasion  of  the  opening  of  the  Convention  was 
delivered  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Wilkins. 

After  Divine  service  the  Convention  assembled,  and  the  cer- 
tificates of  the  several  Lay  Delegates  were  read,  and  approved  of. 

The  Convention  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  a  Secretary  and 


122  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1803. 

Treasurer,  when  the  Rev.  John  H.  Hobart  was  chosen  Secretary, 
and  Mr.  Hubert  Van  Wagenen,  Treasurer. 

The  certificate  of  the  incorporation  of  St.  James'  Church, 
Goshen,  was  read.  This  church  was  accordingly  recognized  and 
received  into  union  with  the  Convention. 

The  Convention  adjourned  unto  to-morrow  morning. 


Wednesday,  October  5th,  1803. 

The  Convention  attended  Divine  service  on  the  occasion  of  the 
induction  of  the  Rev.  Frederick  Beasley  into  the  rectorship  of  St. 
Peter's  Church,  when  prayers  were  read  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Wilkins, 
the  induction  performed  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Hobart,  and  a  sermon 
delivered  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Harris. 

After  Divine  service  the  Convention  assembled,  and  the  certifi- 
cate of  induction  of  the  Rev.  Frederick  Beasley  into  the  rectorship 
of  St.  Peter's  Church  being  read,  he  was  admitted  to  a  seat  in  the 
Convention.  The  Convention  then  adjourned  to  four  o'clock  in 
the  afternoon. 


Wednesday,  October  5th,  1803,  4  o'clock  P.  M. 
The  Convention  met. 

On  motion. 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Convention  be  returned  to  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Wilkins,  for  his  sermon  delivered  yesterday  at  the  open- 
ing of  the  Convention,  and  that  he  be  requested  to  furnish  a  copy 
for  publication. 

The  minutes  of  the  Standing  Committee,  and  of  the  Committee 
for  Propagating  the  Gospel  in  the  State  of  New  York,  and  also 
communications  from  the  Rev.  Mr.  Phelps,  a  missionary,  contain- 
ing an  account  of  his  transactions  on  his  mission,  were  severally 
read. 

A  canon  was  proposed,  and  unanimously  adopted,  directing 
that  the  parochial  reports  prescribed  by  the  fourth  canon  of  the 
Church  in  this  State,  of  1796,  should  be  regularly  inserted  on  the 
Journals. 

A  resolution  was  proposed,  and  unanimously  adopted,  recom- 
mending to  the  Clergy  to  present,  with  their  next  parochial 


1803.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE    OF   NEW   YORK.  123 

reports,   a  view   of  *  their  respective   congregations  since  their 
foundation. 

A  canon  was  proposed,  and  adopted,  enjoining  it  on  the  Clergy 
to  attend  the  Convention,  and  recommending  to  the  respective 
parishes  to  make  provision  for  their  expenses. 

The  Clergy  were  called  on  for  their  parochial  reports,  which 
were  accordingly  rendered.  And  they  also  rendered  an  account 
of  the  collection  in  their  respective  churches  for  the  Episcopate 
and  Missionary  Funds,  and  an  account  of  the  different  vacant 
parishes  in  which  they  had  officiated  during  the  past  year. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  chosen,  by  ballot,  delegates  to 
the  General  Convention  :  Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Mr.  Wilkins, 
Rev.  Mr.  Hobart,  Rev.  Mr.  Harris,  Robert  Watts,  William  Ogden, 
Henry  Walton,  John  Reed. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  chosen,  by  ballot,  members  of 
the  Standing  Committee  :  Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Mr.  Harris,  Rev. 
Mr.  Jones,  Rev.  Mr.  Hobart,  Dr.  Charlton,  [Richard  Harison, 
Mathew  Clarkson,  and  William  Ogden. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  chosen,  by  ballot,  members  of 
the  Committee  for  Propagating  the  Gospel  in  the  State  of  New 
York :  Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Mr.  Hobart,  Rev.  Mr.  Jones,  Dr. 
Charlton,  H.  Van  Wagenen,  and  D.  M.  Clarkson.  The  Journals 
of  the  Convention  were  ordered  to  be  printed. 

The  Bishop  addressed  the  Convention,  congratulating  them  on 
the  flom'ishing  state  of  the  diocese,  and  enforcing  the  necessity  of 
continued  zeal  and  exertion  in  advancing  the  interests  of  Religion 
and  the  Church. 

The  Convention  rose. 

Attested,  J.  H.  HOBART,  Sec'y. 


APPENDIX 


RESOLUTION 

Passed  at  this  Convention,  October,  1803. 

Resolved,  That  it  be  earnestly  recommended  to  the  Clergy,  to 
present,  with  their  next  parochial  reports,  a  view  of  their  respec- 
tive congregations  since  their  foundation,  as  far  as  they  may  be 


124  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS,  ETC.       [1803. 

able  to  obtain  information ;  stating  particularly  the  time  when  the 
chm-ches  were  built,  the  names  and  succession  of  the  rectors  and 
ministers,  the  names  of  those  who  have  been  benefactors  to  the 
churches,  and  generally  whatever  information  may  tend  to  throw 
light  on  the  history  of  their  respective  parishes. 


CANONS 

Passed  at  this  Convkntion,  October,  1803. 

CANON  I. 
TJie  Parochial  Reports  of  the  Clergy  to  be  inserted  regularly  on  the  Journals. 

It  is  hereby  ordered,  that  the  parochial  reports  which  the 
Clergy,  by  the  fourth  canon  of  the  Convention  of  this  State  of 
1796,  are  required  to  render  annually  to  the  Convention,  shall  be 
regularly  printed  with  the  Journals,  after  they  have  undergone 
the  inspection  and  approbation  of  the  Convention. 

CANON  II. 

The  Clergy  required  to  attend  the  Meetings  of  the  Convention,  and  Provision 
to  he  made  for  tlteir  Expenses. 

Whereas  the  regular  attendance  of  the  Clergy  at  the  meetings 
of  the  Convention  is  of  essential  consequence  to  the  interests  of 
the  Church,  this  duty  is  hereby  enjoined  on  them.  At  the  open- 
ing of  every  Convention  the  names  of  the  Clergy  entitled  to  seats 
in  the  Convention  shall  be  called  over,  the  absentees  noted,  and 
at  the  ensuing  Convention  they  shall  be  called  upon  for  the  reasons 
of  their  absence.  It  is  hereby  earnestly  recommended  to  the  dif- 
ferent parishes  to  make  provision  for  the  expenses  of  their  Clergy 
and  Lay  Delegates  in  attending  the  Convention,  either  by  a 
collection  for  the  purpose  on  a  Sunday,  or  out  of  the  funds  of 
their  churches. 

Attested,  J.  H.  HOBART,  Sec'y, 


EIGHTEENTH   CONVENTION. 


JOUHNAI. 

OF   THE 

PROCEEDINGS 

OF   THE 

ANNUAL    CONVENTION 

OF 
THE   PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL   CHURCH, 

IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK ; 

HELD     IN     TRINITY     CHURCH,     NEW    YORK, 

From  Tuesday,  October  2d,  to  Thursday,  October  4Ui,  1804. 


3List  of  tl)c  dcrfla?  «intr  3lag  JBeltQutes 

WHO  ATTENDED  THE  CONVENTION. 
CLERGY. 

The  Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Moore,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Protes- 
tant Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State  of  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Peter  Anthony  Albert,  Rector  of  the  French  Church 
Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Edmund  D.  Barry,  Assistant  Minister  of  do. 

The  Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
Rochelle. 

The  Rev.  Abraham  Beach,  D.  D.,  an  Assistant  Minister  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Richard  Bradford,  Rector  of  St.  Luke's  Church, 
Cattskill. 

The  Rev.  Abraham  Lynsen  Clarke,  Rector  of  St.  James' 
Church,  Newtown,  and  St.  George's  Church,  Flushing. 

The  Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers, 

The  Rev.  Wilham  Harris,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's  Church,  Bowery, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  John  Ireland,  Rector  of  St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn. 


126  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1804 

The  Rev.  Cave  Jones,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Bethel  Judd,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Hudson. 

The  Rev.  Richard  Channing  Moore,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's 
Church,  Staten  Island. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Pilmore,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Evan  Rogers,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Rye. 

The  Rev.  George  Strebeck,  Deacon,  officiating  in  the  congre- 
gations at  Bedford  and  its  vicinity. 

The  Rev.  Frederick  Van  Home,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Church, 
Orange  county. 

LAY   DELEGATES. 

Bedford  and  Northcastle,  the  United  Churches,  William  Mil- 
ler. 

Brooklyn,  St.  Ann's  Church,  William  Grigg,  Robert  Hodge, 
WiUiam  Furman. 

Flushing,  St.  George's  Church,  John  H.  Smith,  William 
Prince. 

Hempstead,  St.  George's  Church,  George  Hewlett,  James 
Gildersleeve. 

Jamaica,  Grace  Church,  James  Mackarel,  David  Rowland. 

New  Rochelle,  Trinity  Church,  David  Coutant. 

Newtown,  St.  James'  Church,  John  Alsop. 

New  York,  Christ  Church,  George  Warner,  George  Domi- 
nick. 

New  York,  Du  St.  Esprit,  Richard  Harison,  John  Kemp. 

New  York,  St.  Mark's  Church,  Bowery,  Peter  Stuyvesant. 

New  York,  Trinity  Church,  John  Charlton,  H.  Van  Wagenen, 
John  Onderdonk. 

North  Salem,  St.  James'  Church,  Joshua  Purdy. 

Rye,  Christ  Church,  John  Haight. 

Staten  Island,  St.  Andrew's  Church,  James  Guion,  George  Vv. 
Barne,  Ab.  Van  Buskirk,  John  Van  Buskirk. 

Yonkers,  St.  John's  Church,  Shadrach  Taylor,  Frederick 
Underbill. 


New  York,  October  2d,  1804. 

This  being  the  day  appointed  for  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
Convention  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of 
New  York,  and  the  city  of  New  York  having  been  appointed  by 
the  Bishop  as  the  place  of  meeting;   the  Right  Rev.  Bishop 


1804.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  127 

Moore,  and  several  of  the  Clergy  and  Lay  Delegates  attended  at 
10  o'clock  A.  M.  in  Trinity  Church ;  when  prayers  were  read  by 
the  Rev.  Bethel  Judd,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Hudson,  and  a 
sermon,  on  the  occasion  of  the  meeting  of  the  Convention,  deliver- 
ed by  the  Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church, 
Yonkers. 

After  Divine  service,  the  Convention  assembled,  and  the  follow- 
ing named  Clergy  appeared,  and  took  their  seats : 

The  Rev.  Peter  Anthony  Albert,  Rector  of  the  French  Church 
Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York ;  Rev.  Edmund  D.  Barry,  Assistant 
Minister  of  ditto;  Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow,  Rector  of  Trinity 
Church,  New  Rochelle ;  Rev.  Abraham  Beach,  D.  D.,  an  Assistant 
Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  Richard  Bradford, 
Rector  of  St.  Luke's  Church,  Cattskill ;  Rev.  Abraham  Lynsen 
Clarke,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church,  Newtown,  and  St.  George's 
Church,  Flushing ;  Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  Rector  of  St.  John's 
Church,  Yonkers ;  Rev.  William  Harris,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's 
Church,  Bowery,  New  York;  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  an 
Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  John  Ire- 
land, Rector  of  St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn ;  Rev.  Cave  Jones, 
an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  Bethel 
Judd,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Hudson ;  Rev.  Richard  Channing 
Moore,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island;  Rev. 
Joseph  Pilmore,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  Evan 
Rogers,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Rye ;  Rev.  George  Strebeck, 
Deacon,  officiating  in  the  congregations  at  Bedford  and  its  vicinity ; 
Rev.  Frederick  Van  Home,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Orange 
county. 

The  following  named  Clergy  entitled  to  seats  in  the  Convention 
did  not  appear : 

Rev.  Frederick  Beasley,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany ; 
Rev.  John  Bowden,  D.  D.,  Professor  of  Moral  Philosophy,  &c.,  in 
Columbia  College;  Rev.  Philander  Chase,  Rector  of  Christ 
Church,  Poughkeepsie,  and  Trinity  Church,  Fishkill ;  Rev.  Seth 
Hart,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead ;  Rev.  Jonathan 
Judd,  Deacon,  Missionary;  Rev.  Daniel  Nash,  Rector  of  the 
Churches,  Otsego  county;  Rev.  Joseph  Perry,  New  Stamford; 
Rev.  Davenport  Phelps,  Missionary ;  Rev.  Gamaliel  Thatcher, 
Missionary;  Rev.  John  Urquhart,  Principal  of  the  Academy, 
Johnstown ;  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 
West  Chester,  and  St.  Paul's  Church,  East  Chester. 

The  certificates  of  the  appointment  of  the  several  Lay  Delegates 
were  read,  and  approved  of. 


128  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1804. 

The  Convention  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  a  Secretary  and 
Treasurer,  when  the  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart  was  chosen  Secre- 
tary, and  Mr.  Hubert  Van  Wagenen  Treasurer. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Convention  be  presented  to 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Cooper,  for  his  sermon  dehvered  before  the  Conven- 
tion, and  that  he  be  requested  to  furnish  a  copy  for  publication. 

The  Clergy  were  called  on  for  their  parochial  reports,  and  for 
the  history  of  their  respective  parishes,  agreeably  to  a  resolution 
of  the  last  Convention.  Several  of  these  parochial  reports  and 
histories  were  read ;  when  the  Convention  adjourned  to  10  o'clock 
to-morrow  morning. 


Wednesday,  October  3d,  1804,  10  o'clock  A.  M. 

The  Convention  met,  and  prayers  were  read  by  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Moore. 

The  Convention  finished  the  reading  of  the  parochial  reports 
and  history  of  the  congregations  of  the  Church. 

The  following  resolutions  were  moved  and  seconded  : 
Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Convention  prepare,  before 
its  next  annual  meeting,  a  proper  book,  in  which  the  views  of  the 
several  congregations  of  the  Church,  presented  to  this  body  pur- 
suant to  a  resolution  of  the  last  Convention,  together  with  the 
parochial  reports,  and  any  similar  documents,  may  be  recorded  for 
the  use  of  the  Church,  under  the  orders  of  any  future  Convention. 

The  question  being  taken  on  the  above  resolution,  it  was  de- 
termined in  the  affirmative. 

Resolved,  That  such  vieios  as  have  been  already  presented  be 
laid  before  the  next  State  Convention;  and  that,  in  the  mean 
time,  the  Clergy  be  at  liberty  to  correct  their  respective  state- 
ments, if  they  shall  judge  it  necessary. 

The  question  being  taken  on  the  above  resolution,  it  was  de- 
termined in  the  affirmative. 

Resolved,  as  the  sense  of  this  body,  That  no  publication  ex- 
cept communications  from  the  Bishop,  ought  to  be  sanctioned  by 
an  order  of  Convention,  until  the  same  shall  have  been  submitted 
to,  and  received  the  approbation  of  a  select  Committee,  to  be 
appointed  by  the  Bishop,  or,  in  case  there  is  no  Bishop,  by  the 
President  of  the  Convention. 


1804.]  OF   THE    DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  129 

The  sense  of  the  Convention  was  taken  by  orders  on  the  ques- 
tion, "  Shall  the  question  on  this  resolution  be  now  put  ?"  and 
there  not  being  a  concurrence  of  both  orders  against  taking  the 
question  on  the  above  resolution,  the  question  recurred  on  the 

resolution. 

It  was  then  moved  and  seconded,  that  the  aforesaid  resolution 
be  postponed.  The  question  on  this  motion  was  taken  by  orders, 
and  there  not  being  a  concurrence  of  both  orders  in  favour  of  the 
motion,  it  was  lost. 

The  question  was  then  talcen  on  the  resolution,  by  orders,  and 
there  not  being  a  concurrence  of  both  orders  in  favour  of  the 
resolution,  it  was  lost. 

The  Convention  then  adjourned  until  to-morrow  morning,  nine 
o'clock. 

Thursday,  October  4th,  1804,  9  o'clock  A.  M. 

The  Convention  met,  and  prayers  were  read  by  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Jones. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  a  Committee  be  appointed  to  investigate  the 
claim  of  the  Church  at  Newburgh  to  some  land  in  the  neighbour- 
hood of  said  town,  and  to  take  such  steps  in  the  same  as  they 
may  think  proper.  The  Bishop,  in  conjunction  with  Dr.  Beach, 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Van  Home,  and  Richard  Harison,  Esq.,  were  ap- 
pointed the  Committee. 

The  certificates  of  the  incorporation  of  St.  Paul's  Church, 
Claverack,  and  St.  Paul's  Church,  Warwick,  were  read,  and  the 
said  Churches  received  into  union  with  the  Convention. 

The  following  report  from  the  Bishop  and  Committee  for  Pro- 
pagating the  Gospel,  &c.,  was  presented,  and  read : 

"  The  Bishop  and  Committee  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  for  Propa- 
gating the  Gospel  in  the  State  of  New  York,  agreeably  to  the  requisition  of  the 
canon  providing  for  their  appointment,  make  the  following  report  of  their  pro- 
ceedings, and  of  the  state  of  the  funds: 

"  There  have  been  four  missionaries  who  have  acted  under  the  direction  of 
the  Committee  since  the  last  Annual  Convention. 

"  The  Rev.  Davenport  Phelps,  who  has  been  emplo)'ed  as  a  missionary  for 
these  three  years  past,  has  continued  his  labours  during  the  past  year  in  the 
western  part  of  the  State.  From  October,  1803,  to  April,  1804,  the  date  of  the 
last  accounts  from  him,  he  had  performed  Divine  service  at  Paris,  at  Hamilton, 
at  Sullivan,  and  at  Pompey;  and  at  each  of  these  settlements  had  baptised 
several  children,  and  at  Paris  had  administered  the  Holy  Communion.  He 
also  states,  that  a  church  had  been  organized  in  the  town  of  Manlius,  and  that 
there  appeared  a  disposition  to  organize,  at  a  favourable  period,  churches  in 


130  JOURNALS   OF   THE   CONVENTIONS  [1804, 

other  towns.  By  a  reference  in  one  of  his  letters  to  a  letter  which  the  Com- 
mittee have  not  received,  it  appears  that  he  had  visited  and  re-visited  several 
of  the  new  settlements,  as  he  hopes,  to  some  good  purpose.  The  family  of 
Mr.  Phelps  residing  out  of  the  State,  his  necessary  attention  to  them  has  some- 
what interfered  with  the  business  of  his  mission.  The  Committee,  however, 
have  reason  to  expect  that  he  removed  his  family  the  last  spring  into  this  State, 
and  that,  during  the  summer,  he  has  been  discharging  the  duties  of  his  mission 
with  that  zeal  and  activity  which  have  hitherto  uniformly  distinguished  him. 

"Mr.  Jonithan  Judd,  who  was  ordained  Deacon  in  February  last,  was  en- 
gaged by  the  Bishop  and  Committee  as  a  missionary.  Since  he  entered  on  his 
mission,  he  has  performed  Divine  service  at  Lebanon  Springs,  Schenectady, 
Troy,  Lansingburgh,  Stephentown,  several  places  in  the  vicinity  ol  Hudson, 
Balltown,  Charltown,  New  Stamford,  and,  in  August  last,  at  Chenango.  This 
last  place  he  visited  by  the  special  direction  of  the  Bishop,  who  had  received  a 
letter  from  the  Vestry  of  the  congregation  there,  praying,  in  the  most  respectful 
and  urgent  terms,  for  ministerial  aid.  The  congregation  there,  though  destitute 
for  several  years  of  the  ministrations  of  the  Priesthood,  had  regularly  assembled 
on  Sundays,  when  the  prayers  of  the  Church  and  sermons  were  read.  Their 
pious  zeal  and  attachment  lo  the  Church  were  thus  kept  alive.  They  received 
Mr.  Jndd  with  the  greatest  cordiality  and  affection ;  and  he  has  reason  to  expect 
that  good  effects  will  arise  from  his  ministrations,  &c.,  among  them.  After 
leaving  Chenango,  Mr.  Judd  visited  Paris,  Cambden,  Townships  Nos.  7  and  8, 
tJtica,  and  Redfield;  and  after  setting  out  on  his  journey  to  LowvilJe,  a  town 
on  the  Black  river,  was  obliged  to  return  on  account  of  the  badness  of  the 
road.  Mr.  Judd  states,  that  at  Utica  they  were  building  a  church ;  and  at 
Paris  their  diligence  and  zeal  were  worthy  of  high  commendation.  He  expected 
to  be  engaged  till  the  last  of  October  in  visiting  the  churches  at  Lowville,  at 
Oaondago,  at  Norwich  in  the  county  of  Chenango,  and  those  below  upon  the 
Mohawk.  At  the  different  places  which  he  visited  he  baptised  several  chil- 
dren. Mr.  JuJd's  communications  are  very  full  and  satisfactory,  and  the 
Bishop  and  Committee  have  every  reason  to  be  satisfied  with  his  diligenc*  and 
zeal  in  his  mission.  i 

"  The  Rev.  Gamaliel  Thatcher  was  engaged  as  a  missionary  the  beginning 
of  June,  and  has  since  performed  Divine  service,  at  various  times,  at  Schenec- 
tady, at  Johnstown,  at  Stillwater,  at  Schactecoke,  at  Balltown,  at  Utica,  at 
Litchfield,  and  at  Milton.  In  the  district  in  which  these  places  are  situated 
Mr.  Thatcher  appears  to  have  diligently  laboured.  He  baptised  several  chil- 
dren and  adults;  and,  on  Tuesday,  August  14,  he  organized  a  church  at  Utica, 
by  the  name  of  Trinity  Church. 

"The  Rev  Georgp  Strebeck,  Deacon,  has  officiated,  since  August  last,  as  a 
missionary,  in  the  congregations  at  Bedford  and  its  vicinity,  where  he  is  now 
settled. 

"The  Bishop  and  Committee  cannot  refrain  from  earnestly  calling  the 
attention  of  the  pious  and  wealthy  members  of  our  communion  to  the  destitute 
situation  of  their  brethren  in  the  northern  and  western  parts  of  the  State. 
They  are  earnest  and  pressing  in  their  wishes  to  be  supplied  with  a  ministry 
that  will  promulgate  to  them  the  truths  of  salvation  as  professed  by  our 
Apostolic  and  Primitive  Church.  To  gratify  their  wishes;  to  carry  among 
them  the  enlightening  and  consoling  truths  of  salvation ;  thus  to  extend  the 
kingdom  of  the  Redeemer,  and  to  be  instrumental  in  advancing  the  everlasting 
happiness  of  mankind,  are  the  most  exalted  objects  that  can  occupy  the  labours 
of  the  ministers  of  Christ,  and  the  charitable  zeal  of  His  disciples. 

"There  is  at  present  in  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer  £242;  almost  the  whole 
of  which  will  be  necessary  to  defray  the  expenses  of  the  past  year, 
"Attested,  JOHN  H.  HOBART, 

"  Secretary  of  the  Committee." 


1804.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE  OF   NEW  YORK.  13 1 

The  following  certificate  relative  to  the  Treasurer's  accounts 
was  presented,  and  read ; 

"  We,  the  subscribers,  do  certify,  That  we  have  examined  the  Treasurer's 
accounts,  from  the  5th  day  of  October,  1802,  being  tlie  last  time  the  same  were 
examined,  to  this  day,  and  find  them  just  and  right;  and  that  the  Treasurer 
has  at  ])resent  out  on  interest  on  approved  security,  the  sum  of  fifteen  hundred 
and  eighty -one  pounds,  and  in  his  hands  twenty-three  pounds  nineteen  shillings. 
Witness  our  hands  this  29th  day  of  September,  1804. 

«  ABRAHAM  BEACH,  )  „ 
•'JOHN  CHARLTON,    \  ^«'«»*^««^- 

"  The  above  money  constitutes  the  Episcopal  Fund." 

The  Clergy  rendered  an  account  of  the  collections  in  their 
respective  churches  for  the  Episcopal  and  Missionary  Funds,  and 
an  account  of  the  different  vacant  parishes  in  which  they  had 
officiated  since  the  last  annual  Convention. 

The  thanks  of  the  Convention  were  returned  to  the  Treasurer 
for  his  faithful  services  as  Treasurer. 

A  canon,  providing  for  carrying  into  effect  the  canons  of  the 
General  Convention,  and  the  requisition  of  the  House  of  Bishops 
relative  to  the  examination  and  studies  of  candidates  for  the  min- 
istry, was  proposed,  and  adopted. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  chosen,  by  ballot,  delegates  to 
the  General  Convention — Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Mr.  Hobart,  Rev. 
Mr.  Moore,  Rev.  Mr.  Wilkins,  Dr.  Charlton,  W.  Ogden,  R.  Han- 
son, Gen.  Clarkson, 

The  following  gentlemen  were  chosen,  by  ballot,  members  of 
the  Standing  Committee — Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Mr.  Hobart,  Rev. 
Mr.  Jones,  Rev.  Mr.  Harris,  Gen.  Clarkson,  Dr.  Charlton,  W. 
Ogden,  R.  Harison. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  chosen,  by  ballot,  members  of 
the  Committee  for  Propagating  the  Gospel  in  the  State  of  New 
York — Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Mr.  Hobart,  Rev.  Mr.  Jones,  Dr. 
Charlton,  H.  Van  Wagenen,  D.  M.  Clarkson. 

The  Bishop  then  addressed  the  Convention  at  considerable 
length  on  the  state  of  the  diocese,  &c.,  and  adjourned  the  Con- 
vention with  prayer. 

Attested,  JOHN  H.  HOBART,  Secretary. 


132  JOURNALS   OP   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1804. 

PAROCHIAL  REPORTS. 

3%«  following  Parochial  Reports  were  delivered  in  at  this  Convention,  and 
are  printed,  pursuant  to  the  fourth  Canon  of  1796,  and  the  first  Canon 
of  1803,  of  the  Convention  of  this  State,  and  tJie  eleventh  Canon  of  the 
General  Convention  q/'1804 

Reports  of  the  State  of  the  Congregations 

OP  THE 

PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH  IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
From  October,  1803,  to  October,  1804. 


Albany,  St,  Peter^s  Church ;  Rev.  Frederick  Beasley,  Rec- 
tor.— Baptisms,^  60  ;  communicants,  about  80  j  marriages,  20  ; 
funerals,  12. 

Brooklyn,  St.  Ann^s  Church  ;  Rev.  John  Ireland,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  20 ;  communicants,  77 ;  marriages,  18  ;  funerals,  20 ; 
number  of  families,  near  70. 

Cattskill,  St.  Luke^s  Church  ;  Rev.  Richard  Bradford,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  22  ;  communicants,  12  ;  marriages,  2  ;  funerals,  3 ; 
number  of  families,  48. 

Hudson,  Christ  Church;  Rev.  Bethel  Judd,  Rector. — Baptisms, 
16 ;  communicants,  15 ;  marriages,  7 ;  funerals,  3 ;  number  of 
families,  55. 

JYew  York,  The  Parish  of  Trinity  Church,  comprehending 
Trinity  Church,  St.  George's  Chapel,  and  St.  Paul's  Chapel ; 
Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Moore,  D.  D.,  Rector,  Rev.  Abraham 
Beach,  D.  D.,  Rev.  John  H.  Hobart,  Rev.  Cave  Jones,  Assistant 
Ministers.  —  Baptisms,  378;  communicants,  about  1000;  mar- 
riages, 115;  funerals,  400. 

Mew  York,  Christ  Church;  Rev.  Joseph  Pilmore,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  2 10 ;  communicants,  about  300 ;  marriages,  65 ; 
funerals,  adults  16,  children  22 — 38. 

Mew  York,  St.  Mark^s  Church,  Bowery  ;  Rev.  William  Harris, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  10  ;  communicants,  about  20 ;  marriages,  2 ; 
funerals,  2. 

Mew  York,  The  French  Church  Du  St.  Esprit ;  Rev.  Peter 
Anthony  Albert,  Rector,  Rev.  Edmund  D.  Barry,  Assistant  Min- 
ister.— Baptisms,  3 ;  communicants,  about  12 ;  number  of  male 
members,  66. 

The  service  is  performed  in  French  every  Sunday  morning  by 
the  Rector,  and  in  English  every  Sunday  afternoon  by  the  Assis- 
tant Minister. 


1804.]  OF   THE    DIOCESE   OF   NEW    YORK.  133 

J^ew  Rochelle,  Trinity  Church ;  Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  5 ;  communicants,  18 ;  marriages,  7 ;  funerals 
to  which  the  Rector  has  been  called,  5. 

JVewtovm,  St.  James'  Church  ;  Flushings  St.  George's  Church  ; 
Rev.  Abraham  L.  Clarke,  Rector. — St.  James'  Church,  J\'ew- 
tovm.  Baptisms,  20 ;  adult  baptisms,  3 ;  communicants,  23  ;  new 
communicants,  3  ;  marriages,  7 ;  funerals,  7 ;  number  of  families, 
28 ;  removals  into  the  parish,  2  ;  removals  out  of  the  parish,  2. 

St.  George's  Church,  Flushing  ;  Baptisms,  17 ;  adult  baptisms, 
3 ;  communicants,  20 ;  marriages,  3  ;  funeral,  1. 

Orange  County,  St.  Andrew's  Church  ;  Rev.  Frederick  Van 
Home,  Rector. — Baptisms,  45 ;  communicants,  about  50 ;  mar- 
riages, 6 ;  funerals,  7. 

Rye,  Christ  Church  ;  Rev.  Evan  Rogers,  Rector. — Baptisms, 
5  •  commimicants,  30 ;  marriages,  9 ;  funerals  12. 

Reports  of  the  state  of  the  other  parishes  w^ere  not  delivered  in. 


RESOLUTIONS 

Passed  at  this  Convention,  October,  1804. 

"  Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Convention  prepare,  be- 
fore its  next  annual  meeting,  a  proper  book,  in  which  the  vieios 
of  the  several  congregations  of  the  Church,  presented  to  this  body 
pursuant  to  a  resolution  of  the  last  Convention,  together  with  the 
parochial  reports,  and  any  similiar  documents,  may  be  recorded 
for  the  use  of  the  Church,  under  the  orders  of  any  future  Conven- 
tion. 

"  Resolved,  That  such  vieiDS  as  have  been  already  presented  be 
laid  before  the  next  State  Convention,  and  that,  in  the  mean  time, 
the  Clergy  be  at  liberty  to  correct  their  respective  statements,  if 
they  shall  judge  it  necessary. 


CANON 

Passed  at  this  Convention,  October,  1804.^ 
For  carrying  into  effect  the  Canons  of  the  General   Convention,  and  the 
Requisition  of  the  House  of  Bishops  relative  to  the  Studies,  Preparatory 
Exercises,  and  Examinations  of  Candidates  for  the  Ministry. 

For  carrying  into  complete  effect  the  canons  of  the  General 
Convention  concerning  the  learning  and  preparatory  exercises  of 
candidates  for  the  ministry,  and  also  the  requisitions  of  the  House 


134  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1804. 

of  Bishops  relative  to  a  course  of  ecclesiastical  studies,  it  is  hereby 
provided ;  that  to  every  candidate  for  the  ministry  there  shall  be 
assigned  four  different  examinations,  at  such  times  and  places  as 
the  Bishop  may  appoint ;  which  examinations  shall  take  place  in 
the  presence  of  the  Bishop  and  as  many  presbyters  as  can  conve- 
niently be  convened,  on  the  following  studies  and  books  prescribed 
by  the  canons  of  the  General  Convention,  and  the  course  of  study 
established  by  the  House  of  Bishops. 

At  the  first  examination,  on  some  approved  treatise  of  Katural 
Philosophy,  Moral  Philosophy,  and  Rhetoric.  At  the  second  ex- 
amination, on  Paley^s  Evidences,  and  Stackhouse's  Body  of  Di- 
vinity. At  the  third  examination,  on  Mosheim/'s  Ecclesiastical 
History,  the  ffth  and  seventh  Books  of  Hooker'' s  Ecclesiastical 
Polity,  Reeves  on  the  Common  Prayer,  and  the  Constitution  and 
Canons  of  the  Church.  And,  at  the  last  examination,  he  shall 
be  required  to  give  a  full  account  of  the  different  Books  of  Scrip- 
ture, and  to  explain  difficult  passages,  it  being  understood  that 
he  has  studied  the  Scriptures  with  the  aid  of  some  good  Com- 
mentary. He  shall  also  at  this  time  be  examined  on  the  Greek 
Testament,  and  required  to  give  an  account  of  his  faith  in  the 
Latin  tongue.  At  each  of  these  examinations  he  shall  produce 
and  read  a  sermon,  composed  by  himself,  on  some  text  previously 
assigned  him,  which  shall  be  submitted  to  the  criticism  of  the 
Bishop  and  Clergy  present.  And,  immediately  before  his  ordina- 
tion, he  shall  be  required  to  read  the  service  of  the  Church,  and 
to  deliver  a  sermon,  in  the  presence  of  the  Bishop  and  Clergy  ; 
in  order  that  from  their  remarks  he  may  be  aided  in  reading  the 
service,  and  in  delivering  his  sermons  with  propriety  and  devo- 
tion. At  every  examination,  if  the  proficiency  of  the  candidate 
in  the  particular  subjects  of  his  examination  should  be  approved 
by  the  Bishop  and  Clergy  present,  he  shall  receive  a  certificate, 
stating  their  approbation  of  the  same. 

If  the  candidate  should  not  reside  convenient  to  the  residence 
of  the  Bishop,  the  Bishop  may  appoint  some  of  his  presbyters  to 
conduct  the  above  examinations  ;  and  a  certificate  from  these 
presbyters,  that  the  prescribed  examinations  have  been  held  ac- 
cordingly, shall  be  required  of  the  candidate :  provided  that,  in 
this  case,  the  candidate  shall,  before  his  ordination,  be  examined 
by  the  Bishop  and  at  least  two  presbyters  on  all  the  above  named 
books  and  studies. 

In  the  case  of  a  candidate  ordained  under  the  6th  canon  of  the 
General  Convention  of  1804,  a  single  examination  by  the  Bishop 
and  presbyters,  on  all  the  above  books  and  studies,  shall  be  ad- 
mitted instead  of  separate  examinations. 

A  candidate  for  Priests'  orders  shall,  before  his  ordination,  be 
required  to  undergo  an  examination,  in  presence  of  the  Bishop 


1804.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  135 

and  as  many  presbyters  as  can  conveniently  be  convened,  on  the 
following  books,  contained  in  the  higher  course  of  study  prescribed 
by  the  House  of  Bishops :  The  Scholar  Jlrmed — Potter  on  Church 
Government — Daubeny's  Guide  to  the  Church — Archbishop  Wake's 
Translation  of  the  Epistles  of  the  Apostolic  Fathers — the  Reih 
William  Reeves'  Translation  of  the  Apologies  of  Justin,  Tertul- 
lian,  &c.,  with  his  Preface  on  the  Right  Use  of  the  Fathers — 
Pearson  on  the  Creed — Bishop  Wilson's  Parochialia — and  Wheat- 
ley  on  the  Common  Prayer. 

Every  candidate  for  orders  shall  also  satisfy  the  Bishop  that  he 
has  carefully  studied  the  sermons  of  Barrow,  of  Seeker,  of  Home, 
and  of  Seabury,  and  has  constantly  endeavoured,  "  by  the  grace 
of  God,  to  cultivate  his  heart,"  by  using  some  of  the  devotional 
and  practical  books  recommended  in  the  course  of  study  estab- 
lished by  the  House  of  Bishops. 

In  case  there  should  be  no  Bishop,  the  President  of  the  Stand- 
ing Committee  shall  act  in  his  place  for  the  purpose  of  carrying 
into  effect  this  canoa, 

Attested,  JOHN  H.  HOBART, 

Secretary  of  the  Convention. 


NINETEENTH   CONVENTION, 


OF    THE 

PROCEEDINGS 

OF   THE 

ANNUAL  [CONVENTION 

OF 
THE  PKOTESTANT  EPISCOPAL   CHURCH, 

IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK; 

HELD   IN   CHRIST  CHURCH,   PC U G H K EE P S  I  E, 

October  1st,  and  October  2d,  1805. 


3list  of  t])e  erierjss  antt  Sag  JDelcflates 

WHO   ATTENDED   THE  CONVENTION. 
CLERGY. 

The  Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Moore,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Protes- 
tant Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State  of  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Frederick  Beasley,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 
Albany. 

The  Rev.  Philander  Chase,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Pough- 
keepsie,  and  Trinity  Church,  Fishkill. 

The  Rev,  Elias  Cooper,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers. 

The  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Hemp- 
stead. 

The  Rev.  WilUam  Harris,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's  Church,  Bow- 
ery, New  York. 

The  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Cave  Jones,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Bethel  Judd,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Hudson,  and 
St.  Paul's,  Claverack. 


1805.]       JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS,  ETC.  137 

The  Rev.  Jonathan  Judd,  Deacon  in  St.  Paul's  Church,  Paris, 
and  Trinity  Church,  Utica. 

The  Rev.  Daniel  Nash,  Rector  of  the  Churches  in  Otsego 
county. 

The  Rev.  Evan  Rogers,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Rye. 

The  Rev.  George  Strebeck,  Rector  of  St.  Stephen's  Church, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Frederick  Van  Home,  Rector  of  Christ  Church, 
Balltown,  and  the  Churches  adjacent. 

LAY   DELEGATES. 

St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn,  Robert  Hodge. 

Trinity  Church,  Fishkill,  Daniel  C.  Verplanck,  James  Cooper. 

Christ  Church,  Hudson,  John  Thurston,  H.  L.  Hosmer. 

St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead,  John  Moore. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Claverack,  Samuel  B.  Webb. 

Bedford  and  Newcastle,  Peter  A.  Jay,  William  Miller. 

St.  James'  Church,  North  Salem,  Joshua  Purdy. 

St.  Luke's  Church,  Cattskil],  John  Reed. 

Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie,  John  Reed,  Esq. 

St.  Stephen's  Church,  New  York,  Cornelius  Schuyler,  Jordan 
Mott. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Charlton,  James  Emmet. 

St.  Peter's  Church,  Washington,  Dutchess  county,  Azor  Rug- 
gles. 

St.  Peter's  Church,  Peekskill,  and  St.  Philip's  Church,  Philips- 
town,  Henry  Garrison. 

Christ  Church,  New  York,  David  Marsh. 


POUGHKEEPSIE,  OcTOBER   IST,   1805. 

This  being  the  day  appointed  for  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
Convention  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of 
New  York,  and  the  town  of  Poughkeepsie  having  been  appointed 
by  the  Bishop  as  the  place  of  meeting  ;  The  Right  Rev.  Bishop 
Moore,  and  several  of  the  Clergy  and  Lay  Delegates  attended  at 
10  o'clock  A.  M.,  in  Christ  Church ;  w^hen  Divine  service  was 
performed  by  the  Rev.  Daniel  Nash,  and  in  the  absence  of  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Jones,  who  was  appointed  for  the  purpose,  a  sermon 
delivered  by  the  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church, 
Hempstead. 

After  Divine  service,  the  Convention  assembled,  and  the  list  of 
the  Clergy  bemg  called  over  agreeably  to  the  second  canon  of 


138  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1805. 

this  Church  of  1803,  the  following  Clergy  answered  to  their 
names,  and  took  their  seats : 

The  Rev.  Frederick  Beasley,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 
Albany ;  the  Rev.  Philander  Chase,  Rector  of  Christ  Church, 
Poughkeepsie,  and  Trinity  Church  Fishkill;  the  Rev.  Elias 
Cooper,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers ;  the  Rev.  Seth 
Hart,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead ;  the  Rev.  John 
Henry  Hobart,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
York ;  the  Rev.  Bethel  Judd,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Hudson, 
and  St.  Paul's  Church,  Claverack;  the  Rev.  Jonathan  Judd, 
Deacon,  officiating  at  Utica  and  Paris ;  the  Rev.  Daniel  Nash, 
Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Otsego,  St.  Luke's,  Richfield,  and 
Harmony  Church,  Butternuts ;  the  Rev.  Evan  Rogers,  Rector  of 
Christ  Church,  Rye. 

The  following  Clergy  were  absent : 

The  Rev.  Peter  Anthony  Albert,  Rector  of  the  French  Chiurch 
Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York  ;  Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow,  Rector  of 
Trinity  Church  New  Rochelle ;  Rev.  Edmund  D.  Barry,  Assistant 
Minister  of  the  French  Church  Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York ;  Rev. 
Abraham  Beach,  D.  D.,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church, 
New  York ;  Rev.  David  Butler,  officiating  at  Troy  and  Lansing- 
burgh  ;  Rev.  Abraham  L.  Clarke,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church, 
Newtown,  and  St.  George's  Church,  Flushing ;  Rev.  William 
Harris,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's  Church,  Bowery,  New  York ;  Rev. 
John  Ireland,  Rector  of  St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn  ;*  Rev.  Cave 
Jones,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York ; 
Rev.  Richard  C.  Moore,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten 
Island ;  Rev.  Joseph  Perry,  officiating  in  the  Church  at  New 
Stamford ;  Rev.  Davenport  Phelps,  Missionary  in  the  western 
parts  of  the  State ;  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church, 
New  York;  Rev.  George  Strebeck,  Rector  of  St.  Stephen's 
Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  Frederick  Van  Home,  Rector  of 
Christ  Church,  Balltown,  and  the  Churches  adjacent ;  Rev.  Isaac 
Wilkins,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  West  Chester,  and  St. 
Paul's  Church,  East  Chester. 

The  Lay  Delegates  presented  the  certificates  of  their  appoint- 
ment, which  were  read,  and  severally  approved ;  and  the  follow- 
ing Delegates  took  their  seats : 

From  St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn,  Robert  Hodge;  Trinity 
Church,  Fishkill,  Daniel  C.  Verplanck,  and  James  Cooper; 
Christ  Church,  Hudson,  John  Thurston,  and  H.  L.  Hosmer ; 

*  The  Rev.  Mr.  Ireland  attended  at  Poughkeepsie,  but  was  prevented  by 
severe  indisposition  from  meeting  with  the  Convention. 


1805.]  OF    THE   DIOCESE   OF    NEW   YORK.  139 

St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead,  John  Moore ;  St.  Paul's  Church, 
Claverack,  Samuel  B.  Webb  ;  Bedford  and  Newcastle,  Peter  A. 
Jay,  and  William  Miller ;  St.  James'  Church,  North  Salem, 
Joshua  Purdy ;  St.  Luke's  Church,  Cattskill,  John  Reed. 

The  Convention  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  a  Secretary  and 
Treasurer,  when  the  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart  w'as  chosen  Secre- 
tary, and  Mr.  Hubert  Van  Wagenen,  Treasurer. 

The  Convention  then  adjourned  to  half-past  nine  o'clock  to- 
morrow morning. 


Wednesday,  October  2d,  1805,  half-past  9  o'clock  A.  M. 

The  Convention  met,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Strebeck  read  prayers ; 
and  a  sermon,  on  the  occasion  of  the  meeting  of  the  Convention, 
was  delivered  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Jones. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Harris,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's  Church,  in  the 
Bowery ;  the  Rev.  Mr.  Jones,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  New  York;  the  Rev.  Mr.  Strebeck,  Rector  of  St. 
Stephen's  Church,  New  York ;  the  Rev.  Mr.  Van  Home,  Rector 
of  the  Churches  at  Balltown,  Charlton,  &c.  appeared,  and  took 
their  seats  in  Convention. 

A  certificate  of  the  incorporation  of  St.  Stephen's  Church,  in 
the  city  of  New  York,  was  read  and  approved,  and  this  Church 
was  received  into  union  with  the  Convention. 

The  certificates  of  several  Lay  Delegates  were  presented  and 
approved,  and  the  following  Delegates  took  their  seats :  Christ 
Church,  Poughkeepsie,  John  Reed,  Esq. ;  St.  Stephen's  Church, 
New  York,  Cornelius  Schuyler,  Jordan  Mott ;  St.  Paul's  Church, 
Charlton,  James  Emmet ;  St.  Peter's  Church  Washington,  Dut- 
chess county,  Azor  Ruggles ;  St.  Peter's  Church,  Peekskill,  and 
St.  Philip's  Church,  Philipstown,  Henry  Garrison ;  Christ  Church, 
New  York,  David  Marsh. 

Agreeably  to  the  canon  of  the  Church  enjoining  the  attendance 
of  the  Clergy  at  the  meetings  of  the  Convention,  the  Clergy  who 
were  absent  at  the  last  Convention  were  called  on  for  the  reasons 
of  their  absence,  which  were  accepted. 

The  Clergy  were  called  on  for  their  parochial  reports,  and  also 
for  an  account  of  the  collections  in  thek  respective  churches  for 


140  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1805. 

the  Episcopal  and  Missionary  Funds,  which  were  severally  pre- 
sented, and  read.  They  also  rendered  an  account  of  the  different 
parishes  in  which,  during  the  past  year,  they  had  officiated. 

The  following  persons  were  chosen,  hy  ballot,  Delegates  to 
the  General  Convention — Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Mr.  Hobart, 
Rev.  Mr.  Wilkins,  Rev.  Mr.  Moore,  Matthew  Clarkson,  Richard 
Harison,  John  Moore,  John  Reed. 

The  following  persons  were  chosen  members  of  the  Standing 
Committee — Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Mr.  Harris,  Rev.  Mr.  Jones, 
Rev.  Mr.  Hobart,  John  Charlton,  Richard  Harison,  Matthew 
Clarkson,  WilHam  Ogden. 

The  following  persons  were  chosen  members  of  the  Committee 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  for  Propagating  the  Gospel 
in  the  State  of  New  York,  of  which  Committee  the  Bishop  is 
president,  ex  officio — Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Mr.  Jones,  Rev.  Mr. 
Hobart,  John  Charlton,  Hubert  Van  Wagenen,  David  M.  Clark- 
son. 

The  Convention  adjourned. 

Attested,  JOHN  H.  HOBART,  Sec'y. 


PAROCHIAL  REPORTS. 

The  following  Parochial  Reports  iverc  presented  to  tins  Convention,  and 
are  printed,  pursuant  to  the  fourth  Cation  of  1796,  and  the  first  Canon 
of  1803,  of  tlie  Convention  of  this  State,  and  the  eleventh  Canon  of  the 
General  Convention  q/'1804. 

Reports  of  the  State  of  the  Congregations 


PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH  IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  Yi^RK, 
From  October,  1804,  to  October,  1805. 


Albany,  St.  Peter'' s  Church;  Rev.  Frederick  Beasley, Rector. — 
Baptisms,  70 ;  marriages,  14 ;  funerals,  15. 

A  few  new  communicants  since  the  last  report,  when  the 
number  was  about  80. 


1805.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  141 

Brooklyn,  St.  Ann's  Church  ;  Rev.  John  Ireland,  Rector. — 
Infants  baptised  43,  adults  8 — 51;  communicants,  78;  marriages, 
19  ;  interments,  15. 

The  new  church  at  Brooklyn  was  consecrated  by  the  Right 
Rev.  Bishop  Moore,  on  Thursday,  the  30th  May,  1805.  At  the 
same  time  37  persons  were  confirmed. 

Balltovm,  Charlton,  Milton,  and  Stillwater,  United  Parishes  ; 
Rev.  Frederick  Van  Home,  Rector. — BalUoun,  Christ  Church  ; 
Baptisms  from  the  20lh  May,  1805,  infants  8,  adults  2—10 ; 
communicants,  60  ;  marriages,  2 ;  funerals,  3  ;  heads  of  families, 
65. 

Charlton,  St.  Paul's  Church.  Baptisms,  9 ;  communicants, 
50 ;  heads  of  families,  40. 

Milton,  St.  James'  Church.  Baptisms,  infants  18,  adults  1 — 
19;  communicants,  50 ;  funerals,  3  ;  heads  of  families,  41. 

Stillwater,  St.  John's  Church.  Baptisms,  3 ;  communicants, 
25 ;  funeral,  1 ;  heads  of  families,  22. 

St.  George's  Parish,  Hempstead,  consisting  of  St.  George's 
Church,  South  Hempstead,  and  Christ  Church,  JYorth  Hemp- 
stead ;  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector. — Baptisms,  49  ;  communicants, 
100;   marriages  25;  burials,  11. 

Christ  Church,  Hudson,  and  St.  Paul's  Church,  Claverack; 
Rev.  Bethel  Judd,  Rector. — Baptisms,  11;  marriages,  7;  burials, 
10. 

Poughkeepsie,  Christ  Church,  and  Trinity  Church,  Fishkill ; 
Rev.  Philander  Chase,  Rector. — Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie. 
Baptisms,  infants  14,  adults  34 — 48  ;  communicants,  53. 

Trinity  Church,  Fishkill.  Baptisms,  infants  9,  adults  18 — 27; 
communicants,  about  30. 

The  Churches  in  Otsego  county  ;  Rev.  Daniel  Nash,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  from  1803,  106;  communicants,  about  125;  marriages, 
11 ;  burials,  16. 

Paris,  St.  Paul's  Church ;  Rev.  Jonathan  Judd,  Deacon,  Offi- 
ciating Minister.     Baptisms,  5 ;  communicants,  45. 

The  Parish  of  Trinity  Church,  JVew  York,  consisting  of  Tri- 
nity Church,  and  St.  George's  and  St.  Paul's  Chapels ;  Right 
Rev.  Benjamin  Moore,  D.  D.,  Rector. — Baptisms,  378 ;  commu- 
nicants, 1000 ;  marriages,  144 ;  funerals,  470. 


142  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS,  ETC.        [1805. 

Christ  Chu/rch,  JVew  York*  ;  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  152 ;  communicants,  205  ;  marriages,  20. 

The  French  Church  Du  St.  Esprit,  JVew  York ;  Rev.  Peter 
Anthony  Albert,  Rector. — Baptisms,  4 ;  communicants,  about 
16 ;  funerals,  3  ;  families,  66. 

The  French  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  Du  St.  Esprit,  was 
consecrated  by  the  Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Moore,  D.  D.,  Bishop 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of  New  York, 
on  the  30th  of  May,  1803. 

The  Rev.  Peter  Anthony  Albert,  the  Rector,  performs  Divine 
service  in  the  French  language  in  the  morning.  The  Rev.  Ed- 
mund D.  Barry,  his  Assistant  Minister,  officiates  in  the  English 
language  in  the  afternoon. 

*  Presented  since  the  meeting  of  the  Convention. 


TWENTIETH   CONVENTION. 


JOURSTAI. 

OF    THE 

PROCEEDINGS 

OF  THE 

ANNUAL   CONVENTION 

OF 
THE  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH, 

IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK ; 

HELD    IN    TRINITY   CHURCH,    NEW    YORK, 

October  7th,  and  October  8th,  1806. 


atst  of  t|)c  ©lerjis  anH  3la»  BekQatcs 

WHO  ATTENDED  THE  CONVENTION. 
CLERGY. 

The  Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Moore,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Protes- 
tant Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State  of  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Edmund  D.  Barry,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  the 
French  Church  Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
Rochelle. 

The  Rev.  Abraham  Beach,  D.  D.,  an  Assistant  Minister  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Frederick  Beasley,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 
Albany. 

The  Rev.  Abraham  L.  Clarke,  Rector  of  St  James'  Church, 
Newtown,  and  St.  George's  Church,  Flushing. 

The  Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers. 

The  Rev.  Wilham  Harris,  Rector  of  St  Mark's  Church,  in  the 
Bowery,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector  of  St  George's  Church,  Hemp- 
stead. 

The  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  New  York, 


144  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1806- 

The  Rev.  John  Ireland,  Rector  of  St,  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn. 

The  Rev.  Cave  Jones,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church. 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  New^  York. 

The  Rev.  Richard  C.  Moore,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's 
Church,  Staten  Island. 

The  Rev.  Evan  Rogers,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Rye. 

The  Rev.  George  Strebeck,  Rector  of  St.  Stephen's  Church,^ 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Frederick  Van  Home,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Ball" 
town,  and  St.  Paul's  Church,  Charlton. 

The  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  West 
Chester,  and  St.  Paul's  Church,  East  Chester. 

The  following  officiating  Clergy  in  the  State  of  New  York 
attended,  and  were  admitted  to  honorary  seats : 

The  Rev.  Andrew  Fowler,  Grace  Church,  Jamaica. 
The  Rev.  Cyrus  Stebbins,  St.  George's  Church,  Schenectady .^ 
The  Rev.  Joseph  Warren,  St.  Peter's  Church,  Peekskill,  and 
St.  Philip's  Church,  Philipstown. 

LAY   DELEGATES. 

Christ  Church,  Rye,  John  Guion. 

St.  Stephen's  Church,  New  York,  Cornelius  Schuyler,  Abraham 
Fowler,  Jacob  C.  Mott. 

St.  James'  Church,  Newtown,  David  Moore,  Jacob  Moore. 

St.  George's  Church,  Flushing,  David  Hogeland,  Abraham 
Bloodgood. 

Grace  Church  Jamaica,  Timothy  Nostrand,  David  Rowland. 

Christ  Church,  New  York,  George  Warner,  George  Dominick. 

St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn,  Robert  Hodge,  William  Griggs 
Samuel  Sackett. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island,  Joseph  Bedell,  Nathaniel 
Britton,  James  Guion,  Walter  Dongan. 

Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York,  John  Kemp,  John  Pintard. 

St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers,  James  Valentine. 

Trinity  Church,  New  York,  Anthony  L.  Bleecker,  John  Onder- 
donk. 

St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead,  Stephen  Carman,  John. 
Moore. 

St.  Mark's  Church,  Bowery,  Harry  Peters. 

Bedford  and  Northeastle,  Peter  A.  Jay,  William  Miller. 

St.  James'  Church,  North  Salem,  Joshua  Purdy. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Orange  county,  Andrew  Graham. 

St.  John's  Church,  Huntington,  Shubael  Smith. 


1806.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF  NEW   YORK.  145 

Trinity  Cluirch,  Athens,  Joseph  Prentiss. 
Caroline  Church,  Setauket,  William  Jayne. 
Trinity  Church,  New  Rochelle,  David  Coutant. 


New  York,  October  7th,  1806. 

This  being  the  day  appointed  for  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
Convention  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State  of 
New  York,  and  the  city  of  New  York  being  appointed  by  the 
Bishop  as  the  place  of  meeting ;  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Moore, 
and  several  of  the  Clergy  and  Lay  Delegates  attended,  at  10 
o'clock  A.  M.,  in  Trinity  Church ;  when  Divine  service  was  cele- 
brated by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Moore,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Church, 
Staten  Island,  and  a  sermon,  suitable  to  the  occasion,  delivered 
by  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Moore. 

After  Divine  service,  the  Convention  assembled,  and  the  list 
of  the  Clergy  being  called  over  agreeably  to  the  second  canon 
of  this  Church  of  iSO'i,  the  following  Clergy  answered  to  their 
names,  and  took  their  seats : 

The  Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
Rochelle ;  the  Rev.  Abraham  Beach,  D.  D.,  an  Assistant  Minister 
of  Trinity  Church,  New  York;  the  Rev.  Frederick  Beasley,  Rec- 
tor of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany ;  the  Rev,  Abraham  L.  Clarke, 
Rector  of  St.  James'  Church,  Newtown,  and  St.  George's  Church, 
Flushing ;  the  Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  Rector  of  St,  John's  Church, 
Yonkers ;  the  Rev.  William  Harris,  Rector  of  St,  Mark's  Church, 
in  the  Bowery,  New  York ;  the  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector  of  St. 
George's  Church,  Hempstead ;  the  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  an 
Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York ;  the  Rev.  John 
Ireland,  Rector  of  St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn ;  the  Rev.  Thomas 
Lyell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  New  York ;  the  Rev,  Richard  C. 
Moore,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island; 
the  Rev.  Evan  Rogers,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Rye ;  the  Rev. 
George  Strebeck,  Rector  of  St.  Stephen's  Church,  New  York ; 
the  Rev.  Frederick  Van  Home,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Ball- 
town,  and  St.  Paul's  Church,  Charlton ;  the  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins, 
Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  West  Chester,  and  St.  Paul's 
Church,  East  Chester. 

The  following  Clergy  were  absent : 

The  Rev,  Edmund  D.  Barry,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  the 
French  Church  Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York ;  the  Rev.  A.  G.  Bald- 
win, Deacon,  Missionary  in  the  western  parts  of  the  State ;  the 
Rev.  Bulkley,  Deacon,  officiating  at  Poughkeepsie ;  the 


146  JOURNALS   OF   THE   CONVENTIONS  [1805. 

Rev.  David  Butler,  Troy  and  Lansingburgh  ;  the  Rev.  Cave 
Jones,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York,  the 
Rev.  Bethel  Judd,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Hudson,  and  St. 
Paul's  Church,  Claverack ;  the  Rev.  Jonathan  Judd,  iJeacon, 
officiating-  at  Utica  and  Paris ;  the  Rev.  Daniel  Nash,  Rector  of 
St.  John's  Church,  Otsego,  St.  Luke's  Church,  Richfield,  and 
Hannony  Church,  Butternuts ;  the  Rev.  Joseph  Perry,  officiating 
in  the  Church  at  New  Stamford ;  the  Rev.  Davenpoit  Phelps, 
Missionary  in  the  western  parts  of  the  State ;  the  Rev.  J.  Reed, 
Deacon,  officiating  in  St.  Luke's  Church,  Cattskill. 

The  Lay  Delegates  presented  the  certificates  of  their  appoint- 
ment, which  were  read,  and  severally  approved ;  and  the  follow- 
ing Delegates  took  their  seats : 

From  Christ  Church,  Rye,  John  Guion ;  St.  Stephen's  Church, 
New  York,  Cornelius  Schuyler,  and  Abraham  Fowler;  St.  James' 
Church,  Newtown,  David  Moore,  and  Jacob  Moore;  St.  George's 
Church,  Flushing,  J3avid  Hogeland,  and  Abraham  Bloodgood; 
Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  Timothy  Nostrand,  and  David  Rowland; 
Christ  Church,  New  York,  George  Warner,  and  George  Dominick; 
St.  y-nn's  Church,  Brooklyn,  Robert  Hodge,  William  Grigg,  and 
Samuel  Sackett;  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island,  Joseph 
Bedell,  Nathaniel  Britton,  James  Guion,  and  Walter  Dongan; 
Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York,  John  Kemp,  and  John  Pintard ;  St. 
John's  C  hurch,  Yonkers,  James  Valentine  ;  Trinity  Church,  New 
York,  Anthony  L.  Bleecker,  and  John  Onderdonk  ;  St.  (icorge's 
Church,  Hempstead,  Stephen  Carman,  and  John  Moore ;  St. 
Mark's  Church,  Bowery,  New  York,  Harry  Peters ;  Bedford 
and  Northcastle,  Peter  A.  Jay,  and  William  Miller ;  St.  James' 
Church,  North  Salem,  Joshua  Purdy ;  St.  Andrew's  Church, 
Orange  county,  Andrew  Graham ;  St.  John's  Church,  Hunting- 
ton, Shubael  Smith ;  Caroline  Church,  Setauket,  William  Jayne. 

The  certificates  of  the  incorporation  of  Trinity  Church,  Athens, 
and  Christ  Church,  Coxsackie,  in  this  State,  were  read,  and  ap- 
proved, and  those  churches  received  into  union  with  this  Con- 
vention. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  no  Lay  Delegates  shall  represent  more  than 
one  incorporated  church.  Whereupon  Mr.  Joseph  Prentiss,  who 
bad  been  elected  as  Lay  Delegate  from  two  incorporated  churches 
took  his  seat  as  Delegate  from  Trinity  Church,  Athens. 

On  motion, 
•    Resolved,   That  the  Rev.  Cyrus  Stebbins,  officiating  in  St 
George's  Church,  Schenectady,  (not  being  inducted  according  to 


1806.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  147 

the  Office  of  Induction  prescribed  by  the  General  Convention,)  be 
admitted  to  an  honorary  seat  in  this  Convention,  and  that  the 
Rev.  Anch'ew  Fowler,  at  present  officiating  in  Grace  Church, 
Jamaica,  be  admitted  to  the  same  privilege. 

Tlie  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart  was  elected  the  Secretary  of  the 
Convention. 

The  Convention  adjourned  until  ten  o'clock  to-morrow  morning. 

Wedxesday,  October  8th,  1806,  10  o'clock  A.  M. 

The  Convention  met,  and  prayers  were  read,  by  the  Rev.  F. 
Beasley. 

The  Rev.  Cave.  Jones,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church, 
New  York,  who  was  prevented  by  sickness  from  attending  the 
Convention  yesterday,  appeared,  and  took  his  seat.  The  Rev. 
Edmund  D.  Barry,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  the  French  Church 
Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York,  also  appeared,  and  took  his  seat.  Mr. 
David  Coutant,  a  Lay  Delegate  from  Trinity  Church,  New 
Rochelle,  appeared,  and  took  his  seat,  and  also  Mr.  Jacob  C. 
Mott,  a  Lay  Delegate  from  St.  Stephen's  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Warren,  officiating  in  the  Churches  at  Peeks- 
kill  and  Philipstown,  was  admitted  to  an  honorary  seat. 

The  Clergy  who  were  absent  at  the  last  Convention  were  called 
on  for  the  reasons  of  their  absence,  agreeably  to  the  canon  enjoin- 
ing their  attendance,  which  reasons  were  accepted. 

The  Clergy  were  called  on  for  the  parochial  reports,  which  are 
required  by  the  fourth  canon  of  1796  of  the  Church  in  this  State, 
and  which  were  rendered  and  inserted  on  the  Journals  agreeably 
to  the  eleventh  canon  of  the  General  Convention  of  1804. 


Reports  of  the  State  of  the  Congregations 

OF  THE 

PR0TE3TANT  EPrSCOPAL  CHUllCEI  IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
From  October,  1805,  to  October,  1806. 


Albany,  St.  Petei'^s  Church  ;  Rev.  Frederick  Beasley,  Rector. 
— Baptisms,  90 ;  communicants,  SO ;  funerals,  20 ;  marriages,  25. 

Balltown  and  Charlton  ;  Rev.  Frederick  Van  Home,  Rector. — 
Balltown,  Christ  Church.    Baptisms,  infants  50,  adults  4 — 54 ; 


148  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1806. 

marriages,  4 ;  deaths,  8 ;  communicants,  65 ;  heads  of  famihes, 
70. 

Charlton,  St.  PauVs  ChiLrch.  Baptisms,  infants  22,  adults  2 — 
24 ;  marriages,  3  3  death,  1 ;  communicants,  50  ;  heads  of  fami- 
lies, 40. 

Brooklyn,  St.  ./Inn's  Church  ;  Rev.  John  Ireland,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  infants  39,  adults  2 — 41;  marriages,  21 ;  interments, 
(including  2  at  Foster  Meadow  and  3  at  Potter's  Field,)  13; 
communicants,  76. 

The  concrrenjation  is  in  an  increasino;  state. 

JVewtown,  St.  James^  Church,  and  SL  George's  Church,  Flush- 
ing ;  Rev.  Abraham  L.  Clarke,  Rector. — St.  Jam.es''  Churchy 
A'^etotown.  Baptisms,  9 ;  marriages,  3  ;  funerals,  5 ;  communi- 
cants, 28. 

iS'^.  George^s  Church,  Flushing.  Baptisms,  infants  10,  adults 
3 — 13;  marriages,  4;  funerals,  5;  funerals  at  Jamaica,  3;  fu- 
neral at  Brooklyn,  1. 

The  Parish  of  Trinity  Church,  Mew  York,  consisting  of  Trinity 
Church,  and  St.  George's  and  St.  PauVs  Chapels ;  Right  Rev. 
Benjamin  Moore,  D.  D.,  Rector. — Baptisms,  372  ;  marriages, 
119;  funerals,  458;  communicants,  nearly  the  same  as  the  last 
report,  about  1005. ; 

St.  Mark's  Church,  in  the  Bowery,  Meiv  York  ;  Rev.  William 
Harris,  Rector. — Number  of  communicants  cannot  he  exactly 
ascertained;  in  the  summer  there  are  usually  from  120  to  200,  in 
the  winter  I'rom  60  to  70  persons.  Baptisms  for  the  last  year, 
15 ;  marriages,  4.  j 

Christ  Church,  JYew  York;  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector. — 
Marriages,  42 ;  baptisms,  120 ;  communicants,  about  205. 

St.  Stephen's  Church  JVew  York ;  Rev.  George  Strebeck, 
Rector. — 

On  the  12th  of  March,  1805,  the  following  persons,  viz., 
Cornelius  Schuyler,  Jacob  C.  Mott,  (wardens,)  Thomas  Gibbons, 
Jordan  Mott,  Benjamin  Clarke,  Abraham  Fowler,  Benjamin  Beek- 
man,  Isaac  Emmons,  George  Beck,  and  John  Fash,  (Vestrymen,) 
were  elected,  and  the  following  day  were  duly  acknowledged  as 
a  body  politic,  by  the  style  and  title  of  "  The  Rector,  Wardens, 
and  Vestrymen  of  St.  Stephen's  Church,  in  the  city  of  New  York." 

On  the  6th  of  May  following,  the  Corporation  of  the  said 
Church  presented  me  a  call  to  become  their  rector,  which  call  I 


1806.]  OF    THE    UIOCESE    OF    NEW   YORK.  14§ 

accepted,  and  on  the  next  day,  laid  tlie  foundation-stone  of  their 
church. 

The  persons  engaged  in  this  undertaking  being  very  few  in 
number,  had  to  contend  with  many  difficulties  and  embarrassments, 
w^hich,  however,  they  met  and  obviated  with  a  degree  of  fortitude 
and  zeal  much  to  their  honour ;  and  at  length,  by  the  blessing 
of  Providence,  brought  their  undertaking  to  that  state  of  forward- 
ness, that  on  St.  Stephen's  day,  the  26th  of  December,  in  the 
same  year  (a  period  of  less  than  eight  months  from  the  time  of  its 
commencement),  the  church  was  consecrated  to  the  service  of 
God,  by  the  Right  Rev,  Bishop  Moore.  It  is  fifty-five  feet  in  front, 
and  seventy-five  feet  deep,  and  now  completely  finished  inside. 
Since  the  time  of  its  consecration  Divine  service  has  been  per- 
formed in  it  three  times  every  Lord's  day.  There  are  now  about 
one  hundred  families  who  are  pewholders  in  it,  and  about  sixty 
communicants.  The  congregation  is  increasing,  and  those  who 
are  regular  members  of  it  appear  generally  to  be  sincerely  attached 
to  the  doctrine  and  worship  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church. 
To  me  it  is  peculiarly  gratifying  that  they  join  with  fervour  in  the 
responses  of  the  service,  and  are  generally  opposed  to  the  very 
idea  of  the  least  deviation  from  it.  The  attention  with  which  they 
receive  and  wait  on  the  ministrations  of  the  Clergy  who  occasion- 
ally visit  them,  has  been  particularly  noticed  and  mentioned  by 
several  gentlemen  who  have  officiated  in  this  church  ;  as  being 
both  gratifying  to  themselves,  and  reflecting  credit  on  those  who 
yield  it. 

From  the  zeal  which  those  who  originally  engaged  in  this  un- 
dertaking have  manifested,  and  which  has  not  yet  suffered  any 
abatement  of  its  fervour  in  the  cause  of  the  Church  ;  as  well  as 
from  its  situation,  being  planted  in  a  part  of  the  city  where  an 
Episcopal  Church  was  much  wanted,  and  where  the  population  is 
rapidly  increasing,  there  is  reason  to  believe,  that  the  congregation 
of  St.  Stephen's  will,  in  time,  become  numerous  and  respectable. 

GEORGE  STREBECK,  Bector. 

New  York,  Oct.  7lli,  1806. 

Families  who  are  pewholders,  about  100 ;  communicants,  about 
60  ;  baptisms,  infants  44,  adults  3 — 47 ;  marriages,  33 ;  fune- 
rals, 2. 

St.  George's  Parish,  Hempstead,  consisting  of  St.  George^s 
Church,  South  Hempstead,  and  Christ  Church,  JYorth  Hemp- 
stead ;  Rev,  Seth  Hart,  Rector. — Baptisms,  24 ;  communicants, 
about  100  ;  marriages,  20  ;  funerals,  10. 

St.  Johni's  Church,  in  the  town  of  Yonkers;  Rev.  Elias  Cooper, 


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Rector.* — Families  belonging  to  said  church,  SO ;  baptisms, 
infants  10,  adults  6 — 16  ;  communicants,  40  ;  marriages,  9 ; 
funerals,  4. 

The  Parish  of  St.  Jlndrew's  Church,  in  the  county  of  Rich- 
mond ;  Rev.  Richard  C.  Moore,  D.  D.,  Rector. — Families,  in 
number,  at  least  300 ;  communicants,  140 ;  baptisms,  annually, 
about  80. 

It  is  supported  by  its  own  funds,  and  through  the  Divine  good- 
ness is  in  a  peaceful  and  prosperous  state. 

The  parish  has  erected  a  handsome  chapel  at  the  north  side  of 
Staten  Island,  in  which  the  rector  regularly  officiates  everj-  Sunday 
afternoon.  The  pews  are  taken  up,  and  the  congregation  are  very 
attentive  to  the  observation  of  public  worship. 

Christ  Church,  Rye  ;  Rev.  Evan  Rogers,  Rector. — Baptisms, 
the  year  past,  22;  marriages,  19;  burials,  11;  communicants, 
about  35. 

St.  Peter's  Church,  West  Chester,  and  iS*^.  PauVs,  East  Chester; 
Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins  Rector. — Communicants,  about  40 ;  baptisms, 
children  13,  adults  5 — 18  ;  marriages,  7 ;  funerals,  6. 

Trinity  Church,  JVew  Rochelle ;  Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow, 
Rector. — Since  the  last  report  to  October  7th,  1806,  baptisms, 
children  13,  adult  1 — 14 ;  marriages  12 ;  communicants,  18. 

Schenectady,  St.  George's  Church;  Rev.  Cyrus  Stebbins. — 
Baptisms,  infants  27,  adults  3 — 30 ;  marriages,  16 ;  funerals,  7 ; 
communicants,  about  30. 

Jamaica,  Grace  Church  ;  Rev.  Andrew  Fowler. — Number  of 
families,  32 ;  communicants,  14 ;  Baptisms,  for  the  last  four 
months,  7. 


The  Clerg}-  were  called  on  for  the  collections  in  their  respective 
churches  for  the  Episcopal  and  Missionary  Funds,  an  account  of 
which  was  accordingly  rendered.  They  also  rendered  an  accoimt 
of  the  vacant  parishes  in  which,  during  the  past  year,  they  had 
officiated. 

A  proposed  canon,  entitled,  "  A  Canon  providing  for  the  Sup- 
ply of  Vacant  Parishes,"  was  read,  and  adopted,  and  the  fifth 
canon  of  1802  repealed. 

•  The  Kev.  Mr.  Cooper  prepented  his  parochial  rTcrtp  at  the  two  precediug 
Conventions,  but  througn  inadvertence  they  were  not  iaseried  on  the  Joumala. 


180G.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  151 

The  followinp^  report  from  the  Committee  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church  for  Propagating  the  Gospel  in  the  State  of 
New  York,  was  presented,  and  read : 

"The  Committ.ee  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  for  Propagating  the 
Gospel  ill  the  Slate  of  New  York,  report  to  the  Convention, 

"That  since  th?ir  last  report,  in  1804,  two  missionaries  have  been  employed 
under  their  direction,  in  officiating  among  the  destitute  cor:gregalitns  of  the 
Church  in  this  Stale. 

"The  Rev.  Davenjiort  Phelps,  who  has  for  several  years  served  the  Com- 
mittee as  a  diligent  and  faithful  mit-sionary,  has  for  some  time  past  leen  station- 
ed principally  in  tlie  counties  of  Onondaga  and  Ontario.  In  these  rcuntics  he 
has  prosecuted  the  business  of  his  mission  with  his  accustomed  fidelity  and 
zeal.  The  people  among  whom  he  ofliciated  appear,  in  general,  to  have  gladly 
receive  1  the  word  of  salvation  which  he  dispensed  to  them,  and  the  institutions 
and  orJinances  of  our  Apostolic  Church.  Several  new  congregations  liave 
been  ori:anized,  and  in  some  instances,  feeble  as  were  the  jecun.'ary  resources 
of  the  people,  buildings  were  erected  for  the  public  worship  of  Cod.  The  calls 
in  different  places  for  the  ministrations  of  our  Church  were  earnest  and  press- 
ing; but  they  were  so  numerous,  that  Mr.  Phelps  was  unable  to  answer  them 
all.  He  has  repeatedly  expressed  the  opinion  that  the  f;eld  in  which  he 
laboured  would  aflord  ample  employment  for  at  least  two  mis.<icnaries;  but 
the  resources  of  the  Committee  have  hitherto  prevented  them  from  sending  to 
this  quarter  another  missionar}-. 

"  The  Rev.  John  Churchill  Rudd,  in  Deacons'  orders,  was  employed  as  a 
missionary  for  several  months  to  the  destitute  congregations  of  this  Church  at 
Huntington,  Oyster  Bay,  Setauket,  and  Islip,  on  Long  Island.  The  three  former 
of  these,  before  the  late  revolution,  were  numerous  and  respectable  ccngrega- 
tions;  but  since  that  period  they  have  only  had  occasional  service,  and  of  con- 
sequence were  fast  dwindling  away.  In  Huntington,  IVIr.  Rudd  found  it  diffi- 
cult for  some  time  to  rouse  the  dormant  zeal  for  the  Church  of  the  few  scattered 
families  who  still  professed  themselves  iis  members.  By  the  blessing  of  Geo 
upon  his  labours  he  at  length  happily  succeeded.  The  ministration  of  the 
e.xcellent  worship  of  the  Church  revived  the  former  attachment  of  its  members 
to  it;  and  before  Mr.  Rudd  left  them  tlicy  made  arrangements  for  repairing 
their  place  of  public  worship,  which  was  in  a  very  decayed  stale.  Tlie  Com- 
mittee are  happy  to  be  assured  that  the  zeal  which  has  been  excited  still  con- 
linues,  and  that  the  congregation  look  forward  with  earnest  hope  to  the  time 
when  the  ble.^sing  of  God  upon  their  exertions  will  enable  them  to  restore  the 
Church  among  them  in  '  the  beaut\-  of  holiness.' 

"  At  Oyster  Bay,  the  building  for  public  worship  had  become  totally  decayed; 
the  few  materials  that  remained  from  dilapidation  were  sold,  and  on  the  lot  on 
which  the  buiLling  stood  an  academy  was  erected,  the  right  being  reserved  to 
the  Church  to  use  it  on  Sundays  for  the  purposes  of  public  worship.  The 
Church  families  in  the  village  and  its  immediate  neighbouihocd,  had  either 
become  extinct  or  united  themselves  to  other  denominations;  and  apparently 
owing  to  the  apprehension  that  the  re-establishment  of  the  Church  would  di- 
vert tha  property  from  the  purposes  to  which  it  is  now  applied,  the  eflortsof 
Mr.  Rn  IJ  for  the  re-organization  of  the  Church  did  not  succeed. 

"At  Setauket  the  Church  people  were  numerous,  and  notwithstanding  they 
liad  for  some  time  been  destitute  of  public  worship,  they  retained  a  warm  at- 
tar.hment  to  the  Liturgy  and  Ofhces  of  the  Church.  Tliey  gave  ^Nlr.  Rudd  a 
conlial  welcome,  attended  on  his  ministrations  with  suitable  attention,  and 
joined  in  the  responses  of  our  e.xcellent  Liturgy  with  devotion  and  zeal.  The 
piospect  of  the  Church  being  revived  in  this  place,  is  in  a  high  degree  flat- 
terinsr. 


162  JOURNALS   OF   THE   CONVENTIONS  [1806. 

"At  Islip  also,  the  congregation,  though  small  and  destitute  of  pecuniary 
means,  manifested  a  becoming  zeal,  and  have  been  endeavouiing  to  jut  their 
church  in  decent  repair.  The  building  indeed  has  leen  pie.-evved  to  the 
Church  principally  by  the  exertions  of  a  Avorlhy  family  in  its  vicinity,  who 
steadily  resisted  every  attempt  to  apjircpriate  it  to  any  other  use  lh;;n  ibc  ]  ublic 
worship  of  our  own  Church;  and  though  the  service  of  the  Church  had  not 
been  p3rformeJ  in  it  for  several  years,  annually  cleaned  out  the  building,  and 
with  pious  zeal  decked  it  with  the  customary  decoiations  at  every  anniversary 
of  the  Nativity  of  our  Lord. 

"The  Committee  esteem  it  their  duty  to  express  their  approbation  of  the 
prudence,  fidelity  and  zeal,  with  which  the  Rev.  Mr.  Rudd  discharged  the 
duties  of  his  mission. 

"The  Committee  ha''e  engaged  in  their  service  the  Rev.  A.  G.  Baldwin, 
who  has  lately  been  ordained  Deacon,  as  missionary  in  the  western  parts  of 
the  Slate. 

"The  Committee  cannot  avoid  on  this  occasion  expressing  their  earnest 
desire  that  they  may  be  enabled  by  the  liberal  contributions  of  the  members  of 
their  communion  to  increase  the  number  of  missionaries.  Numerous,  pressing, 
and  affecting  are  the  calls  of  various  destitute  congregations,  jarlitularly  in 
the  new  settlements  of  the  State,  for  the  minislralions  and  services  of  our 
Church.  Those  who  enjoy  these  ministrations  and  services  suiely  will  not 
be  regardless  of  their  destitute  brethren.  To  be  instrumental  in  difiusing  the 
blessings  of  the  Gospel,  and  in  extending  the  Kingdom  and  Church  of  Chkist, 
must  afford  the  highest  gratification  to  every  pious  and  benevolent  mind,  and 
will,  the  Committee  trust,  excite  the  liberal  zeal  of  the  members  of  our  Church. 

"Attested, 

« JOHN  H.  HOBART,  Sec'y" 

On  motion, 

Resolved  unanimously,  That  the  Convention  having-  listened 
with  pleasing  attention  to  the  report  of  the  Committee  of  this 
Church  for  Missionary  purposes,  do  request  that  Committee  to 
return  the  thanks  of  this  Convention  to  the  missionaries  who 
have  been  employed  in  preaching  the  Gospel  under  their  direc- 
tion. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Jones  also  made  report  of  the  fulfilment  of  his 
appointment  to  attend  to  the  business  of  the  Church  at  Newburgh 
and  its  vicinity. 

On  motion, 

Resolved  unanimousli/,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Convention  be 
returned  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  Jones  for  his  services  to  the  Church  at 
Newburgh  and  its  vicinity. 

The  following  report  relative  to  the  Treasurer,  was  read,  and 
accepted : 

"  We,  the  subscribers,  two  of  the  Standing  Committee  of  the  Convention  of 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of  New  York,  a]:'pointed  to 
examine  the  accounts  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  said  Convention,  do  icrlify, 
That  we  have  carefully  examined  the  same,  from  ihc  £9lh  ('ay  of  Srptemler, 
1804,  (being  the  last  time  the  same  was  examined,)  to  this  day,  and  find  that 


18C6.]  OF   THE    DIOCKSE    OF   NEW    YORK.  153 

the  late  Treasurer  has  put  out  on  intercut,  the  sum  of  nineteen  hundred  and 
forty-one  pounds,  (beinj^  tlie  Episooi)al  fund,)  and  lliat  ihe  said  Trcasuicr  was 
in  advance  the  suin  of  two  pounds,  eighteen  sliillings  and  four  j:cnte. 
Witness  our  hands,  this  8lh  day  of  October,  LSOG. 

"ABRAHAM  BKACH, 
"JOHN  11.  HOBART." 
On  motion, 

Vnanimmisly  resolved,  That  this  Convention  entertain  a  grate- 
ful sense  of  the  long  and  faithful  services  of  their  late  Treasurer, 
Mr.  Hubert  Van  Wagenen,  deceased. 

Mr.  Garrit  H.  Van  Wagenen  was  unanimously  appointed  Trea- 
surer to  the  Convention. 

The  following  resolutions  were  moved  and  seconded  : 

Resolved,  That  the  General  Convention  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Church  in  the  United  States,  have  no  authority  to  prescribe 
the  qualifications  necessary  to  entitle  a  person  to  a  seat  and  vote 
in  this  Convention. 

Resolved,  That  by  the  Constitution  of  the  Church  in  this  State, 
every  officiating  minister,  regularly  admitted  and  settled  in  some 
church  within  this  State,  which  is  in  union  with  this  Convention, 
hath  a  right  to  sit  and  vote  in  this  Convention. 

Resolved,  That  the  Rev.  Mr.  Stebbins,  having  been  called  and 
inducted  as  rector  of  the  church  at  Schenectady,  in  the  manner 
prescribed  by  the  laws  of  this  State,  he  is  regularly  admitted  and 
settled  in  the  said  church,  and  being  also  the  off.ciatino-  minister 
therein,  and  the  said  church  being  within  this  State,  and  in  union 
with  this  Convention,  the  said  Mr.  Stebbins  is  entitled  to  sit  and 
vote  in  this  Convention. 

Whereupon  it  was  moved  and  seconded,  that  the  foregoing 
resolutions  be  postponed  for  the  purpose  of  introducing  the 
following : 

Resolved,  That  the  ecclesiastical  authority  possesses  the  power 
and  right  to  institute  the  mode  of  ecclesiastical  induction ;  and  that 
this  right,  though  independent  of  the  State,  is  recognised  by  it  in 
the  original  law  relative  to  the  mode  of  induction  by  vestries, 
which  declares  "  that  nothing  in  this  act  contained  shall  be  con- 
strued, adjudged,  or  taken  to  abridge  or  affect  the  rights  of  con- 
science, or  private  judgment,  or  in  the  least  to  alter,  or  change,  or 
interfere  with  the  religious  constitutions  or  governments  of  any 
churches  or  congregations  whatsoever,  so  far  as  respects  or  in  any 
wise  concerns  their  doctrine,  discipline,  or  worship." 

Resolved,  That  the  ecclesiastical  authority  possesses  the  in- 
herent and  independent  right  to  determine  the  qualifications  of  the 


154  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1806. 

members  of  its  several  judicatories  or  ecclesiastical  bodies ;  and 
that  the  Rev.  Mr.  Stebbins,  not  possessing  the  qualifications  re- 
quired by  the  authority  of  the  Church,  could  not  te  entitled  to  a 
seat  in  the  Convention. 

Resolved,  That  agreeably  to  the  Constitution  and  Canons  of  the 
Church,  it  being  necessary  that  every  presbyter  should  be  inducted 
according  to  the  Office  of  Induction  before  he  can  be  considered 
as  a  regularly  admitted  and  settled  clergyman,  a  presbyter  not  so 
inducted  cannot  be  entitled  to  a  seat  in  this  Convention :  the 
Office  of  Induction  prescribed  by  the  General  Convention  of  the 
Church  being  the  ecclesiastical  recognition  of  his  rectorship  ;  but 
in  no  respects  interfering  with  civil  contracts,  with  the  rights  of 
vestries  to  settle  duly  qualified  clergymen  on  whatever  terms  they 
may  deem  proper,  or  with  the  temporalities  of  parishes,  which 
temporalities  must  be  vested  in  the  rector  by  the  vestries  before 
the  Bishop  can  give  him  authority  to  claim  or  enjoy  them. 

The  question  of  postponement  for  the  purpose  aforesaid  being 
taken,  was  decided  in  the  aflfirmative,  with  only  a  few  dissenting 
voices. 

And  the  question  being  taken,  on  the  last  named  resolutions 
severally,  they  were  adopted  with  only  a  few  dissenting  voices. 

The  following  persons  were  chosen,  by  ballot,  Delegates  to  the 
General  Convention : 

Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  John  H.  Hobart,  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins, 
Rev.  Dr.  R.  C.  Moore;  Richard  Harison,  Matthew  Clarkson, 
John  Reed,  John  Moore. 

The  following  persons  were  chosen,  by  ballot,  Members  of  the 
Standing  Committee : 

Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Mr.  Harris,  Rev.  Mr.  Jones,  Rev.  John 
H.  Hobart;  Richard  Harison,  Matthew  Clarkson,  William  Ogden, 
John  Onderdonk. 

The  following  persons  were  chosen,  by  ballot,  Members  of  "  the 
Committee  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  for  Propagating 
the  Gospel  in  the  State  of  New  York,"  of  which  Committee  the 
Bishop  is  president  ex  officio. 

Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Cave  Jones,  Rev.  John  H.  Hobart; 
John  Onderdonk,  Garrit  H.  Van  Wagenen,  David  M.  Clarkson. 

On  motion. 

Resolved  unanimously,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Convention  be 
returned  to  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Moore  for  his  sermon  preached 


1806.]  OF    THE    DIOCESE    OF    NEW    YORK.  156 

at  the  opening  of  the  Convention,  and  that  he  be  requested  to 
furnish  a  copy  for  publication. 

The  Convention  adjourned. 

Attested, 

JOHN  H.  HOBART,  Secy 


CANON 

Adopted  in  Convention,  1806. 
A  Canon  providing  for  the  supply  of  Vacant  Parishes. 

At  every  annual  Convention,  the  Bishop  shall  appoint  those  of 
the  Clergy  in  the  Diocese  who  can  with  most  convenience  dis- 
charge the  duty,  to  supply  such  vacant  parishes  at  such  times  as 
may  be  deemed  convenient  and  proper.  And  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Secretary  to  furnish  the  Clergy  with  a  record  of  their 
respective  appointments.  And  at  every  Convention  the  Clergy 
so  appointed  shall  be  called  on  for  an  account  of  the  fulfilment  of 
the  duty,  and  to  report  concerning  the  state  of  the  parishes  which 
they  have  visited. 

The  fifth  canon  of  1802  is  hereby  repealed 
Attested, 

JOHN  H.  HOBART,  SecY 


TWENTY-FIRST    CONVENTION. 


JOURUAL 

OF    THE 

PROCEEDINGS 

OF    THE 

ANNUAL   CONVENTION 

OF 

THE  PROTESTANT   EPISCOPAL   CHURCH, 

IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK  ; 

HELD     IN     TRINITY     CHUTxCH,     NEW     YORK, 

October  6lh,  and  October  7tb,  1S07. 


3list  of  tfje  CCIcrgi)  anO  3lan  DelcQatcs 

WHO  ATTENDED  THE  CONVENTION. 
CLERGY. 

The  Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Moore,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Protes- 
tant Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State  of  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Edmund  D.  Barry,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  the 
French  Church  Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Abraham  Beach,  D.  D.,  an  Assistant  Minister  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Frederick  Beasley,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 
Albany. 

The  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Rough- 
keepsie,  and  Trinity  Church,  Fishkill. 

The  Rev.  David  Butler,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  and 
Trinity  Church,  Lansingburgh. 

The  Rev.  Amos  Glover  Baldwin,  Deacon,  Missionary  in  the 
nothern  and  western  jiarts  of  the  State. 

The  Rev.  Abraham  L.  Clarke,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church. 
Newtown,  and  St.  George's  Church,  Flushing. 

The  Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers. 

The  Rev.  William  Harris,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's  Church,  in  the 
Bowery,  New  York. 


1807.]        JOURNALS  OF^  THE  CONVENTIONS,  ETC.  157 

The  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Hemp- 
stead. 

The  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.  D.,  an  Assistant  Minister  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Cave  Jones,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church, 
New  York.  . 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Richard  Channing  Moore,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St. 
Andrew's  Church,  Statcn  Island. 

The  Rev.  Davenport  Phelps,  Missionary  in  the  western  parts 
of  the  State. 

The  Rev.  Evan  Rogers,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Rye. 

The  Rev.  George  Strebeck,  Rector  of  St.  Steplien's  Church, 
New  Yoik. 

The  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  West 
Chester,  and  St.  Paul's  Church,  East  Chester. 

The  following  Clergy,  not  regularly  entitled  to  seats  in  the 
Convention,  attended,  and  were  achnitted  to  honorary  seats : 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Warren,  officiating  in  the  Churches  at  Peeks- 
kill  and  Philipstown. 

The  Rev.  Henry  J.  Feltus,  officiating  in  St  Ann's  Church, 
Brooklyn. 

The  Rev.  Andrew  Fowler  of  South  Carolina. 

The  Rev.  John  C.  Rudd,  of  Elizabethtown,  New  Jersey. 

The  Rev.  James  Chapman,  Deacon,  ditto. 

The  Rev. Wheaton,  Deacon,  Connecticut. 

The  Rev.  Elijah  D.  Rattoone,  D.  D.,  of  Maryland. 

The  Rev.  John  Inglis,  D.  D.,  of  Nova  Scotia. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss,  Deacon,  Athens,  New  York. 

LAY    DELEGATES. 

St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn,  Robert  Hodge,  William  Grigg. 

St.  James'  Church,  Newtown,  David  Moore,  Jacob  Moore. 

St.  George's  Church,  Flushing,  WiUiam  Prince,  James  Blood- 
good. 

Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  James  Mackarel,  David  Rowland. 

St.  John's  Church,  Yonkeis,  John  Bown,  Stephen  Oakley. 

St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead,  William  Mitchell. 

Christ  Church,  New  York,  George  Warner,  George  Dominick. 

Christ  Church,  Hudson,  William  E.  Norman. 

Bedford  and  Newcastle,  William  Miller. 

Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York,  John  Kemp. 

St.  And  ew's  Church,  Staten  Island,  John  Van  Dyke,  Joseph 
Bedell,  Nathaniel  Britton. 


158  JOURNALS   OP   THE   CONVENTIONS  [1807. 

St.  Stephen's  Church,  New  York,  James  Gillender,  William 
Lang. 

Caroline  Church,  Setauket,  William  Jayne, 

Trinity  Church,  New  York,  Anthony  L.  Bleecker,  Rufus  King, 
John  Onderdonk. 

Trinity  Church,  Fishkill,  Daniel  C.  Verplanck. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  George  Tibbets. 

St.  Mark^s  Church,  Bowery,  New  York,  Mangle  Minthorne. 
John  Slidell. 

St.  Michael's  Church,  Bloomingdale,  New  York,  Robert  1. 
Kemble,  Valentine  Nutter. 

Christ  Church,  Rye,  Joshua  Purdy. 

New  York,  October  6th,  1S07. 

This  being  the  day  appointed  for  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Con- 
vention of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of  New 
York,  and  the  city  of  New  York  having  been  appointed  by  the 
Bishop  as  the  place  of  meeting ;  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Moore, 
and  several  of  the  Clergy  and  Lay  Delegates  attended,  at  10 
o'clock  A.  M.,  in  Trinity  Church. 

Divine  service  was  celebrated  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Harris,  Rector 
of  St.  Mark's  Church,  in  the  Bowery,  New  York,  and  a  sermon, 
suitable  to  the  occasion,  preached  by  the  Rev.  David  Butler, 
Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  and  Trinity  Church,  Lansing- 
burgh. 

After,  which,  Mr.  Joseph  Prentiss  was  admitted  by  the  Bishop 
to  the  holy  office  of  Deacon. 

After  Divine  service,  the  Convention  assembled,  and  the  list  of 
the  Clergy  being  called  over  agreeably  to  the  second  canon  of  this 
Church  of  1803,  the  following  Clergy  answered  to  their  names, 
and  took  their  seats : 

The  Rev.  Edmund  D.  Barry,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  the 
French  Church  Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York ;  the  Rev.  Abraham 
Beach,  D.  D.,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York; 
the  Rev.  Frederick  Beasley,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany; 
the  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Pough- 
keepsie,  and  Trinity  Church,  Fishkill ;  the  Rev.  David  Butler, 
Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  and  Trinity  Church,  Lansing- 
burgh  ;  the  Rev.  Amos  Glover  Baldwin,  Deacon,  Misssonary  in 
the  northern  and  western  parts  of  the  State ;  the  Rev.  Abraham 
L.  Clarke,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church,  Newtown,  and  St. 
George's  Church,  Flushing ;  the  Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  Rector  of 
St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers ;  the  Rev.  William  Harris,  Rector  of 


1807.]  OF   THE    DIOCESE    OF   NEW    YORK.  159 

St.  ]\Tark's  Church,  in  the  Bowery,  New  York ;  the  Rev.  Seth 
Hart,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead  ;  the  Rev.  John 
Henry  liobart,  D.  D.,  an  Assistant  Minister  ot  Trinity  Church, 
New  Vork-;  the  Rev.  Cave  Jones,  an  Assistant  ?vlinister  ol"  Trinity 
Church,  New  York ;  the  Rev.  Tliomas  Tvyell,  Rector  of  Christ 
Church,  New  York;  the  Rev.  Richard  C.  Moore,  D.  D,,  Rector 
of  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island ;  the  Rev.  Davenport 
Phelps,  Missionary  in  the  western  parts  of  the  State;  The  Rev. 
Evan  Rogers,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Rye ;  the  Rev.  George 
Strebeck,  Rector  of  St.  Stephen's  Church,  New  York  ;  the  Rev. 
Isaac  Wilkins,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  West  Chester,  and 
St.  Paul's  Church,  East  Chester. 

The  following  Clergy  were  absent : 

The  Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow,  New  Rochelle ;  the  Rev.  Bethel 
Judd,  Hudson;  the  Rev.  Jonathan  Judd,  Johnstown;  the  Rev. 
Daniel  Nash,  Otsego  county;  the  Rev.  Joseph  Perry,  Balltown; 
the  Rev.  J.  Reed,  Cattskill;  the  Rev.  Cyrus  Stebbuis,  Schenec- 
tady. 

The  Lay  Delegates  presented  the  certificates  of  their  appoint- 
ment, which  were  read,  and  severally  approved ;  and  the  Ibllow- 
ing  Delegates  took  their  seats : 

From  St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn,  Robert  Hodge,  and  William 
Grigg ;  St.  James'  Church,  Newtown,  David  Moore,  and  Jacob 
Moore;  St.  George's  Church,  Flushing,  William  Prince;  Grace 
Church,  Jamaica,  James  Mackarel,  and  David  Rowland ;  St. 
John's  Church,  Yonkers,  John  Bown,  and  Stephen  Cakley;  St. 
George's  Church,  Hempstead,  William  Mitchill ;  Christ  Church, 
New  York,  George  Warner,  and  George  Dominick ;  Christ 
Church,  Hudson,  William  E.  Norman ;  Bedford  and  Northcastle, 
William  Miller ;  Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York,  John  iCenjp ;  St. 
Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island,  John  Van  Dyke,  Joseph  Bedell, 
and  Nathaniel  Britton ;  St.  Stephen's  Church,  New  York,  James 
Gillender,  and  William  Lang;  Caroline  Church,  Setauket,  William 
Jayne ;  Trinity  Church,  New  York,  Anthony  L.  Bleecker,  and 
John  Onderdonk;  Trinity  Church,  Fishkill,  Daniel  C.  Verplanck; 
St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  George  Tibbets;  St.  Mark's  <  hurch, 
Bowery,  Mangle  Minthorne,  and  John  Slidell ;  St.  Michael's 
Church,  Bloomingdale,  Robert  T.  Kemble,  and  Valentine  Nutter; 
Christ  Church,  Rye,  Joshua  Purdy. 

Mr.  Isaac  Hewlet,  who  appeared  as  a  Lay  Delegate  fiom  St. 
John's  Church,  Huntington,  not  having  been  regularly  appointed 
by  the  vestry  or  congregation,  was,  on  motion,  admitted  to  an 
honorary  seat. 


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The  certificates  of  the  incorporation  of  St.  Michael's  Church, 
Bloomhi:ytlale,  New  York,  and  Trinity  Church,  Fairfield,  in  the 
county  of  Herkimer,  were  read,  and  approved;  and  those  churches 
received  into  union  with  this  Convention.  And  the  certificate  of 
the  appointment  of  R.  I.  Kemble,  and  Valentine  Nutter,  as  Lay 
Delegates  from  St.  Michael's  Church,  Bloomlngdale,  New  York, 
having  been  read,  and  approved,  those  gentlemen  took  their  seats. 

The  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart  was  elected  the  Secretary  of  the 
Convention. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  the  following  clergymen,  not  regularly  entitled 
to  seats  in  the  Convention,  be  admitted  as  honorary  members : 
The  Rev.  John  Ireland,  and  the  Rev.  Henry  J.  E^eltus,  residing  in 
this  State;  the  Rev.  Andrew  Fowler,  of  South  Carolina;  the  Rev 
Messrs,  Rudd  and  Chapman  of  New  Jersey  ;  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Wheaton,  of  Connecticut;  the  Rev.  Dr.  Rattoone,  of  Maryland; 
and  the  Rev.  Dr.  Inglis,  of  Nova  Scotia. 

The  Convention  adjourned  until  ten  o'clock  to-morrow  morning. 


Wednesday,  October  7th,  10  o'clock  A.  M. 

The  Convention  met,  and  Divine  service  was  celebrated  by  the 
Rev.  Dr.  Moore,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Warren,  and  the  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss,  Dea- 
con, in  this  State,  were  admitted  to  honorary  seats. 

Mr.  James  Bloodgood,  a  Lay  Delegate  from  St.  George's 
Church,  Flushing,  and  Rufus  King,  Esq.,  a  Lay  Delegate  from 
Trinity  Church,  New  York,  appeared,  and  took  their  seats. 

The  Clergy  who  were  absent  at  the  last  Convention,  were 
called  on  for  the  reasons  of  their  absence,  agreeably  to  the  canon 
enjoining  their  attendance,  which  reasons  were  accepted. 

The  certificates  of  the  incorporation  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  of 
the  town  of  Aurelius,  in  the  county  of  Cayuga;  St.  John's  Church, 
Farmington,  Clifton  Springs,  in  the  county  of  Ontario ;  and  of 
Trinity  Church,  Geneva,  in  the  same  county,  were  read,  and  ap- 
prover! ;  and  the  said  churches  were  severally  admitted  into  union 
with  this  Convention. 

The  Clergy  were  called  on  for  the  parochial  reports,  required 
by  the  fourth  canon  of  1796  of  the  Church  in  this  State,  which 


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were  rendered ;  and  are  inserted  on  the  Journals  agreeably  to  the 
eleventh  canon  of  the  General  Convention  of  1804. 


Reports  of  the  State  of  the  Congregations 

OF  THE 

PROTEST.VNT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH  IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
JProm  October,  1806,  to  October,  1807. 


Poughkeepsie  ^nAFishkill;  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rector. — 
Poughkeepsie,  Christ  Church.  Baptism  of  infants,  16  j  communi- 
cants, about  50  ;  marriages,  4 ;  funerals,  8. 

Trinity  Churchy  Fishkill.  Baptism  of  infants,  16 ;  adult,  1 — 
17 ;  communicants,  about  30. 

The  latter  part  of  last  spring  I  visited  the  parish  in  Washing- 
ton, attended  Divine  service,  and  baptised  four  children. 

In  the  church  at  Poughkeepsie,  the  year  past,  the  Vestry,  with 
the  aid  of  the  inhabitants,  have  erected  a  gallery,  and  have  also 
decently  painted  the  church. 

BARZILLAI  BULKLEY,  Rector. 

St.  John^s  Church,  totcn  of  Yonkers ;  Rev.  Elias  Cooper, 
Rector. — Families  composing  the  congregation,  as  near  as  can 
be  ascertained,  80 ;  baptisms,  adults  4,  children  22 — 26 ;  com- 
municants, 43 ',  marriages,  7 

Christ  Church,  Rye;  Rev.  Evan  Rogers,  Rector.- — Since 
the  last  Convention  nothing  remarkable  has  taken  place  in 
this  church ;  there  appears,  however,  of  late,  an  increasing 
attention  to  public  worship,  and  also  to  the  holy  ordinances 
of  religion. 

The  number  of  marriages,  the  year  past,  are  12;  baptisms,  14 ; 
funerals,  13 ;  communicants,  35. 

St.  Mark^s  Church,  Bowery,  Mew  Vork  ;  Rev.  William  Harris, 
Rector. — Marriages,  10 ;  baptisms,  25. 

Communicants  in  the  winter  season  generally  about  60,  in  the 
summer  the  number  is  greater. 

The  Parish  of  Trinity  Church,  JVew  York,  consisting  of  Trinity 
Church,  and  St.  George's  and  St.  Paul's  Chapels  ;  Right  Rev 
Benjamin  Moore,  D.  D.,  Rector. — In  the  course  of  the  last  year 
there  have  been,  in  the  parish  of  Trinity  Church,  in  the  city  of 
New  York,  baptisms,  309 ;  marriages,  122 ;  funerals,  472. 


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Several  communicants  have  died,  and  some  new  ones  have 
been  .added  to  the  church  ;  so  that  the  number  continues  pretty 
nearly  the  same  as  it  was  at  the  time  of  the  last  report,  that  is, 
about  one  thousand. 

The  new  church  of  St.  John's,  in  this  parish,  was  consecrated 
the  last  winter. 

BENJAMIN  MOORE,  Rector. 

St.  George's  Parish,  Hempstead,  consisting  of  St.  George's, 
Church,  South  Hempstead,  and  Christ  Church,  JYorth  Hemp- 
stead; Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector. — Marriages,  29;  burials,  14; 
baptisms,  adults  6,  children  27 — 33 ;  communicants,  about  100. 

Christ  Church,  JVew  York;  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  133  ;  marriages,  45 ;  communicants,  about  200. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island  ;  Rev.  Richard  C.  Moore, 
D.  D.,  Rector. — Famihes,  300 ;  communicants,  140  ;  baptisms, 
about  80. 

The  united  Churches  of  St.  Peter'' s,  Cortlandtovm,  and  St. 
Philip'' s,  Philipstovm  ;  Rev.  Joseph  Warren. — Baptisms,  adults 
3,  children  16 — 19;  communicants,  10;  marriages,  5. 

Albany,  St.  Peter's  Church  ;  Rev.  Frederick  Beasley,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  68 ;  funerals,  12 ;  communicants,  80 ;  marriages,  12. 
Once  I  visited  the  church  at  Charlton. 

FREDERICK  BEASLEY. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  East  Chester,  and  St.  Peter's,  West  Chester  ; 
Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  Rector. — Commimicants,  about  50  ;  deaths, 
8 ;  marriages,  7 ;  baptisms,  adults  8,  infants  24 — 32. 

St.  Stephen's  Church,  JVew  York;  Rev.  George  Strebeck, 
Rector. — Marriages  41 ;  baptisms,  adults  3,  infants  55 — 58  ; 
burials,  adults  2,  infants  3 — 5  ;  communicants,  about  60, 

JVewtoum,  St.  James'  Church,  and  St.  George's  Church,  Flush- 
ing ;  Rev.  Abraham  L.  Clarke,  Rector. — St.  James'  Church, 
JYewtown.  Baptisms,  5;  marriages,  5;  funerals,  2;  communi- 
cants, 28. 

St.  George's  Church,  Flushing.  Baptisms,  4 ;  marriages,  6 ; 
funeral,  1. 

At  Jamaica. — Funerals,  2  ;  baptism,  1. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  and  Trinity  Church,  Lansingburgh. 
Rev.  David  Butler,  Rector. — St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy.     Bap- 


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tisms,  infants  17,  adults  11 — 285  communicantSj  33  ;   marriages, 
5;  funerals,  13. 

Trinity    Church,   Lansinghurgh.      Baptism    of  infants,   12 ; 
communicants,  26  ;  marriages,  3  ;  funerals,  2. 


The  Clergy  were  called  on  for  the  collections  in  their  respec-. 
live  churches  for  the  Episcopal  and  jMissionaiy  Funds,  an  account 
of  which  was  accordingly  rendered. 

The  following  report  from  the  Committee  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church  for  Propagating  the  Gospel  in  the  State  of 
New  York,  was  presented,  and  read  : 

"  The  Committee  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  for  Propagating  the 
Gospel  in  the  State  of  New  York,  report  to  the  Convention — 

"  The  Hev.  D.  Phelps  has  been  continued  as  a  missionary  principally  in  the 
counties  of  Ontario,  Onondaga,  and  Cayuga.  He  has  resided  for  the  most  part 
at  Geneva,  where,  in  the  month  of  August,  1806,  he  organized  a  church, 
which  promises  to  be  a  flourishing  congregation.  From  this  place  he  made 
excursions  to  various  congregations,  some  of  them  remote  from  his  residence. 
The  following  extract  from  the  journal  of  Mr.  Phelps,  will  afford  to  the  Con- 
vention satisfactory  information  of  his  labours,  for  which  he  merits,  and  has 
received  the  thanks  of  the  Committee : 

'  Since  entering  upon  the  mission  in  these  counties,  six  churches  have  been 
organized,  viz.,  one  at  JManlius,  styled  St.  Paul's,  consisting  of  Episcopalians 
in  that  town  and  Pompey;  one  in  Onondaga,  styled  St.  John's,  of  about 
eighteen  or  twenty  families  each.  These  two  churches  are  in  the  county  of 
Onondaga.  Also  one  in  Aurelius,  consisting  of  more  than  twenty  families  of 
that  town,  Brutus,  and  Scaneatiles,  styled  St.  Peter's.  Aurehus  is  in  the 
county  of  Cayuga.  The  village  in  this  place,  in  which  Divine  service  is  gen- 
erally performed,  called  Auburn,  is  in  a  flourishing  state,  situated  on  a  beauti- 
ful and  copious  stream  for  water-works,  where  of  course  several  (I  believe 
six  or  seven)  public  roads  centre.  The  commissioners  having  fixed  the  site 
here  for  a  court-house,  which  is  now  building,  renders  the  prospect  of  gather- 
ing a  respectable  congregation  in  this  village  truly  flattering;  and  especially  so, 
when  the  moral  and  pious  habits  of  the  members  of  this  church  are  connected 
with  the  other  considerations.  In  point  of  importance,  this  village  stands  next 
to  Geneva,  and  I  doubt  not,  could  they  be  enabled  to  build,  would  soon  e<jual 
it  in  numbers.  To  effect  this  purpose  they  have  already  showed  themselves  to 
be  heartily  in  earnest,  having  already  subscribed  to  the  amount  of  about  1400 
dollars,  while  hardly  an  individual  among  them  can  be  said  to  be  in  affluence. 

'The  opening  at  the  Springs  (now  called  Clifton  Springs),  about  thirteen 
miles  north-west  from  (Geneva,  is  next  in  importance.  The  number  of  Episco- 
pal families  here  is  about  twenty-four.  They  are  generally  people  strongly 
attached  to  the  Church,  of  sober,  virtuous  habits,  and  though  their  circum- 
stances are  not  above  mediocrity,  (even  for  farmers,)  yet  they  are  so  earnestly 
engaged  to  be  provided  with  a  small  church,  that  they  have  raised  or  sub.scribed 
about  700  dollars,  and  hope  soon  to  increase  it  to  1000. 

'  Through  Divine  goodness  I  have  lost  but  little  time  in  the  prosecution  of 
my  mission  by  reason  of  indisposition,  and  I  have  reason  to  bless  God  that 
some  success  has  attended  my  labours.  My  journies  have  been  extended 
from  Pompey,  and  in  some  instcuices  eight  miles  further  east,  to  Palmyra,  in 


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the  county  of  Ontario,  a  distance  of  more  than  ninety  miles.  On  this  route  I 
have  officiated  at  Sullivan,  Pomijey,  Manlius,  Onondaga,  Aurelius  and  its  vi- 
cinity, Cayuga,  Geneva,  and  Palmyra;  and  since  the  last  winter  at  Clifton 
Springs,  comprising  in  the  whole,  six  churches.  But  for  several  months  past 
I  have  confined  myself  to  four,  but  rarely  visiting  the  two  most  distant  ones.' 

"The  Rev.  A.  G.  Baldwin,  Deacon,  who  at  the  time  of  the  last  report  of 
the  Committee  had  just  been  engaged  as  a  missionary,  has  devoted  his  services 
to  the  county  of  Oneida,  and  the  country  adjacent.  The  Committee  have  every 
reason  to  be  satisfied  with  the  assiduity  and  zeal  with  which  JMr.  Baldwin 
appears  to  have  discharged  the  duties  of  his  mission.  They  submit  the  fol- 
lowing extract  from  his  journals,  containing  particularly  an  account  of  Mr. 
Baldwin's  success  in  organizing  a  congregation  at  Fairfield,  in  the  county  of 
Herkimer. 

'  Dec.  7.  I  went  to  Fairfield  as  I  intended,  should  the  Lord  permit.  Owing 
to  a  fall  of  snow  I  did  not  arrive  in  the  place  until  sunsetting  on  Saturday. 
Extensive  information  was  immediately  given  of  my  intention  to  preach  the 
next  day  in  the  Academy.  The  day  being  pleasant,  many  assembled,  and  I 
had  the  pleasing  satisfaction  to  find  so  many  who  were  attached  to  our  excel- 
lent mode  of  worship,  as  to  be  able  to  perform  the  whole  service  with  decency 
and  solemnity.  This  was  the  first  time  Divine  service,  according  to  the  Liturgy 
of  the  Church,  had  been  performed  in  that  place,  and  I  believe  in  that  county. 
The  first  impressions  made  on  the  minds  of  the  people,  generally  were  favour- 
able to  the  Church.  During  the  intermission  between  the  services  of  the  day, 
the  people  attached  to  the  Church  assembled  in  an  upper  room  of  the  Academy, 
and  I  proposed  to  them  that  they  should  organize  themselves  into  a  church, 
and  promised  to  aid  them  as  much  as  was  in  my  power.  They  were  pleased 
with  the  propositions.  Upon  inquiring  of  one  another,  they  found  that  there 
were  more  families  in  the  place  and  its  vicinity  attached  to  the  Church  than 
they  had  any  knowledge  of  before.  Rejoicing  in  the  hope  that  the  Church  in 
which  they  had  been  educated,  and  to  which  they  had  (though  for  a  long  time 
deprived  of  her  ministrations)  maintained  an  inviolable  attachment,  would  be 
established  among  them,  they  appointed  January  5th  to  organize  themselves 
into  a  church.  Accordingly,  on  that  day,  they  met  and  organized  themselves, 
and  have  since  been  duly  acknowledged  as  a  body  politic,  by  the  stjle  and 
title  of  Trinity  Church,  in  the  town  of  Fairfield,  Herkimer  county. 

'  I  have  since  regularly  visited  them  every  sixth  Sunday,  have  been  most 
cordially  received,  and  had  the  pleasure  to  see  large  and  attentive  congregations. 
We  assembled  in  a  large  Academy  built  for  the  double  purpose  of  a  house  of 
worship  and  a  school.  I  have  preached  eight  Sundays  in  the  Academj',  and 
nine  lectures  and  one  funeral  discourse  in  its  vicinity.  Sometimes  I  rode  a 
few  miles  and  preached  on  Sunday  evenings;  sometimes  I  preached  on  Satur- 
day or  Monday  evening.  The  number  of  Episcopal  families  is  about  twenty- 
five.  But  they  live  at  some  distance  from  each  other,  in  every  direction. 
There  is  a  probability  that  others  will  attach  themselves  to  the  Church.  Pros- 
pects are  highly  flattering.  There  appears  to  be  some  increase  of  vital  religion 
among  the  people  attached  to  us.  I  have  baptised  in  that  place  and  its  vicinity 
four  adults,  and  twenty-seven  children  and  infants.  The  people  rejoice  in  the 
Lord  that  I  was  providentially  sent  to  them.  Peace  and  harmony  has  been 
preserved  among  those  attached  to  the  Church  and  others.  Many  thanks  are 
due  from  myself  and  people  to  a  Mr.  Noble,  an  Irish  gentleman,  who  now  re- 
sides in  Yonkers,  for  sending  to  me  (Mr.  Charles  Ward  having  represented  to 
him  the  situation  of  the  Church  in  that  place)  about  thirty  or  forty  dollars 
worth  of  books  to  be  distributed  by  me  among  them.  These  books  have  done 
much  good.  I  have  engaged  to  visit  Fairfield  as  heretofore.  What  the  Lord 
has  done  for  this  people  excites  in  my  mind  lively  gratitude.    They  intend,  ag 


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soon  as  they  can,  to  purchase  one  or  more  acres  of  land  to  set  a  church  on  at 
some  future  day.' 

"  While  the  Committee  congratulate  the  Convention  on  the  success  with 
which  the  laboius  of  their  missionaries  have  been  attended,  they  regret  that 
the  pecuniary  rcscources  for  missionary'  purposes  will  not  enable  them  to  main- 
tain a  sufficient  number  of  missionarie?.  More  ihan  double  the  number  they 
have  hitherto  been  able  to  support  could  be  usefully  employed  in  various  parts 
of  the  State,  where  people  are  as  yet  unable  to  maintain  a  standing  ministry. 
The  harvest  truly  is  great,  while  the  labourers  hitherto  have  been  few.  The 
Committee  earnestly  hope  that  every  friend  of  the  Church,  and  of  the  interests 
of  religion,  will  exert  himself  in  the  benevolent  and  exalted  work  of  providing 
the  means  of  extending  the  ministrations  and  blessings  of  the  Gospel  to  those 
who  are  now  destitute  of  them. 

<c  A  itested 

JOHN  H.  HOBAJRT,  Seifij." 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Convention  be  given  to  the 
Rev.  D.  Phelps,  and  the  Rev.  A.  G.  Baldwin,  for  their  diligence 
and  zeal  in  the  discharge  of  the  duties  of  their  mission. 

A  statement  of  the  Treasurer's  accounts  was  presented  and 
read,  and  approved. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Convention  be  presented  to 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Butler  for  his  sermon  preached  before  the  Conven- 
tion. 

Agreeably  to  the  sixth  canon  of  this  Church  of  1806,  the  fol- 
lowing appointments  to  supply  vacant  parishes  were  made : 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Hart  to  officiate  in  November  next  at  Huntington 
on  a  Sunday,  and  at  Setauket  and  Ishp  on  some  days  in  the  same 
week. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Clarke  in  May  next  at  Setauket  on  a  Sunday, 
and  at  Huntington  and  Islip  on  some  days  in  the  same  week. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Feltus  m  August  next  at  Islip  on  a  Sunday,  and 
at  Huntington  and  Setauket  on  some  days  in  the  same  week. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Rogers  at  Bedford  the  last  Sunday  in  October. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Moore  at  Bedford  in  May. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Wilkins  at  Bedford  in  August.  These  three 
last-named  gentlemen  to  supply  North  Salem  and  the  other  con- 
gregations in  West  Chester  county  on  a  Sunday,  or  some  days  in 
the  same  week  of  their  appointments  at  Bedford. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Bulkley  at  Washington  one  Sunday  in  Novem- 
ber and  May,  and  at  such  other  times  as  may  be  deemed  conve- 
nient. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Cooper  in  October  at  Goshen  on  a  Sunday,  and 
at  Newburgh,  New  Windsor,  and  St.  Andrew's,  on  some  days  in 
the  same  week. 


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The  Rev.  J.  H.  Hobart  in  April  at  Newburgh  on  a  Sunday, 
and  the  other  churches  some  day  in  the  same  week. 

The  Rev.  C.  Jones  in  August  at  St.  Andrew's  on  a  Sunday, 
and  the  other  churches  some  day  in  the  same  week. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Reed  at  New  Stamford  and  the  congregations 
adjacent  in  the  months  of  June  and  July. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Strebeck  at  Jamaica  in  December. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Beach  at  ditto  in  April. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Harris  at  ditto  in  June. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Beasley  at  Hudson  and  Claverack  in  April. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Butler  at  Hampton  in  January,  and  at  Stillwater 
in  May. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Perry  at  Milton  and  Stillwater  at  such  times  as 
may  be  convenient. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Beasley  at  Stillwater  in  July. 

The  Clergy  in  the  city,  whenever  they  can  with  convenience, 
are  to  supply  the  parishes  of  the  adjacent  Clergy  in  the  country 
when  they  are  absent  in  the  performance  of  the  above  appoint- 
ments. The  Clergy  are  to  give  seasonable  notice  to  the  various 
congregations  of  the  days  on  which  there  will  be  Divine  service, 
and  it  is  expected  that  the  churches  so  supplied  will  make  pro- 
vision for  defraying  the  expenses  of  the  Clergy  who  visit  them. 

The  following  persons  were  chosen,  by  ballot.  Delegates  to 
the   General  Convention : 

Rev.  Abraham  Beach,  Rev.  John  H.  Hobart,  Rev.  Isaac  Wil- 
kins,  Rev.  R.  C.  Moore ;  Rufus  King,  John  Onderdonk,  John 
Moore,  John  Reed. 

The  following  persons  were  chosen,  by  ballot.  Members  of  the 
Standing  Committee : 

Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Mr.  Harris,  Rev.  Mr.  Jones,  Rev.  Dr. 
Hobart ;  Richard  Harison,  Matthew  Clarkson,  William  Ogden, 
John  Onderdonk. 

The  following  persons  were  chosen,  by  ballot.  Members  of  "  the 
Committee  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  for  Propagating 
the  Gospel  in  the  State  of  New  York :" 

Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Cave  Jones,  Rev.  Dr.  Hobart;  John 
Onderdonk,  Garrit  H.  Van  Wagenen,  David  M.  Clarkson. 

The  Convention  adjourned. 

Attested, 
1  JOHN  H.  HOBART  Sec'y. 


TWENTY-SECOND   CONVENTION. 


JOURITAI. 

OF   THE 

PROCEEDINGS 

OF   THE 

ANNUAL    convention" 

OF 
THE  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL   CHURCH, 

IN  THE  STATE  Or  NEW  YORK  ; 

HELD    IN    TRINITY   CHURCH,    NEW    YORK, 

October  4tli,  and  October  5th,  A.  D.  1808. 


Hist  of  tlic  ericrss  anO  Slnj  ISekgatcs 

WHO    ATTENDED    THE   CONVENTION. 

CLERGY. 

The  Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Moore,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Protes- 
tant Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State  of  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
Rochelle. 

The  Rev.  Abraham  Beach,  D.  D.,  an  Assistant  Minister  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Frederick  Beasley,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 
Albany. 

The  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Pough- 
keepsie,  and  Trinity  Church,  Fishkill. 

The  Rev.  Abraham  L.  Clarke,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church, 
Newtown,  and  St.  George's  Church,  Flushing. 

The  Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers. 

The  Rev.  Henry  J.  Feltus,  Rector  of  St.  Ann's  Church  Brook- 
lyn. 

The  Rev.  William  Harris,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's  Church,  Bow- 
ery, New  York. 


168  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [180S 

The  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Hemp- 
stead, with  which  is  connected  Christ  Church,  North  Hempstead. 

The  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.  D.,  an  Assistant  Minister  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Cave  Jones,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Richard  C.  Moore,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's 
Church,  Staten  Island. 

The  Rev.  Davenport  Phelps,  Missionary  in  the  western  parts 
of  the  State. 

The  Rev.  Cyrus  Stebbins,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church, 
Schenectady. 

The  Rev.  George  Strebeck,  Rector  of  St.  Stephen's  Church, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  West 
Chester,  and  St.  Paul's  Church,  East  Chester. 

The  following  Clergy,  not  regularly  entitled  to  seats  in  the 
Convention,  attended,  and  were  admitted  to  honorary  seats : 

The  Rev.  Edmund  D.  Barry,  Principal  of  the  Episcopal  Aca- 
demy, New  York,  officiates  at  Grace  Church,  Jamaica. 

The  Rev.  John  V.  Bartow,  Deacon,  St.  Michael's  Church, 
Bloomingdale,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  James  Chapman,  Deacon,  Trinity  Church,  New 
York. 

The  Rev.  Joab  G.  Cooper,  Christ  Church,  Hudson. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Y.  How,  Trinity  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  David  Moore,  Deacon,  Staten  Island. 

The  Rev,  Joseph  Perry,  Christ  Church,  Balltown. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss,  Deacon,  Athens  and  Coxsackie. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Warren,  St.  Peter's  Church,  Peekskill,  and 
St.  PhiHp's  Church,  Philipstown. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Whitlock,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Wheaton  from 
Connecticut. 

LAY   DELEGATES. 

Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie,  John  Davis,  John  L.  Fonda. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Richmond  county,  Staten  Island,  Abra- 
ham Buskirk,  Joseph  Bedell,  John  Dunn. 

Trinity  Church,  New  York,  John  Onderdonk. 

St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers,  Isaac  Lawrence,  Elijah  Valentine. 

St.  Michael's  Church,  Bloomingdale,  New  York,  Robert  I. 
Kemble,  Valentine  Nutter. 

Bedford  and  Northcastle,  William  Miller,  Nicholas  Haight. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Coldenham, Graham. 

St.  Peter's  and  St.  Philip's,  Courtlandtown,  James  Mandeville. 


180S.]  OF   THE    DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  169 

St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn,  Robert  Hodge,  James  B.  Clarke. 

Caroline  Church,  Setauket,  Gilbert  Floyd. 

Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  James  Morel,  James  Mackarcl,  sen., 
David  Rowland. 

Christ  Church,  New  York,  George  Warner,  George  Dominick. 

St.  James'  Church,  North  Salem,  Epenetus  Wallace. 

St.   George's   Church,  Hempstead,  Richard  Thorne. 

St.  George's  Church,  Newburgh,  Justin  Foot. 

Trinity  Church,  Fishkill,  Daniel  C.  Verplanck. 

Trinity  Church,  New  Rochelle,  James  Bertine,  John  Bonnet. 

Christ  Church,  Hudson,  William  E.  Norman. 

St.  James'  Church,  Newtown,  David  Moore,  Samuel  Van 
Wyck. 

New  York,  October  4th,  1808. 

This  being  the  day  appointed  for  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
Convention  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of 
New  York,  and  the  city  of  New  York  having  been  appointed 
by  the  Bishop  as  the  place  of  meeting ;  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop 
Moore,  and  several  of  the  Clergy  and  Lay  Delegates  attended,  at 
10  o'clock  A.  M.,  in  Trinity  Church. 

Divine  service  was  celebrated  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Wilkins,  Rec- 
tor of  St.  Peter's  Church,  West  Chester,  and  St.  Paul's  Church, 
East  Chester ;  and  a  sermon  suitable  to  the  occasion  preached  by 
the  Rev.  Frederick  Beasley,  Rector  of  St  Peter's  Church,  Albany. 

After  Divine  service  the  Convention  assembled  ;  and  the  list  oi 
the  Clergy  being  called  over  agreeably  to  the  second  canon  of 
this  Church  of  1803,  the  following  Clergy  answered  to  their 
names,  and  took  their  seats : 

The  Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New- 
Rochelle ;  Rev.  Abraham  Beach,  D.  D.,  an  Assistant  Minister  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  Frederick  Beasley,  Rector  of 
St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany ;  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rector  of 
Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie,  and  Trinity  Church,  Fishkill ;  Rev. 
Elias  Cooper,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers ;  Rev.  Henry 
J.  Feltus,  Rector  of  St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn ;  Rev.  William 
Harris,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's  Church,  in  the  Bowery,  New  York ; 
Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead; 
Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.  D.,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  New  York;  Rev.  Cave  Jones,  an  Assistant  Minister  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector  of  Christ 
Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  Richard  Channing  Moore,  D.  D.,  Rector 
of  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island ;  Rev.  Davenport  Phelps, 


170  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1808. 

Missionary  in  the  western  parts  of  the  State ;  Rev.  Cyrus  Steb- 
bins,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Schenectady  ;  Rev.  George 
Strebeck,  Rector  of  St.  Stephen's  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  Isaac 
Wilkins,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  West  Chester,  and  St. 
Paul's  Church,  East  Chester. 

The  following  Clergy  were  absent : 

The  Rev  Amos  G.  Baldwin,  Missionary ;  Rev.  David  Butler, 
Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  and  Trinity  Church,  Lansing- 
burgh;  Rev.  Jonathan  Judd,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Johns- 
town, and Church,  Fort  Hunter ;  Rev.  Daniel  Nash,  Rector 

of  St.  John's  Church,  Otsego,  St.  Luke's  Richfield,  and  Harmony 
Church,  Butternutts  ;  Rev.  John  Reed,  St.  Luke's  Church,  Catts- 
kill ;  Rev.  Evan  Rogers,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Rye. 

The  Lay  Delegates  exhibited  the  certificates  of  their  appoint- 
ment, which  were  read,  and  severally  approved ;  and  the  follow- 
ing Delegates  took  their  seats : 

From  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie,  John  Davis,  and  John  L. 
Fonda ;  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Richmond  county,  Staten  Island, 
Abraham  Buskirk,  Joseph  Bedell,  and  John  Dunn ;  Trinity  Church, 
New  York,  John  Onderdonk ;  St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers,  Isaac 
Lawrence,  and  Elijah  Valentine;  St.  Michael's  Church,  Blooming- 
dale,  New  York,  Robert  I.  Kemble,  and  Valentine  Nutter ;  Bed- 
ford and  Northcastle,  Wilham  Miller,  and  Nicholas  Haight ;  St. 

Andrew's  Church,  Coldenham,  Graham;    St.  Peter's  and 

St.  Philip's,  Courtlandtown,  James  Mandeville;  St.  Ann's  Church, 
Brooklyn,  Robert  Hodge,  and  James  B.  Clarke;  CaroHne  Church, 
Setauket,  Gilbert  Floyd ;  Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  James  Morel, 
James  Mackarel,  sen.,  and  David  Rowland;  Christ  Church,  New 
York,  George  Warner,  and  George  Dominick;  St.  James'  Church, 
North  Salem,  Epenetus  Wallace ;  St.  George's  Church,  Hemp- 
stead, Richard  Thorne  ;  St.  George's  Church,  Newburgh,  Justin 
Foot ;  Trinity  Church,  Fishkill,  Daniel  C.  Verplanck ;  Trinity 
Church,  New  Rochelle,  James  Bertine,  and  John  Bonnet ;  Christ 
Church,  Hudson,  William  E.  Norman. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  ministers  of  this  Church  residing  in  this  State, 
and  not  regularly  entitled  to  seats,  be  admitted  to  honorary  seats. 

In  consequence  of  this  resolution,  the  following  Clergy  were 
admitted  to  honorary  seats  : 

The  Rev.  Edmund  D.  Barry,  Rev.  Joseph  Warren,  Rev.  Joab 
G.  Cooper,  Rev.  Thomas  Y.  How,  presbyters  ;  and  the  Rev. 
Joseph  Prentiss,  Rev.  Joseph  Perry,  Rev.  James  Chapman,  and 
Rev.  John  V.  Bartow,  Deacons. 


1808.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  171 

Resolved,  That  the  Rev.  Mr.  Whitlock,  and  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Wheaton,  appointed  by  the  Convocation  of  the  Church  in  Con- 
necticut to  attend  this  Convention,  be  achnitted  to  honorary  seats ; 
and  that  this  Convention  consider  this  appointment  as  an  evidence 
of  the  brotherly  affection  of  the  Convocation  of  the  Church  in 
Connecticut. 

The  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart  was  elected  the  Secretary  of  the 
Convention. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Convention  be  returned  to 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Beasley  for  his  sermon  preached  before  them  this 
day,  and  that  he  be  requested  to  furnish  a  copy  for  publication. 

Agreeably  to  the  46th  canon  of  the  General  Convention,  "  pro- 
viding; for  making;  known  the  Constitution  and  Canons  of  the 
Church,"  the  Secretary  proceeded  to  the  reading  of  the  same, 
and  after  progress  therein,  the  Convention  adjourned  until  nine 
o'clock  to-morrow  morninof. 


Wednesday,  October  5th,  9  o'clock  A.  M. 

The  Convention  met,  and  Divine  service  was  celebrated  by  the 
Rev.  Dr.  Moore,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island. 

Agreeably  to  the  45th  canon  of  the  General  Convention,  pro- 
viding for  an  accurate  view  of  the  state  of  the  Church  from  time 
to  time,  the  Bishop  delivered  the  following  address  to  the  Con- 
vention : 

"  BRETHREN, 

"  In  compliance  with  the  45th  canon,  I  lay  before  the  Conven- 
tion, the  following  statement  of  my  transactions,  in  the  discharge 
of  my  Episcopal  duties,  during  the  last  year. 

"  Since  the  last  meeting  of  the  Convention,  (exclusive  of  the 
four  congregations  which  are  more  immediately  committed  to  ray 
pastoral  care,  as  rector  of  Trinity  Church,)  I  have  visited  the  fol- 
lowing churches,  for  the  purpose  of  administering  the  holy  rite 
of  Confirmation,  and  of  inquiring  into  the  state  of  the  respective 
congregations : 

"  Christ  Church,  New  York. 

«  St.  Ann's,  Brooklyn. 

"  St.  Andrew's,  Staten  Island. 

"  Trinity  Church,  New  Rochelle. 

"  St.  Peter's,  West  Chester. 

"  St.  Paul's,  East  Chester. 


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"  St.  Mark's,  Bowery. 

"  St.  John's,  Yonkers. 

"  In  the  before-mentioned  period  of  time,  692  persons  have 
been  confirmed. 

"  We  have,  at  present,  ten  young  gentlemen  who  have  signified 
their  intention  of  applying  for  admission  into  Holy  Orders ;  and 
from  the  good  dispositions  which  they  have  hitherto  manifested, 
and  the  dihgence  with  which  they  prosecute  their  theological 
studies,  we  have  before  us  the  pleasing  prospect  of  soon  supply- 
ing our  destitute  congregations  with  a  sufficient  number  of  pious 
and  well-instructed  Clergymen. 

"  Since  I  last  had  the  happiness  of  meeting  you  in  Convention, 
I  have  ordained, 

"  Amos  G.  Baldwin,  Joab  G.  Cooper,  Nathan  Bourne  Crocker 
of  Rhode  Island,  John  Reed,  and  Thomas  Yardley  How,  Priests. 
Joseph  Prentiss,  Paul  Trapier  Gervais  of  South  CaroUna,  John 
V.  Bartow,  and  David  Moore,  Deacons. 

"  As  to  the  changes  which  have  taken  place  in  the  affairs  of 
our  Church,  in  the  course  of  the  preceding  year,  1  have  to  in- 
form the  Convention,  that  Thomas  Yardley  How  has  been 
appointed  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  in  this  city. 
James  Chapman,  Deacon,  is  engaged  for  one  year,  to  assist  in 
the  performance  of  the  duties  of  this  parish ;  John  V.  Bartow, 
Deacon,  is  settled  in  St.  Michael's  Church,  Bloomingdale ;  Henry 
J.  Feltus  has  been  regularly  instituted  into  the  parish  of  St.  Ann's 
Church,  Brooklyn ;  Edmund  D.  Barry  is  engaged  for  one  year, 
to  officiate  in  Grace  Church,  Jamaica ;  Joab  G.  Cooper  is  called 
to  Christ  Church,  Hudson,  which  had  become  vacant  by  the  re- 
moval of  their  former  rector,  Mr.  Bethel  Judd ;  David  Moore, 
Deacon,  is  employed  as  an  assistant  to  his  father,  Dr.  Richard  C. 
Moore,  on  Staten  Island ;  Joseph  Prentiss,  Deacon,  officiates  at 
Athens  and  Coxsackie ;  Joseph  Perry,  Deacon,  at  Balltown ; 
Amos  G.  Baldwin,  and  Davenport  Phelps  are  considered  as  more 
immediately  attached  to  the  churches  at  Utica  and  Geneva,  but 
at  the  same  time,  are  employed  as  missionaries  to  the  neighbouring 
destitute  congregations.  Several  more  clergymen  might  be  em- 
ployed to  great  advantage  in  the  character  of  missionaries,  but 
the  Missionary  Committee  are  destitute  of  the  means  of  supporting 
more  than  the  two  who  are  already  engaged."* 

After  which  an  ordination  was  held  by  the  Bishop,  and  the 
Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss,  Deacon,  at  Athens  and  Coxsackie,  was 
admitted  to  the  holy  order  of  Priest.  The  Convention  then  as- 
sembled. 

*  The  remainder  of  the  Address  being  in  the  form  of  a  Charge,  will  be  published 
separate  from  the  Journals. 


180S.]  OP   THE    DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  173 

The  Rev.  Abraham  L.  Clarke,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church, 
Newtown,  and  St.  George's  Church,  Flushing,  appeared,  and 
took  his  seat. 

The  Rev.  David  Moore,  Deacon,  was  admitted  to  an  honorary 
seat. 

Messrs.  David  Moore,  and  Samuel  Van  Wyck,  Lay  Delegates 
from  St,  James'  Church,  Newtown,  and  Col,  Sands,  from  St, 
George's  Church,  Hempstead,  appeared,  and  took  their  seats. 

The  reading  of  the  Canons,  which  was  commenced  yesterday, 
w^as  finished. 

The  Clergy  who  were  absent  at  the  last  Convention  were 
called  on  for  the  reasons  of  their  absence,  agreeably  to  the  canon 
enjoining  their  attendance,  which  reasons  were  accepted. 

The  Clergy  were  called  on  for  their  parochial  reports  required 
by  the  45th  canon  of  the  General  Convention,  "  Providing  for  an 
accurate  view  of  the  state  of  the  Church  from  time  to  time," 
which  were  presented,  and  are  inserted  on  the  Journals. 


Reports  of  the  State  of  the  Congregations 

OF  THE 

PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH  IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
From  October,  1807,  to  October,  1808. 


Poughkeepsie  and  Fishkill;  Rev,  Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rector. — 
Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie.  Baptisms,  children  20,  adults  4 — 
24  ;  funerals,  13  ;  marriages,  5 ;  communicants,  not  far  from  50. 

Trinity  Church,  Fishkill.  Baptisms,  infants  12,  adult  1 — 13; 
funerals,  4 ;  marriage,  1 ;  communicants,  about  30. 

I  preached  in  Washington  one  Sunday,  and  made  another  ap- 
pointment, but  rain  prevented  me  from  attending.  Once  I  preached 
in  Newburgh.  B.  BULKLEY. 

1.9^.  John's  Church,  Yonkers ;  Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  Rector.— 
Families  belonging  to  said  church,  84  -,  baptisms,  adults  9,  chil- 
dren 14 — 23  ;  marriages,  13 ;  funerals,  4 ;  communicants,  45. 

Nothing  material  has  ocui-red  since  the  last  statement. 

E.  COOPER,  Rector. 


174  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS         [1808. 

St.  Stepheiv's  Church,  JVew  York ;  Rev.  George  Strebeck, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  2,  infants  56 — 685  marriages,  31; 
communicants,  about  70 ;  funerals,  9. 

JVewtown,  St.  James'  Church.  Flushing,  St.  George^ s  Church  ; 
Rev.  Abraham  Lynsen  Clarke,  Rector. — St.  James"  Church,  JYeio- 
tow7i.  Baptisms,  children  7,  adults  2 — 9;  marriage,  1;  funerals, 
3;  communicants,  19. 

St.  George" s  Church,  Flushing.  Baptisms,  children  5,  adults 
6 — 11;  marriages,  4;  funerals,  3;  communicants,  16. 

St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn  ;  Rev.  Henry  J.  Feltus,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  infants  23,  adult  1 — 24 ;  communicants,  (increase  in 
the  last  year  16)  about  60  ;  marriages,  11;  deaths  from  the  con- 
gregation, infants  and  adults,  about  12. 

In  the  united  Churches  of  St.  Peter's,  Peekskill,  and  St. 
Philip's,  Philipstovm  ;  Rev.  Joseph  Warren. — Baptisms,  adults 
2,  children  16 — 18 ;  communicants,  8 ;  deaths,  6  ;   marriages,  6. 

Trinity  Church,  Athens,  and  Christ  Church,  Coxsackie;  Rev. 
Joseph  Prentiss,  Deacon,  officiating  Minister. — Baptisms,  adults 
and  infants,  62 ;  funerals,  about  20 ;  marriages,  about  14. 

Balltown,  Christ  Church,  and  St.  Paul's  Church,  Charlton  ; 
Rev.  Joseph  Perry, — Baptisms,  infants  40,  adults  4 — 44 ;  mar- 
riages, 5 ;  funerals,  6 ;  number  of  families,  about  90 ;  removals 
into  the  parish,  2. 

Since  taking  charge  of  these  churches,  I  have  visited  the  church 
in  Stamford,  Delaware  county,  performed  Divine  service,  and 
baptised  31  children.  I  have  also  visited  the  churches  at  Milton 
and  Stillwater.  JOSEPH  PERRY. 

St.  George's  Church,  Schenectady  ;  Rev.  Cyrus  Stebbins,  Rec- 
tor.— Baptisms,  adult  1,  infants  53 — 54;  marriages,  36 ;  funerals, 
5 ;  communicants,  42. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Stolen  Island;  Rev.  Richard  C.  Moore, 
D.  D.,  Rector. — Families,  about  300;  communicants,  nearly  200; 
baptisms,  about  80. 

The  last  return  of  communicants  amounted  to  the  number  of 
one  hundred  and  forty ;  but  during  the  year  it  has  pleased  Al- 
mighty God  to  bless  the  people  committed  to  my  charge,  with  a 
more  than  ordinary  attention  to  sacred  things.  Their  attendance 
upon  the  services  of  our  holy  Church  has  been  highly  pleasing, 
and  their  behaviour  has  been  marked  with  the  strongest  features 
of  rational  devotion.  Since  Easter  Sunday,  near  sixty  new  com- 
municants have  kneeled  at  the  altar  of  the  Saviour,  and  promise 
fair  to  be  ornaments  to  the  Christian  religion. 

RICHARD  C.  MOORE. 


180S,]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  176 

*SY.  Peter'* s  Church,  Albany;  Rev.  Frederick  Beasley,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  60 ;  marriages,  20. 

The  number  of  communicants  nearly  the  same  as  last  year. 
Some  have  been  added  to  our  number  (hirinn;  the  past  year,  and 
some  have  died.  FREDERICK  BEASLEY. 

Trinity  Church,  Mew  Rochelle;  Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow,  Rec- 
tor.— From  the  first  Tuesday  in  October,  1806,  to  the  first  Tues- 
day in  October,  1807,  baptisms,  adults  6,  infants  22 — 2S  ;  mar- 
riages, 12 ;   communicants,  nearly  the  same  as  last  reported,  18. 

From  the  first  Tuesday  in  October,  1807,  to  the  first  Tuesday 
in  October,  1808,  baptisms,  11;  marriages,  11;  communicants, 
nearly  the  same  as  last  reported,  18. 

All  Account  of  the  Rise  and  Progress  of  Grace  Church,  Jamaica, 
from  1710  fo  1808. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Poyer  officiated  as  missionary  from  the 
Society  in  England  for  Propagating  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts. 
The  Rev.  Thomas  Colgan  succeeded  Mr.  Poyer  in  the  year  1732, 
and  in  the  year  1735  Grace  Church  was  built,  and  soon  after  the 
churches  at  Newtown  and  Flushing.  Mr.  Colgan  left  no  records. 
He  died  in  the  year  1755,  and  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Samuel 
Seabury,  jun.  In  the  year  1761  a  royal  charter  was  granted  to 
the  Wardens  and  Vestry  of  Grace  Church  by  the  then  Lieutenant- 
Governor,  Cadwallader  Colden,  Esq.  Mr.  Seabury  left  no  records. 
The  church  at  that  time  was  repaired  to  the  amount  of  j£93  18 
shillings.  At  that  time  there  were  twenty-four  families  belong- 
ing to  the  church.  The  Rev.  Joshua  Bloomer  succeeded  Mr. 
Seabury  in  the  year  1769.  Mr.  Bloomer  kept  no  records  but  of 
marriages  until  the  year  1780,  and  then  of  marriages  and  baptisms 
only.  In  the  year  1780,  Mr.  Bloomer  began  a  record  of  mar- 
riages and  baptisms. 

The  roof  of  the  church  was  repaired  in  1786  to  the  amount  of 
je65  12  shillings. 

Mr.  Bloomer  died  the  23d  of  June,  1790.  The  Rev.  William 
Hammell  was  called  in  July  same  year.  Kept  no  records  but  of 
marriages  and  baptisms. 

Mr.  Hammell  left  the  parish  August  17,  1795.  The  Rev. 
Charles  Seabury  officiated  a  short  time  till  the  death  of  his  father, 
1796.  The  Rev.  Elijah  D.  Rattoone  was  called  the  12th  May, 
1797. 

In  the  year  1799  the  church  was  repaired  to  the  amount  of 
j£636  11  shillings. 

Mr.  Rattoone  left  Jamaica  in  1802,  and  the  Rev.  Calvin  White 
was  called  January  the  1st,  1803,  and  continued  till  August  17, 
1804. 


176  JOURNALS   OP   THE   CONVENTIONS  [1808. 

The  Rev.  George  Strebeck  was  called  1st  of  May,  1805,  for 
six  months. 

The  Rev.  Andrew  Fowler  was  called  8th  of  April,  1806,  for 
six  months. 

The  Rev.  John  Ireland  was  called  in  May,  1807,  no  time 
agreed  on. 

The  Rev.  Edmund  D.  Barry  was  called  the  1st  of  April,  1808, 
for  one  year ;  baptised  five,  buried  two. 

Jamaica,  October  1st,  1808. 

A  true  copy  taken  from  the  minutes, 

W.  PUNTINE,  Sec'y. 
The  number  of  communicants  is  at  present  about  fifteen. 

The  Parish  of  Trinity  Church,  Jfew  York,  consisting  of  Trin^ 
ity  Church,  and,  St.  George's,  St.  Paul's,  and  St.  John's  Chapels ; 
Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Moore,  D.  D.,  Rector. — Baptisms,  339 ; 
marriages,  1 16 ;  funerals,  442  ',  number  of  communicants,  nearly 
the  same  as  at  the  last  Convention,  about  1000. 

Christ  Church,  JVew  York;  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  infants  153,  adults  6 — 159 ;  marriages,  51 ;  communi- 
cants, about  280 ;  funerals,  34. 

St  Paul's  Church,  East  Chester,  and  St.  Peter's  West  Chester; 
Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  7,  children  16 — 
23 ;  marriages,  9 ;  funerals,  7 ;  communicants,  about  50. 

Christ  Church,  Rye  and  White  Plains  ;*  Rev.  Evan  Rogers, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  9;  marriages,  13;  burials,  9;  communicants, 
about  40  ',  and  the  number  of  famihes  belonging  to  this  church 
are  about  100. 

An  unhappy  misunderstanding  has  subsisted  between  Rye  and 
that  part  of  the  parish  residing  at  White  Plains.  The  rector  is 
happy  in  having  to  state  that  a  union  has  been  restored  since  the 
last  Convention,  which,  it  is  hoped,  will  contribute  to  the  real 
interest  of  this  church. 

Agreeably  to  appointment  I  visited  and  performed  Divine 
service  twice  at  Bedford,  once  at  Stephentown,  and  once  at 
Newcastle.  And  although  the  congregations  in  those  places 
appear  to  labour  under  discouragements,  having  no  settled  min- 
ister, yet  many  are  firmly  attached  to  our  Church,  and  are  highly 
gratified  with  even  the  partial  services  which  we  are  able  to  af- 
ford them. 

E.  ROGERS. 

*  This  report  was  forwarded  since  the  meeting  of  the  Convention, 


1808.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF  NEW   YOHK.  177 

The  Clersry  were  called  on  for  tlic  collections  made  in  their 
respective  cliurcbes  for  the  Episcopal  and  Missionary  Funds  ;  an 
account  of  which  was  accordingly  rendered. 

Very  satisfactory  accounts  were  rendered  of  the  missions  of  the 
Rev.  D.  Phelps,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Baldwin. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Convention  be  returned  to 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Phelps,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Baldwin,  for  their  faithful 
services  as  missionaries. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  and  the  Rev.  J.  H.  Hobart,  two  members 
of  the  Standing  Committee,  reported  to  the  Convention,  that  they 
had  examined  the  Treasurer's  accounts,  and  found  them  correct. 

On  motion. 

Resolved,  That  the  office  of  Consecration  of  Churches  and 
Chapels,  implies  that  the  buildings  set  apart  for  the  service  of 
Almighty  God  are  appropriated  solely  to  Divine  service ;  and, 
therefore,  they  shall  not  be  used  for  any  secular  purposes  what- 
soever. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  a  Committee  be  appointed  to  draft  and  present 
a  memorial  to  the  Corporation  of  Trinity  Church,  in  the  city  of 
New  York,  if  they  deem  it  expedient  so  to  do,  setting  forth  the 
necessity  of  cherishing  and  increasing  the  fund  for  the  support 
of  the  Episcopate,  and  praying  from  the  said  Corporation  a  dona- 
tion in  aid  of  the  said  fund. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Moore,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Jones,  and  Mr.  Hodge, 
were  appointed  a  Committee  for  the  aforesaid  purpose. 

The  Clergy  who  were  appointed  at  the  last  Convention  to  visit 
the  vacant  congregations,  severally  made  report  of  their  having 
discharged  that  duty,  and  of  the  state  of  the  parishes  which  they 
visited.  And,  agreeably  to  the  canon  of  this  Church  of  1806, 
the  following  appointments  were  made  to  supply  vacant  parishes : 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Hart  at  Huntington  in  November  next,  on  a 
Sunday,  and  at  Setauket  and  Islip  on  some  days  in  the  same 
week. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Wilkins  at  Huntington  in  July  next,  on  a 
Sunday,  and  at  Setauket  and  Islip  on  some  days  in  the  same 
week. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Feltus  at  Mp  in  May  next,  on  a  Sunday,  and 
at  Setauket  and  Huntington  on  some  days  in  the  same  week. 


178  JOURNALS   OF    THE   CONVENTIONS  [1808. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Clarke  in  September  next  at  Setauket,  on  a 
Sunday,  and  at  Huntington  and  Islip  on  some  days  in  the  same 
w^eek. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Moore  at  Bedford  in  November. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  EKas  Cooper  at  ditto  in  May. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Hobart  at  ditto  in  August. 

These  three  last-named  gentlemen  to  supply  North  Salem,  and 
the  other  congregations  in  West  Chester  county,  on  a  Sunday, 
or  some  days  in  the  same  week  of  their  appointments  at  Bed- 
ford. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Bulkley  at  Washington  in  November,  and  at 
Newburgh  in  December. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Jones  at  Newburgh  and  the  neighbourhood  in 
September  next. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Strebeck  at  ditto  in  July. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Prentiss  at  New  Stamford  and  other  vacant  con- 
gregations in  June. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Perry  at  Milton  and  Stillwater,  &c.,  at  such 
times  as  may  be  convenient. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Butler  at  Hampton  in  January,  and  Stillwater 
in  May. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Beasley  at  Duanesborough  in  April,  and  at  Still- 
water in  July  next. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Stebbins  at  Duanesborough  in  November. 

The  Rev.  Joab  G.  Cooper  to  visit  the  congregations  in  the 
neighbourhood  of  the  village  of  Claverack  occasionally. 

The  Clergy  in  the  city,  whenever  they  can  vidth  convenience, 
are  to  supply  the  parishes  of  the  adjacent  Clergy  in  the  country 
when  they  are  absent  in  the  performance  of  the  above  appoint- 
ments. The  Clergy  are  to  give  seasonable  notice  to  the  various 
congregations  of  the  days  on  which  there  will  be  Divine  service, 
and  it  is  expected  that  the  churches  so  supplied  will  make  provi- 
sion for  defraying  the  expenses  of  the  Clergy  who  visit  them. 

A  memorial  was  presented,  and  read,  from  the  Rector,  Wardens, 
and  Vestrymen  of  Christ  Church,  New  Orleans,  praying  that  the 
Bishop  and  Convention  would  recognize  said  church  as  part  of  the 
ecclesiastical  diocese  of  New  York. 

On  motion. 

Resolved,  That  the  granting  of  the  prayer  of  the  petition  is 
incompatible  with  the  37th  canon  of  the  General  Convention, 
and  with  ecclesiastical  order ;  but  as  this  Convention  feel  cordially 
interested  for  the  welfare  of  the  church  at  New  Orleans,  the  Bishop 
be  respectfully  requested  to  extend  to  them,  as  far  as  may  be  in 
his  power,  his  Episcopal  care  and  counsel. 


1808.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OP  NEW   YORK.  179 

The  certificate  of  the  incorporation  of  St.  Paul's  Church, 
Honeyoy,  in  the  county  of  Ontario,  was  presented  and  read,  and 
approved,  and  the  said  church  received  into  union  with  this  Con- 
vention. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  the  Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  and  the  Rev.  Dr.  Moore 
be  appointed  to  attend  the  meeting  of  the  Convention  of  the 
Church  in  Connecticut  in  June  next. 

The  following  persons  were  chosen,  by  ballot.  Delegates  to  the 
General  Convention : 

Rev.  Abraham  Beach,  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  Rev.  R.  C.  Moore, 
Rev.  John  H.  Hobart ;  Rufus  King,  John  Onderdonk,  John 
Moore,  John  Reed. 

The  following  persons  were  chosen,  by  ballot,  Members  of  the 
Standing  Committee : 

Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Mr.  Harris,  Rev.  Mr.  Jones,  Rev.  Dr. 
Hobart;  Richard  Harison,  Matthew  Clarkson,  William  Ogden, 
•John  Onderdonk, 

The  following  persons  were  chosen,  by  ballot.  Members  of  the 
Committee  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  for  Propagating 
the  Gospel  in  the  State  of  New  York  : 

Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Mr.  Jones,  Rev.  Dr.  Hobart;  John 
Onderdonk,  Gerrit  H.  Van  Wagenen,  David  M.  Clarkson. 

The  Convention  adjourned. 

Attested, 

JOHN  H.  HOBART,  Sec'i/, 


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T  W  E  N  T  Y-T  PI  I  R  D    CONVENTION. 


OF   THE 

PROCEEDINGS 

OF    THE 

ANNUAL   CONVENTION 

OF 
THE  PHOTESTANT   EPISCOPAL  CHURCH, 

IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK  j 

HELD    IN     TRINITY     CHURCH,     NEW    YORK, 

October  3d,  and  October  4th,  A.  D.  1809. 


3List  of  tljc  Cllerjjn  ana  SLaj  JBdeaates 

WHO  ATTENDED  THE  CONVENTION. 

CLERGY. 

The  Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Moore,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Protes- 
tant Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State  of  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Parker  Adams,  Missionary. 

The  Rev.  Amos  G.  Baldwin,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Utica. 

The  Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
Rochelle. 

The  Rev.  Abraham  Beach,  D.  D,,  an  Assistant  Minister  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Nathanael  Bowen,  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  New 
York. 

The  Rev.  David  Butler,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  and 
Trinity  Church,  Lansingburgh. 

The  Rev.  AlDraham  L.  Clarke,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church, 
Newtown. 

The  Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers. 

The  Rev.  Henry  J.  Feltus,  Rector  of  St.  Ann's  Church,  Brook- 
lyn. 

The  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Hemp- 
stead, with  which  is  connected  Christ  Church,  North  Hempstead. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Haskell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church;^  Rye. 


1809.]  JOURNALS   OF    THE    CONVENTIONS,    ETC.  181 

The  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.  D.,  an  Assistant  Minister  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Y.  How,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Cave  Jones,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Jonathan  Judd,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Johns- 
town, and  St.  Ann's  Church,  Fort  Hunter. 

The  Rev.  I'homas  Lyell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Richard  C.  Moore,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Stephen's 
Church,  New  York. 

.     The  Rev.  Davenport  Phelps,  Missionary  in  the  western  parts 
of  the  State. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss,  Athens. 

The  Rev.  Cyrus  Stebbins,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church, 
Schenectady. 

The  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  West 
Chester,  and  St.  Paul's  Church,  East  Chester. 

The  following  Clergy,  not  regularly  entitled  to  seats  in  the 
Convention,  were  admitted  to  honorary  seats : 

The  Rev.  Dr.  William  Smith,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley. 

The  Rev.  John  V.  Bartow,  Deacon,  St.  Michael's  Church, 
Bloomingdale,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Timothy  Clowes,  Deacon,  Grace  Church,  Jamaica. 

The  Rev.  David  Moore,  Deacon,  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten 
Island. 

The  Rev.  Ashbel  Baldwin,  the  Rev.  Philo  Shelton,  Delegates 
from  the  Convention  of  Connecticut. 

LAY    DELEGATES. 

St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead,  Stephen  Carman. 

Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie,  John  Davis. 

St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn,  Robert  Hodge,  William  Grigg. 

St.  Mark's  Church,  Bowery,  New  York,  Mangle  Minthorne, 
George  Turnbull. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island,  Joseph  Bedell,  John  La 
Torette,  Nathaniel  Britton, Halsey. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  East  Chester,  Lancaster  Underbill. 

Christ  Church,  New  York,  George  Dominick,  George  Puffer. 

Trinity  Church,  Utica,  Benjamin  Walker. 

Trinity  Church,  New  York,  A.  L.  Bleecker,  John  Onderdonk. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  Eliakim  Warren. 

St.  James'  Church,  Newtown,  David  Moore,  Jacob  Moore, 
Thomas  Alsop. 


182  JOURNALS   OF   THE   CONVENTIONS  [1809. 

Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  Charles  M'Neil,  John  Skidmore. 

Du  St  Esprit,  New  York,  John  Kemp. 

St.  George's  Church,  Flushing,  Lawrence  Roe,  Thomas  Philips. 

St.  Michael's  Church,  Bloomingdale,  Robert  I.  Kemble,  Val- 
entine  Nutter. 

Trinity  Church,  New  Rochelle,  James  Bertine, 

St.  Stephen's  Church,  New  York,  Henry  Pope,  James  Gillen- 
der. 

Bedford  and  Northcastle,  Dsivid  Olmstead,  Benjamin  Isaacs. 

St.  James'  Church,  North  Salem,  Joshua  Purdy. 

Caroline  Church,  Brookhaven,  William  Jayne. 

Trinity  Church,  Athens,  Henry  White. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Orange  county,  Alexander  Dareus, 

Grace  Church,  New  York,  Joshua  Waddington,  David  B. 
Ogden. 

Trinity  Church,  Lansingburgh,  Hezekiah  Ketchum. 

Christ  Church,  Rye,  Jonathan  Purdy. 

Trinity  Church,  Fairfield,  Andrew  S.  Bartow. 


New  York,  October  3d,  1809. 

This  being  the  day  appointed  for  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Con- 
vention of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of  New 
York,  and  the  city  of  New  York  having  been  appointed  by  the 
Bishop  as  the  place  of  meeting ;  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Moore, 
and  several  of  the  Clergy  and  Lay  Delegates  attended,  at  10 
o'clock  A.  M.,  in  Trinity  Church. 

Divine  ser\dce  was  celebrated  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Hart,  Rector  of 
St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead ;  and  a  sermon  preached  by  the 
Right  Rev.  Bishop  Moore.  . 

After  Divine  service,  the  Convention  assembled;  and  the  hst  of 
the  Clergy  being  called  over  agreeably  to  the  second  canon  of  this 
Church  of  1803,  the  follow^ing  Clergy  answered  to  their  names, 
and  took  their  seats  : 

The  Rev.  Parker  Adams,  Missionary;  Amos  G.  Baldwin, 
Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Utica ;  Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow,  Rec- 
tor of  Trinity  Church,  New  Rochelle ;  Rev.  Abraham  Beach, 
D.  D.,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York ;  Na- 
thanael  Bowen,  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  David 
Butler,  Rector  of  St.  Paiil's  Church,  Troy,  and  Trinity  Church, 
Lansingburgh ;  Rev.  Abraham  L.  Clarke,  Rector  of  St.  James' 
Church,  Newtown ;  Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  Rector  of  St.  John's 
Church,  Yonkers;   Rev.  Henry  J.  Feltus,  Rector  of  St.  Ann's 


1809.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW    YORK.  •  183 

Church,  Brooklyn ;  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector  of  St.  George's 
Church,  Hempstead ;  Rev.  Samuel  Haskell,  Rector  of  Christ 
Church,  Rye;  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.  D.,  an  Assistant 
Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York;  Rev  Thomas  Y.  How^, 
an  Assistant  IVIinister  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  Cave 
Jones,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York ;  Rev. 
Jonathan  Juckl,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Johnstown,  and  St. 
Ann's  Church,  Fort  Hunter ;  Rev  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector  of  Christ 
Church,  New  York;  Rev.  Richard  C.  Moore,  D.  D.,  Rector  of 
St.  Stephen's  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  Davenport  Phelps,  Mis- 
sionary in  the  western  parts  of  the  State ;  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss, 
Athens ;  Rev.  Cyi-us  Stebbins,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church, 
Schenectady ;  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 
West  Chester,  and  St.  Paul's  Church,  East  Chester. 

The  following  Clergy  were  absent : 

The  Rev.  William  Harris,  St.  Mark's  Church,  Bowery,  New 
York ;  Rev.  Daniel  Nash,  St.  John's  Church,  Otsego,  St.  Luke's, 
Richfield,  and  Harmony  Church,  Butternutts ;  Rev.  Joseph  Perry, 
Christ  Church,  Balltown ;  Rev.  John  Reed,  St.  Luke's  Church, 
Cattskill. 

The  Lay  Delegates  exhibited  the  certificates  of  their  appoint- 
ment, which  were  read,  and  severally  approved ;  and  the  follow- 
ing Delegates  took  their  seats : 

From  St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead,  Stephen  Carman ; 
Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie,  John  I)a\'is;  St.  Ann's  Church, 
Brooklyn,  Robert  Hodge,  and  William  Grigg ;  St.  Mark's 
Church,  Bow^ery,  New  York,  Mangle  Minthorne,  and  George 
Turnbull;    St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island,  Joseph  Bedell, 

John  La  Torette,  Nathaniel  Britton,  and Halsey ;  St.  Paul's 

Church,  East  Chester,  Lancaster  Underbill ;  Christ  Church,  New 
York,  George  Dominick,  and  George  Putfer;  Trinity  Church, 
Utica,  Benjamin  Walker ;  Trinity  Church,  New  York,  A.  L. 
Bleecker,  and  John  Onderdonk ;  St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  Eliakim 
Warren ;  St.  James'  Church,  Newtown,  David  Moore,  Jacob 
Moore,  and  Thomas  Alsop ;  Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  Charles 
M'Neil,  and  John  Skidmore;  Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York,  John 
Kemp ;  St.  George's  Church,  Flushing,  Lawrence  Roe,  and 
Thomas  Philips ;  St  Michael's  Church,  Bloomingdale,  Robert  I. 
Kemble,  and  Valentine  Nutter ;  Trinity  Church,  New  Rochelle, 
James  Bertine ;  St.  Stephen's  Church,  New  York,  Henry  Pope, 
and  James  Gillender ;  Bedford  and  Northcastle,  David  Olmstead, 
and  Benjamin  Isaacs ;  St.  James'  Church,  North  Salem,  Joshua 
Purdy  ;  Caroline  Church,  Brookhaven,  William  Jayne  ;  Trinity 
Church,  Athens,  Henry  WTiite ;   St.  Andrew's  Church,  Orange 


184  ,  JOURNALS   OF    THE    COXYEXTIONS  [1809. 

county,  Alexander  Darius ;  Grace  Church,  New  York,  Joshua 
"Waddington,  and  David  B.  Ogden;  Trinity  Church,  Lansing- 
burgh,  Hezekiah  Ketchum ;  Christ  Church,  Rye,  Jonathan  Purdy ; 
Trinity  Church,  Fairfield,  Andrew  S.  Bartow. 

The  certificates  of  the  incorporation  of  Grace  Church,  New 
York,  and  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Pulteney\-ille,  were  read,  and 
approved,  and  the  said  churches  received  into  union  with  this 
Convention, 

The  Rev.  Nathanael  Bowen  having  been  instituted  rector  of 
Grace  Church,  New  York,  took  his  seat  in  Convention ;  and  the 
certificate  of  the  appointment  of  Lay  Delegates  from  said  church 
havhig  been  read,  and  approved,  Joshua  Waddington  and  David 
B.  Ogden  took  their  seats  as  Delegates  from  Grace  Church,  New 
York. 

The  Rev.  John  Henr}-  Hobart  was  elected  the  Secretary  of  the 
Convention. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  ministers  of  this  Chm*ch  residing  in  this  State, 
and  not  regularly  entitled  to  seats,  be  admitted  to  honorary'  seats 
in  this  Convention,  with  the  privilege  of  delivering  their  sentiments 
on  any  matters  which  may  come  before  it. 

The  follo\\Tng  Clergy  accordingly  took  their  seats  as  honorary 
members : 

The  Rev.  Dr.  William  Smith ;  Rev.  Mr.  Bulkley ;  Rev.  John 
V.  Bartow,  Deacon,  officiating  in  St.  Michael's  Church,  Bloom- 
ingdale ;  Rev.  Timothy  Clowes,  Deacon,  officiating  in  Grace 
Chm'ch,  Jamaica ;  and  the  Rev.  David  Moore,  Deacon,  officiat- 
ing in  St.  Andrew's  Chmch,  Staten  Island. 

The  Rev.  Ashbel  Baldwin,  and  the  Ptev.  Philo  Shelton,  ap- 
pointed by  the  Convention  of  the  Church  in  Connecticut  to  attend 
this  Convention,  appeared,  and  were  admitted  to  honorary  seats, 
with  the  privilege  of  delivering  their  sentiments  on  all  matters 
which  may  come  before  the  Convention. 

On  motion. 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Convention  be  returned  to  the 
Right  Rev.  Bishop  Moore  for  his  sermon  preached  before  them 
this  day,  and  that  he  be  requested  to  furnish  a  copy  for  pubhca- 
tion. 

Agreeably  to  the  46th  canon  of  the  General  Convention,  "  pro- 
viding for  making  known  the  Constitution  and  Canons  of  the 
Church,"  the  same  were  read  by  the  Secretary. 


1809.]  OF   THE    DIOCESE    OF   NEW    YORK.  185 

/.greeably  to  the  45th  canon  of  the  General  Convention  pro- 
viding for  an  accurate  ^-iew  of  the  State  of  the  Church  from  time 
to  time,  the  Bishop  delivered  the  following  address : 

•  BRETHREN, 

''  In  compliance  with  the  requisitions  of  the  45th  canon,  I  make 
the  follo'\\'ing  statement  of  the  affairs  of  this  Diocese  since  the  last 
meetins^  of  the  Convention : 

"  Diu-ing  the  last  year  I  have  administered  the  holy  rite  of 
Confirmation  in  the  follo\ving  churches : 

'■'  Grace  Church,  Jamaica. 

'•'  St.  James',  Newtown. 

"  St.  George's,  Flushing. 

"  St.  JNIichael's,  Bloomingdale. 

"  Trinity-  Church,  New  York. 

"  Christ  Church,  Hudson. 

"  St.  Peter's,  Albany. 

"  St.  Paul's,  Troy.  ' 

"  Trinit}"  Church,  Lansingburgh 

"  St.  George's,  Schenectady. 

"At  the  Lutheran  Church  in  Athens,  where  an  Episcopal 
congreo;ation  assembles  for  public  worship ;  and  at  St.  Luke's, 
Cattskill.  In  the  course  of  these  Aisitations,  I  have  coniii-med 
304  persons. 

"  The  following  persons  have  been  admitted  to  Holy  Orders  : 

'•'  Parker  Adams,  Timothy  Clowes,  John  Croes,  jun.,  of  New 
Jersey,  and  Adam  Empie,  Deacons.  Joseph  Perry,  James  D. 
Simmons,  of  South  Carolina,  and  Paul  Trapier  Gervais,  from  the 
same  State,  Priests. 

"•  John  Ireland,  formerly  rector  of  St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklpi, 
has  been  deo-raded  from  the  ministry. 

"  Grace  Church,  in  New  York,  has  been  incorporated,  and  the 
Rev  Nathanael  Bowen  regularly  appointed  the  rector  thereof. 

"  The  Rev.  George  Strebeck  has  resigned  the  rectorship  of-  St. 
Stephen's  Church,  and  is  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Richard 
Moore  ;  and  the  church  on  Staten  Island  is  now  supplied  by  his 
son,  David  Moore,  Deacon. 

"  The  Rev.  Abraham  Clarke,  formerly  rector  of  St.  James' 
Church,  Newtown,  and  St.  George's  Church,  Flushing,  is  now 
confined  to  the  chm-ch  at  Newtown ;  and  St.  George's,  Flushing, 
has,  of  course,  become  vacant. 

"  Timothy  Clowes,  Deacon,  officiates  at  Grace  Chm-ch,  Jamaica ; 
and  Adam  Empie  is  employed  as  an  Assistant  to  the  Rev.  Setli 
Hart  in  the  chm-ches  at  South  and  North  Hempstead. 

"  The  Rev.  Samuel  Haskell  has  been  duly  instituted  rector  of 
Grace  Church,  Rye  and  ^Miite  Plains,  which  had  become  vacant 


186  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS         [1809. 

in  consequence  of  the  much  lamented  death  of  the  late  rector, 
Evan  Rogers. 

"  The  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley,  and  the  Rev.  Frederick  Beasley, 
have  relinquished  the  rectorship  of  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie, 
and  St.  Peter's,  Albany;  which  churches  are  not  yet  supphed 
with  clergymen." 

The  following  report  was  read,  and  accepted : 

The  Committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  subject  of  presenting 
a  memorial  to  the  Corporation  of  Trinity  Church,  in  New  York, 
for  the  purpose  of  aiding  the  Episcopal  Fund,  beg  leave  to  report, 
That  they  have  deemed  it  inexpedient  to  present  such  memorial, 
because  they  conceive  that  it  would  be  attended  with  more  effect, 
if  it  came  from  the  Convention  in  a  body.  They  have,  however, 
made  the  necessary  inquiry,  and  are  of  opinion  that  the  present 
is  a  favourable  time  for  such  memorial  to  be  presented. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  a  Committee  be  appointed  for  the  purpose  of 
drafting  and  reporting,  for  the  consideration  of  the  Convention,  a 
memorial  as  contemplated  in  the  above  report. 

The  original  Committee  on  the  subject,  viz.,  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Moore,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Jones,  and  Mr.  Hodge,  were  appointed  for 
this  purpose. 

The  Clergy  who  were  absent  at  the  last  Convention"  were 
called  on  for  the  reasons  of  their  absence,  agreeably  to  the  canon 
enjoining  their  attendance ;  which  reasons  were  accepted. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Haskell,  who  had  been  instituted  rector  of 
Christ  Church,  Rye,  appeared,  and  took  his  seat. 

The  Convention  adjourned  until  nine  o'clock  to-morrow  morn- 
ing. 

Wednesday,  October  4th,  9  o'clock  A.  M. 

The  Convention  met,  and  Divine  service  was  celebrated  by 
the  Rev.  Cyrus  Stebbins,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Sche- 
nectady. 

The  certificates  of  the  appointment  of  Lay  Delegates  from 
Christ  Church,  Rye,  and  Trinity  Church,  Fairfield,  were  read  and 
approved,  and  Jonathan  Purdy,  a  Lay  Delegate  from  Christ 
Church,  Rye,  and  Andrew  S.  Bartow,  a  Lay  Delegate  from  Trin- 
ity Church,  Fairfield,  appeared,  and  took  their  seats. 


1809.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  187 

The  Clergy  were  called  on  for  their  parochial  reports,  required 
by  the  45th  canon  of  the  General  Convention,  which  were 
presented,  and,  as  required  by  the  said  canon,  inserted  on  the 
Journals. 


Grace  Church,  Jamaica  ;  Rev.  Timothy  Clowes,  Deacon,  offi- 
ciating Minister. — Baptisms,  adults  6,  infants  12 — 18 ;  funerals, 
8 ;  communicants,  34. 

Christ  Church,  Rye  ;  Rev.  Samuel  Haskell,  Rector. — Appears 
to  be  in  a  flourishing  state.  Since  the  1st  of  July  last.  Baptisms, 
adults  4,  infants  4 — 8 ;  marriages,  2  ;  deaths,  9  ;  communicants, 
about  50. 

St.  Michael's  Church,  Bloomingdale ;  Rev.  John  V.  Bartow, 
Deacon,  officiating  Minister. — Baptisms,  adults  2  ;  children  31 — 
33  ;  marriages,  4 ;  funerals,  5 ;  communicants,  52. 

Trinity  Church,  Athens,  and  Christ  Church,  Coxsackie  ;  Rev. 
Joseph  Prentiss,  Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  6,  infants  67 — 73 ; 
communicants,  in  each  about  18 — 36;  marriages,  7;  funerals,  11. 

St.  James'  Church,  JYewtown ;  Rev.  Abraham  L.  Clarke, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  4,  children  10 — 14;  communicants, 
22 ;  funerals,  2. 

St.  George's  Church,  Flushing. — Baptisms,  10 ;  marriages,  5  ; 
communicants,  21;  funerals,  4. 

Trinity  Church,  JVew  Rochclle ;  Rev.  Theodosius  Barlow, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  adult  1,  infants  4 — 5 ;  marriages  10 ;  fune- 
rals, 9 ;  communicants,  from  18  to  26. 

St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers;  Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  infants  10,  adult  1 — 11;  communicants,  50;  mar- 
riages, 9.     Nothing  material  has  occurred  since  the  last  report. 

The  Parish  of  Trinity  Church,  JVew  York,  including  Trinity 
Church,'  and  St.  George's,  St.  Paul's,  and  St.  John's  Chapels ; 
Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Moore,  D.  D.,  Rector. — Baptisms,  259 ; 
marriages,  79 ;  funerals,  305 ;  communicants,  about  the  same  as 
the  last  report. 

Christ  Church,  Balltovm,  and  St.  Paul's  Church,  Charlton ; 
Rev.  Joseph  Perry,  Rector.* — Baptisms,  infants  65,  adults  7 — 72 ; 

*  This  report  was  forwarded  to  the  Convention. 


188  JOURNALS    OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1809. 

communicants,  not  far  from  100  ;  marriages,  5 ;  funerals,  5 ;  num- 
ber of  families,  about  90;  removal  into  the  parish,  1. 

During  the  past  year  I  have  thi'ice  visited  the  church  in  Stam- 
ford, Delaware  county,  and  once  the  church  in  Windham,  Green 
county.  In  both  of  which  churches  I  performed  Di\ane  service, 
and  baptised  several  children,  which  are  included  in  the  above 
statement.  Agreeably  to  appointment  I  have  also  visited  the 
churches  at  Milton  and  Stillwater.  Moreover,  to  aid  the  neigh- 
bouring congregations,  and  to  gratify  those  who  live  remote  from 
the  churches  under  my  care,  I  have  preached  on  week  days  twen- 
ty-four lectures,  and,  have  had  the  satisfaction  of  witnessing  that 
attendance  on  the  service  of  our  Church,  which  does  real  honour 
to  the  cause  of  religion.  JOSEPH  PERRY. 

St.  Ami's  Church,  Brooklyn ;  Rev,  Henry  James  Feltus, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  4,  children  24 — 28;  marriages,  15; 
deaths,  infants  and  adults  10 ;  communicants,  94. 

Vtica,  Paris,  and  Fairfield  ;  Rev.  Amos  G.  Baldwin,  Rector, — 
officiates  one-half  the  time  in  Utica,  one-fom'th  in  Paris,  and  one- 
sixth  in  Fairfield. 

Trinity  Church,  Utica.  Baptisms,  adult  1,  infants  12 — 13 ; 
marriages,  3 ;  funerals,  6 ;  number  of  families,  about  25 ;  com- 
municants, 20. 

St.  PauVs  Church,  Paris.  Baptisms,  adults  3,  infants  24 — 27 ; 
marriages,  2  ;  number  of  families,  40 ;  communicants,  70. 

Trinity  Church,  Fairfield.  Number  of  families,  about  25; 
baptisms,  children  and  infants,  14 ;  funeral,  1 ;  communicants,  28. 

The  members  of  this  church  are  erecting  a  house  of  "worship, 
and  have  contracted  to  have  it  enclosed  this  season. 

I  have  preached  one  Sunday  at  the  Little  Falls,  on  the  Mo- 
hawk, where  are  a  few  Episcopal  families  ;  also  one  Sunday  in 
Manlius,  forty  miles  from  Utica,  and  administered  the  holy  sacra- 
ment of  the  Lord's  Supper  to  twelve  persons.  They  told  me  that 
ihis  place  and  one  or  two  others  in  its  vicinity  would  at  present 
give  a  clergyman  the  greatest  part  of  a  decent  support. 

By  the  Divine  blessing,  pure  and  undefiled  religion  appears  to 
be  increasing  in  my  cure.  AMOS  G.  BALDWIN. 

P.  S.  I  have  preached  nearly  fifty  lectures  in  various  places 
during  the  past  year,  commencing  October,  1808. 

Christ  Church,  Hudson ;  Rev.  Joab  G.  Cooper.* — Baptisms, 
28 ;  marriages,  4 ;  funerals,  13 ;  communicants,  about  20. 

St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead;  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  28 ;  marriages,  14 ;  communicants,  about  100 ;  fune- 
rals, 12.  • 

*  This  report  was  forwarded  to  the  Convention. 


1809.]  OF    THE   DIOCESE    OF   NEW    YORK.  ]89 

Christ  Church,  Mew  York;  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  173 ;  marriages,  43 ;  commmiicants,  170. 

St.  Peter^s  Church,  West  Chester,  and  St.  Paid's  Church,  East 
Chester;  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins  Rector. — Baptisms,  children  30, 
adults  9 — 39 ;  marriages,  8  ;  deaths,  7  ;  communicants,  between 
50  and  60. 

St.  George'' s  Church,  Schenectady  ;  Rev.  Cyrus  SteLbins,  Rec- 
tor,— Baptisms,  adult  1,  infants  51 — 52;  marriages,  21;  funerals, 
8 ;  communicants,  43. 

Since  the  last  Convention  I  have  performed  Divine  service  three 
Sundays  at  Duanesburgh.  CYRUS  STEBBINS. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island  ;  Rev.  David  Moore,  Dea- 
con, officiating  Minister. — Baptisms,  about  90 ;  marriages,  12 ; 
funerals,  8 ;  families,  about  300 ;  communicants,  230. 

St.  John^s  Church,  Johnstovm,  and  St.  Ann's  Church,  Fort 
Hunter  ;  Rev.  Jonathan  Judd,  Rector. — I  commenced  my  services 
in  St.  John's  Church,  in  the  village  of  Johnstown,  on  Sunday,  the 
23d  of  November,  1806,  and  in  St.  Ann's,  at  Fort  Hunter,  on  the 
fourth  Sunday  following.  From  that  time  to  the  present  my  ser- 
vices have  been  divided  between  the  two  churches.  Three-fourths 
of  the  time  I  have  performed  Divine  service  at  Johnstown,  the 
other  fom'th  at  Fort  Hunter. 

The  number  of  communicants  have  increased,  and  the  congre- 
gations, particularly  at  Johnstown,  are  considerably  enlarged. 

Families  at  Johnstown,  about  45 ;  communicants,  15  ;  families 
at  Fort  Hunter,  about  20 ;  communicants,  5.  Baptisms,  from 
November,  1806,  to  October,  1807,  Johnstown,  13 ;  Fort  Hunter, 
2  ;— from  October,  1807,  to  October,  1808,  Johnstown,  6 ;  Fort 
Hunter,  2 ; — from  October,  1808,  to  October,  1809,  Johnstown, 
17  ;  Fort  Hunter,  2;  Amsterdam,  9;  two  of  them  adults.  Mar- 
riages, in  1808,  Johnstown,  1 ;  Fort  Hunter,  1 ; — 1809,  Palentine, 
1.  Funerals,  from  November,  1806,  to  October,  1807,  Johns- 
town, children,  6,  adults  2 — 8 ; — from  October,  1807,  to  October, 
1808,  Johnstown,  adults  3;  Fort  Hunter,  child  1 ; — from  October, 
1808,  to  October,  1809,  Johnstown,  adult  1. 

Soon  after  my  settling  in  Johnstown,  those  who  were  interested 
in  the  welfare  of  the  Church  set  about  making  such  repairs  in 
their  house  of  worship  as  the  lapse  of  time  had  rendered  necessa- 
ry, and  had  nearly  finished,  when,  in  June,  1808,  a  decisive  stop 
was  put  to  their  exertions,  and  theyjwere  brought  to  the  most  dis- 
couraging situation.  In  a  violent  storm  the  steeple  of  their  church 
was  blown  down,  and  much  other  damage  was  sustained.  By 
the  benevolence  of  Trinity  Church,  they  have,  however,  been  en- 


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abled  to  make  good  the  damages,  and  to  put  the  church  in  hand- 
some repair. 

The  house  for  worship  at  Fort  Hunter  remains  in  a  ruinous 
condition.  They  who  belong  to  it  are,  however,  determined  on 
doing  something  towards  repairing  it,  and  I  hope  they  \vi\\  succeed. 

JONATHAN  JUDD.* 


The  CJergy  were  called  on  for  the  collections  made  in  their  re- 
spective churches  for  the  Episcopal  and  Missionaiy  Funds,  an 
account  of  which  was  accordingly  rendered. 

Reports  from  the  missionaries,  the  Rev.  Davenport  Phelps,  the 
Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss,  and  the  Rev.  Parker  Adams,  were  severally 
read,  and, 

On  motion. 

Resolved  unanimously,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Convention  be 
returned  to  the  missionaries  for  their  faithful  services. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  and  the  Rev.  Dr.  Hobart,  two  members 
of  the  Standing  Committee,  reported  to  the  Convention,  that  they 
had  examined  the  accounts  of  G.  H.  Van  Wagenen,  the  Treasurer 
of  the  Convention,  and  found  them  correct. 

G.  H.  Van  Wagenen  was  re-elected  the  Treasurer  of  the  Con- 
vention. 

The  Clergy  who  were  appointed  at  the  last  Convention  to  visit 
and  officiate  in  the  vacant  congregations,  severally  made  report  of 
their  having  discharged  that  dut)'.  And  agi-eeably  to  the  canon 
of  this  Chm-ch  of  1S06,  the  following  appointments  were  made  to 
supply  vacant  parishes : 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Hart,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Wilkins,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Feltus, 
and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Clarke,  the  churches  at  Huntington,  Setauket, 
and  Islip. 

The  Rev.  Re\-.  Dr.  Moore,  and  the  Rev.  Dr.  Hobart,  the  con- 
ffreo-ation  at  North  Salem,  and  the  other  vacant  congresrations  in 
West  Chester  county. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Jones,  the  churches  in  Orange  count}'. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Perry,  the  vacant  churches  in  Saratoga  county. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Butler  to  perform  Divine  service  at  Hampton 
and  Stillwater. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Stebbins,  at  Duanesborough. 

The  Rev.  Joab  G.  Cooper,  at  Albany. 

*  The  report  of  the  Rev.  David  Butler,  Rector  of  the  churches  at  Troy  and  Lan- 
smgburgh,  which  was  presented  to  the  Convention,  has  been  mislaid. 


1809.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YOEK.  191 

The  Rev.  Jonathan  Judd,  at  Charlton  two  Sundays  and  two 
week  days. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  at  Albany  or  Poughkeepsie. 

The  Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  ditto. 

The  above-named  Clergy  are  to  give  seasonable  notice  to  the 
congregations  respectively  of  the  days  on  which  they  will  attend 
to  perform  Divine  service ;  and  it  is  expected  that  the  churches  so 
supplied  will  make  provision  for  defraying  the  expenses  of  the 
Clergy  who  visit  them.  The  Clergy  in  the  city,  when  they  can 
with  convenience,  are  to  supply  the  parishes  of  the  adjacent 
Clergy  in  the  country,  when  they  are  absent  in  the  fulfilment  of 
the  above  appointments. 

The  Committee  appointed  to  draft  a  memorial  to  the  Corpora- 
tion of  Trinity  Church  for  aid  to  the  Episcopal  Fund,  reported  the 
draft  of  a  memorial,  which  was  considered,  and,  with  amendments, 
adopted. 

A  memorial  was  read  from  the  Africans  and  their  descendants, 
members  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  city  of  New 
York,  praying  the  decision  of  the  Convention  on  the  subject  of 
one  of  their  own  colour  being  admitted  to  Holy  Orders. 

On  motion. 

Resolved,  That  the  aforesaid  memorial  be  referred  to  the  con- 
sideration of  the  Bishop  and  the  Standing  Committee  of  the 
Church,  to  report  thereon  at  the  ensuing  Convention. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  in  the  Convention  of  this 
Church,  at  their  session  in  the  last  year,  with  regard  to  the  ex- 
clusive appropriation  of  churches  to  Divine  service,  is  not  to  be 
considered  as  applying  to  the  exclusion  of  the  commencement  of 
Columbia  College,  heretofore  held  in  one  of  the  Episcopal 
churches. 

On  motion. 

Resolved,  That  a  Committee  be  appointed  with  the  pow-er,  in 
conjunction  wdth  the  Bishop,  of  selectmg  a  set  of  Psalm  tunes, 
together  with  a  set  of  chants  and  voluntaries,  which  shall  be  re- 
commended to  be  exclusively  used  in  the  churches  in  this  State  ; 
and  that  the  said  Committee  report  to  the  next  Convention. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Jones,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Lyell,  the  Rev.' Dr.  Hobart, 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Feltus,  Mr.  Clement  Moore,  Mr.  Benjamin  T.  On- 
derdonk,  and  Mr.  D.  Olmstead,  were  appointed  the  Committee  for 
the  aforesaid  purpose. 


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A  memorial  was  read  from  the  Rev.  Dr.  Smith,  praying  the 
patronage  of  the  Convention  to  a  collection  of  chants  edited  by 
him — and  a  "  collection  of  sacred  music,  adapted  to  David's 
Psalms,"  by  P.  Erben,  organist  of  St.  George's  Chapel,  with  sun- 
dry recommendations  thereof,  was  also  presented. 

Whereupon, 

Resolved,  That  the  aforesaid  "  Collection"  and  the  memorial  of 
the  Rev.  Dr.  Smith  be  referred  to  the  above-named  Coimnittee. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Butler,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Hart  were  appointed  to 
attend  the  Convention  of  the  Church  in  Connecticut. 

The  following  persons  were  Chosen,  by  ballot,  Delegates  to  the 
General  Convention: 

Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  Rev. 
J.  H.  Hobart ;  R.  King,  John  Moore,  John  Onderdonk,  Benjamin 
Walker. 

The  following  persons  were  chosen,  by  ballot,  Members  of  the 
Standing  Committee : 

Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Dr.  Hobart,  Rev.  Mr.  Jones,  Rev.  Mr. 
Harris ;  R.  Harison,  Gen.  Clarkson,  W.  Ogden,  Dr.  Onderdonk. 

The  following  persons  were  chosen,  by  ballot,  Members  of  the 
Committee  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  for  Propagating 
the  Gospel  in  the  State  of  New  York : 

Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Mr.  Jones,  Rev.  J.  H.  Hobart;  Dr.  On- 
derdonk, G.  H.  Van  Wagenen,  D.  M.  Clarkson. 

The  Convention  adjourned. 

BENJAMIN  MOORE,  D.  D., 

Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  New  York. 

Attested,  , 

JOHN  H.  HOBART, 

Secretary  to  the  Convention. 


TWENTY. FOURTH   CONVENTION 


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OF    THE 

PROCEEDINGS 

OF  THE 

ANNUAL    CONVENTION 

OF 
THE  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH, 

IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK  j 

HELD    IN    TRINITY   CHURCH,    NEW    YORK, 

October  2d,  and  October  3d,  A.  D.  1810. 


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WHO  ATTENDED  THE  CONVENTION. 
CLERGY. 

The  Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Moore,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Protes- 
tant Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State  of  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Parker  Adams,  Missionary. 

The  Rev.  Amos  G,  Baldwin,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Utica. 

The  Rev.  Abraham  Beach,  D.  D.,  an  Assistant  Minister  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Nathanael  Bowen,  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  New 
York. 

The  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rector  of  St.  George's,  Flushing. 

The  Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers. 

The  Rev.  Henry  J.  Feltus,  Rector  of  St.  Ann's  Church,  Brook- 
lyn. 

The  Rev.  William  Harris,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's  Church,  in  the 
Bowery,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Hemp- 
stead, with  which  is  connected  Christ  Church,  North  Hempstead. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Haskell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Rye. 


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The  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.  D.,  an  Assistant  Minister  of 
Trinity  Church,  New^  York. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Y.  How,  an  Assistant  Mmister  of  Trinity 
Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Cave  Jones,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  New  York, 

The  Rev.  Richard  C.  Moore,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Stephen's 
Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Daniel  Nash,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Otsego, 
St.  Luke's,  Richfield,  and  Harmony  Church,  Butternutts,  and 
other  churches  in  Otsego  county. 

The  Rev.  Davenport  Phelps,  Missionary  in  the  western  parts 
of  the  State. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss,  Rector  of Church,  Athens. 

The  Rev.  John  Reed,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie. 

The  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  West 
Chester,  and  St.  Paul's  Church,  East  Chester. 

The  following  Clergy,  residing  in  this  State,  not  regularly 
entitled  to  seats  in  the  Convention,  were  admitted  to  honorary 
seats: 

The  Rev.  Edmund  D.  Bariy,  Principal  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Academy,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  John  V.  Bartow,  Deacon,  St.  Michael's,  Blooming- 
dale. 

The  Rev.  William  Berrian,  Deacon. 

The  Rev.  Timothy  Clowes,  Deacon,  officiating  in  St.  Peter's, 
Albany. 

The  Rev.  Joab  G.  Cooper,  officiating  in  Christ  Church,  Hud- 
son. 

The  Rev.  Adara  Empie,  Deacon,  officiating  as  Assistant  Min- 
ister in  St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller,  Deacon. 

The  Rev.  Isaac  Jones,  Deacon. 

The  Rev.  David  Moore,  Deacon,  officiating  in  St.  Andrew's 
Church,  Staten  Island. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Perry,  officiating  in  Christ  Church,  Balltown. 

The  Rev.  William  Powell,  Deacon,  officiating  in  St.  Andrew's 
Church,  Orange  county,  and  St.  George's  Church,  Newburgh. 

The  Rev.  Gilbert  H.  Sayres,  Deacon,  officiating  in  Grace 
Church,  Jamaica. 

The  Rev.  George  Strebeck,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Ralph  Williston,  Deacon. 

The  Rev.  WilUam  E.  Wyatt,  Deacon. 


1810.]  OF  THE   moCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  195 

The  following  Clergy,  residing  in  other  States,  were  admitted 
to  honorary  seats : 

The  Rev.  William  Smith,  D.  D.,  of  the  Church  of  Connecticut. 
The  Rev.  Samuel  F.  Jarvis,  Deacon,  ditto. 
The  Rev.  John  C.  Rudd,  Rector  of  St,  John's  Church,  Ehza- 
bethtown,  New  Jersey. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Warren,  of  the  Church  in  South  Carolina. 
The  Rev.  Amos  Pardee,  Lanesborough,  Massachusetts. 

LAY    DELEGATES. 

St.  Ann's,  Brooklyn,  William  Grigg,  John  Cornell,  James  B. 
Clarke, 

Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  John  Skidmore. 

Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York,  John  Kemp. 

Trinity  Church,  Geneva,  Samuel  Colt, 

St.  James'  Church,  North  Salem,  Benjamin  Close,  Joshua 
Purdy. 

Grace  Church,  New  York,  Wright  Post. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island,  Nathaniel  Britton,  Alex- 
ander Carnes. 

St.  George's  Church,  Newburgh,  Dr.  David  Fowler,  William 
Taylor. 

Christ  Church,  New  York,  George  Dominick,  Thomas  Harvey. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Orange  county,  Andrew  Graham, 

St.  Stephen's  Church,  New  York,  Cornelius  Schuyler,  Isaac 
Emmons,  James  Smith. 

St.  James'  Church,  Newtown,  John  Alsop. 

St.  George's  Church,  Flushing,  Richard  Piatt,  William  Prince. 

Trinity  Church,  New  York,  Dr.  John  Onderdonk. 

St,  Peter's  Church,  Albany,  Robert  Troup, 

St,  Michael's,  Bloomingdale,  New  York,  Valentine  Nutter. 

Trinity  Church,  Fishkill,  Daniel  C.  Verplanck,  Silvanus  Pine, 
Abraham  Mesier. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Charlton,  Eliud  Davis. 

Christ  Church,  Balltown,  Edward  Watrous. 

St.  Mark^s  Church,  Bowery,  New  York,  Nicholas  Fish, 

Bedford  and  Northcastle,  David  Olmstead,  David  Haight, 

St,  George's  Church,  Hempstead,  Thomas  Clowes,  Hermanus 
Lott,  Abraham  Snedeker. 

Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie,  John  Davis,  Robert  L.  Reade. 

St.  John's,  Yonkers,  Henry  White,  Nathanael  Valentine, 

Christ  Church,  Hudson,  William  E.  Norman. 

St.  Matthew's,  Unadilla,  Abijah  H.  Beach. 

Zion  Church,  New  York,  John  P.  Ritter,  John  Sparkes. 

Grace  Church,  Waterford,  Richard  Davis,  jun. 

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New  York,  October  2d,  1810. 

This  being  the  day  appointed  for  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Con- 
vention of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of  New- 
York,  and  the  city  of  New  York  having  been  appointed  by  the 
Bishop  as  the  place  of  meeting ;  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Moore, 
and  several  of  the  Clergy  and  Lay  Delegates  attended,  at  10 
o'clock  A.  M.,  in  Trinity  Church. 

Divine  service  was  celebrated  by  the  Rev.  Timothy  Clowes, 
officiating  Minister  in  St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany;  and  a  sermon 
preached  by  the  Rev.  William  Harris,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's 
Church,  in  the  Bowery,  New  York.  After  which,  Samuel  Fuller 
was  admitted  by  the  Bishop  to  the  order  of  Deacons. 

After  Divine  service,  the  Convention  assembled  ;  and  the  list 
of  the  Clergy  entitled  to  seats  being  called  over,  agreeably  to  the 
second  canon  of  this  Church  of  1803,  the  following  Clergy  an- 
swered to  their  names,  and  took  their  seats ; 

The  Rev.  Parker  Adams,  Missionary  ;  Rev.  Amos  G.  Baldwin, 
Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Utica ;  Rev.  Abraham  Beach,  D.  D., 
an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  Na- 
thanael  Bowen,  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  Bar- 
zillai  Bulkley,  Rector  of  St.  George's,  Flushing  ;  Rev.  Elias  • 
Cooper,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers ;  Rev.  Henry  J, 
Feltus,  Rector  of  St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn  ;  Rev.  William 
Harris,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's  Church,  Bowery,  New  York ;  Rev. 
Seth  Hart,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead;  Rev. 
Samuel  Haskell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Rye ;  Rev.  John  Hen- 
ry Hobart,  D.  D.,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
York ;  Rev.  Thomas  Y.  How,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  Cave  Jones,  an  Assistant  Minister  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector  of  Christ 
Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  Richard  C.  Moore,  D.  D.,  Rector  of 
St.  Stephen's  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  Davenport  Phelps,  Mis- 
sionary in  the  western  parts  of  the  State ;   Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss, 

Rector  of Church,  Athens ;   Rev.  John  Reed,  Rector  of 

Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie ;  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  Rector  of 
St.  Peter's  Church,  West  Chester,  and  St.  Paul's  Church,  East 
Chester. 

The  following  Clergy,  entitled  to  seats,  were  absent : 
The  Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
Rochelle  ;   Rev.  John  Bowden,  D.  D.,  Professor  of  Rhetoric  and 
Moral  Philosophy  in  Columbia  College;    Rev.  David    Butler, 


1810.]  OF    THE    DIOCESE    OF    NEW    YORK.  197 

Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  and  Trinity  Church,  Lansing- 
burgh  ;  Rev.  Abraham  L.  Clarke,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church, 
Newtown ;  Rev.  Jonathan  Judd,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church, 
Johnstown,  and  St.  Ann's  Church,  Fort  Hunter;  Rev.  Daniel 
Nash,  St.  John's  Church,  Otsego,  St.  Luke's,  Richfield,  and  Har- 
mony Cluirch,  Butternutts ;  Rev.  Cyrus  Stebbins,  Rector  of  St. 
George's  Church,  Schenectady. 

The  Lay  Delegates  exhibited  the  certificates  of  their  appoint- 
ment, which  were  read,  and  severally  approved ;  and  the  follow- 
ing Delegates  took  their  seats  : 

From  St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn,  William  Grigg,  John  Cor- 
nell, and  James  B.  Clarke ;  Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  John  Skid- 
more  ;  Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York,  John  Kemp ;  Trinity  Church, 
Geneva,  Samuel  Colt ;  St.  James'  Church,  North  Salem,  Benjamin 
Close,  and  Joshua  Purdy ;  Grace  Church,  New  York,  Wright 
Post ;  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island,  Nathaniel  Britton, 
and  Alexander  Carnes  ;  St.  George's  Church,  Newburgh,  Dr. 
David  Fowler,  and  Wm.  Taylor;  Christ  Church,  New  York, 
George  Dominick,  and  Thomas  Harvey ;  St.  Andrew's  Church, 
Orange  county,  Andrew  Graham ;  St.  Stephen's  Church,  New 
York,  Cornelius  Schuyler,  Isaac  Emmons,  and  James  Smith ;  St. 
James'  Church,  Newtown,  John  Alsop  ;  St.  George's  Church, 
Flushing,  Richard  Piatt,  and  William  Prince ;  Trinity  Church, 

.  New- York,  Dr.  John  Onderdonk ;  St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany, 
Robert  Troup ;  St.  Michael's  Church,  Bloomingdale,  New  York, 
Valentine  Nutter ;  Trinity  Church,  Fishkill,  Daniel  C.  Verplanck, 
Silvanus  Pine,  and  Abraham  Mesier ;  St.  Paul's  Church,  Charl- 
ton, Eliud  Davis ;  Christ  Church,  Balltown,  Edward  Watrous  ; 
.St.  Mark's  Church,  Bowery,  New  York,  Nicholas  Fish;  Bedford 
and  Northcastle,  David  Olmstead,  and  David  Haight;  St.  George's 

*  Church,  Hempstead,  Thomas  Clowes,  Hermanns  Lott,  and  Abra- 
ham Snedeker;  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie,  John  Davis,  and 
Robert  L.  Reade  ;  St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers,  Henry  White, 
and  Nathanael  Valentine ;  Christ  Church,  Hudson,  William  E. 
Norman;  St.  Matthew's,  Unadilla,  Abijah  H.  Beach;  Zion 
Church,  New  York,  John  P.  Ritter,  and  John  Sparkes ;  Grace 
Church,  Waterford,  Richard  Davis,  jun. 

The  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley  having  been  instituted  Rector  of 
St.  George's  Church,  Flushing,  and  the  Rev.  John  Reed  having 
been  instituted  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie,  appeared, 
and  took  their  seats. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  ministers  of  this  Church  residing  in  this  State, 
and   not   regularly  entitled   to  seats,  be  admitted   to  honorajy 


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seats  in  this  Convention,  with  the  privilege  of  deUvering  their 
sentiments  on  any  matters  which  may  come  before  it. 

The  following  Clergy  took  their  seats  agreeably  to  the  fore- 
going resolution : 

The  Rev.  William  Berrian,  Deacon ;  Rev.  Timothy  Clowes, 
Deacon,  officiating  in  St.  Peter's  Albany;  Rev  Joab  G.  Coopei, 
officiating  in  Christ  Church,  Hudson ;  Rev.  Adam  Empie,  Deacon, 
officiating  as  Assistant  Minister  in  St.  George's  Church,  Hemp- 
stead;  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller,  Deacon  ;  Rev.  Isaac  Jones,  Deacon  ; 
Rev.  David  Moore,  Deacon,  officiating  in  St.  Andrew's  Church, 
Staten  Island ;  Rev.  Joseph  Perry,  officiating  in  Christ  Church, 
Balltown ;  Rev.  William  Powell,  Deacon,  officiating  in  St. 
Andrew's  Church,  Orange  county,  and  St.  George's  Church, 
Newburgh;  Rev.  Gilbert  H.  Sayres,  Deacon,  officiating  in  Grace 
Church,  Jamaica ;  Rev.  George  Strebeck,  New  Yoi'k ;  Rev.  R. 
Williston,  Deacon ;  Rev.  William  E.  Wyatt,  Deacon. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  ministers  of  the  Church  in  other  dioceses  present 
at  this  Convention  be  admitted  to  honorary  seats. 

Agreeably  to  the  foregoing  resolution  the  following  Clergy 
took  their  seats : 

The  Rev.  Dr.  William  Smith,  of  the  Church  in  Connecticut ; 
the  Rev.  J.  C.  Rudd,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Elizabethtown, 
New  Jersey ;  the  Rev.  Joseph  Warren,  of  the  Church  in  South 
Carolina. 

The  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart  was  elected  the  Secretary  of  the 
Convention. 

On  motion,  , 

Resolved  unanimously,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Convention  be 

returned  to  the  Rev.  William  Harris  for  his  sermon  preached 

before  them  this  day,  and  that  he  be  requested  to  furnish  a  copy 

for  publication. 

The  Convention  adjourned  until  nine  o'clock  to-morrow  morn- 
ing. 

Wednesday,  October  3d,  1810, 

The  Convention  met,  and  Divine  service  was  celebrated  by 
the  Rev.  Gilbert  H.  Sayres,  Deacon,  Grace  Church,  Jamaica. 

The  Rev.  Daniel  Nash,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Otsego, 
and  of  the  other  churches  in  Otsego  county,  appeared,  and  took 
his  seat. 


1810.]  OF    THE    DIOCESE    OF    NEW    YORK.  199 

The  Rev.  Edmund  D.  Barry,  Principal  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Academy,  New  York ;  the  Rev.  John  V.  Bartow,  Deacon, 
in  St.  Michael's  Church,  Bloomingdale ;  the  Rev.  John  Hooker 
Reignolds,  of  the  Church  in  South  Carolina ;  the  Rev.  Amos 
Pardee,  of  the  Church  in  Massachusetts ;  and  the  Rev.  Samuel 
F.  Jarvis,  Deacon,  of  the  Church  in  Connecticut,  took  their  seats 
as  honorary  members,  agreeably  to  the  resolutions  of  yesterday. 

Mr.  James  B.  Clarke,  a  Lay  Delegate  from  St.  Ann's  Church, 
Brooklyn,  and  David  B.  Ogden,  a  Lay  Delegate  from  Grace 
Church,  New  York,  appeared,  and  took  their  seats. 

A  certificate  of  the  appointment  of  a  Lay  Delegate  from  Christ 
Church,  Hudson,  was  read  and  approved,  and  William  E.  Norman 
took  his  seat  as  Lay  Delegate  from  said  church. 

A  certificate  of  the  incorporation  of  a  church  at  Chenango 
Point,  Broome  county,  was  read. 

On  motion. 

Resolved,  That  there  does  not  appear  to  the  Convention  legal 
evidence  of  the  incorporation  of  said  church ;  but  that  it  shall  be 
received  into  union  with  this  Convention  when  such  legal  evidence 
is  exhibited ;  and  that  the  Delegate  from  said  church  be  now 
admitted  to  an  honorary  seat. 

Certificates  of  the  incorporation  of  Zion  Church,  New  York ; 
Grace  Church,  Waterford ;  St.  Matthew's  Church,  Unadilla, 
Otsego  county ;  St.  John's  Church,  Catherine,  Tioga  county ; 
St.  Paul's  Church,  Balltown,  Saratoga  county,  were  approved, 
and  the  said  churches  received  into  union  with  this  Convention. 

Certificates  of  the  appointment  of  Lay  Delegates  from  several 
of  the  above  churches  were  read  and  approved,  and  the  following 
gentlemen  appeared,  and  took  their  seats : 

From  St.  Matthew's  Church,  Unadilla,  Abijah  H.  Beach ;  Zion 
Church,  New  York,  John  P.  Ritter  and  John  Sparks ;  and  from 
Grace  Chm-ch,  Waterford,  Richaid  Davis. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  the  Delegates  from  the  Episcopal  Church  of 
South  Salem,  of  the  incorporation  of  which  the  Convention  has 
no  legal  evidence,  be  admitted  to  honorary  seats.  Mr.  Henry 
Hayt,  Delegate  from  said  church,  was  accordingly  admitted  to  an 
honorary  seat. 

Agreeably  to  the  46th  canon  of  the  General  Convention,  "  pro- 


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viding  for  making  known  the  Constitution  and  Canons  of  the 
Church,"  the  same  were  read  by  the  Secretary. 

Agreeably  to  the  45th  canon  of  the  General  Convention,  "  pro- 
viding for  an  accurate  view  of  the  State  of  the  Church  from  time 
to  time,"  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Moore  dehvered  the  following 
address : 

"  For  the  information  of  the  Convention,  I  lay  before  them  an 
account  of  my  transactions,  in  the  discharge  of  my  Episcopal 
duties,  during  the  preceding  year. 

"  The  holy  rite  of  Confirmation  has  been  administered  at  Rye, 
Albany,  Paris,  Geneva,  Richfield,  Exeter,  Butternutts,  Coopers- 
town,  Fairfield,  Johnstown,  and  St.  Stephen's  in  this  city.  In  the 
(;ourse  of  these  visitations  455  persons  have  been  confirmed. 

"  The  under-named  churches  have  been  consecrated  to  the 
service  of  Almighty  God,  according  to  the  manner  and  form  pre- 
scribed and  used  by  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  these 
United  States : 

"  Zion  Church  in  this  city ;  St.  James'  in  Hamilton  Square  on 
this  Island ;  Trinity  Church  at  Geneva ;  Christ  Church  in  Coopers- 
town  ;  and  Trinity  Church  at  Newark,  in  New  Jersey,  at  the 
request  of  the  Standing  Committee  of  the  Church  in  that  State. 

"  The  following  persons  have  been  admitted  to  Holy  Orders  : 

"  Gilbert  H.  Sayres,  Nathan  Felch,  Reuben  Hubbard,  Samuel 
Sewell,  from  Massachusetts,  William  Berrian,  Ralph  Williston, 
William  Powell,  William  E.  Wyatt,  and  Isaac  Jones,  have  been 
ordained  Deacons  in  the  Church  ;  and  James  Chapman,  Deacon, 
has  been  '  called  unto  the  higher  ministry  of  the  Priesthood.' 

"  With  the  increasing  population  of  our  State,  I  have  found 
small  congregations  springing  up  in  various  parts  of  the  Western 
c.ountry.  These  feeble  societies  ought  to  be  cherished  and  en- 
couraged ;  and  the  most  effectual  mode  of  doing  this,  will  be, 
the  sending  of  Missionaries  among  them,  and  supporting  those 
Missionaries,  without  expecting,  for  the  present,  much  aid  from 
the  people.  The  Convention  will,  therefore  perceive  the  necessity 
of  promoting,  to  the  utmost,  the  annual  collections  which  are 
made,  at  the  time  of  preaching  the  missionary  sermon." 

The  Clergy  who  were  absent  at  the  last  Convention  were 
called  on  for  the  reasons  of  their  absence,  agreeably  to  the  canon 
enjoining  their  attendance ;  which  reasons  were  accepted. 

The  Clergy  were  called  on  for  their  parochial  reports,  required 
by  the  45th  canon  of  the  General  Convention,  which  were 
presented  and  read,  and,  as  required  by  the  said  canon ,  inserted 
on  the  Journals. 


1810.]  OF    THE    DIOCESE    OF   NEW   YORK.  201 

St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers;  Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  adult  1,  infants  13 — 14 ;  communicants,  51 ;  mar- 
riages, 6 ;  funerals,  2. 

Christ  Church,  Rye  and  White  Plains  ;  Rev,  Samuel  Haskell, 
Rector. — TheParish  of  Rye  and  the  White  Plains,  by  the  grace  of 
God,  is  in  a  peaceable  and  harmonious  state.  The  congregations 
are  large,  increasing,  and  in  good  fellowship  among  themselves, 
and  with  each  other. 

Marriages,  24  ;  baptisms,  14 ;  burials,  18 ;  communicants,  55. 

Christ  Church,  Jfew  York;  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  96 ;  marriages,  52 ;  communicants,  180. 

St.  George's  Church,  Flushing  ;  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rec- 
tor.— Baptisms,  13  j  funeral,  1  j  marriages,  2 ;  communicants,  22. 

Grace  Church,  J^ew  York  ;  Rev.  Nathanael  Bowen,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  20 ;  communicants,,  about  50. 

St.  Peter's  Church,  West  Chester,  and  5*^.  Paul's  Church,  East 
Chester ;  Rev.  Isaac  Wiikins  Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  3,  chil- 
dren 18 — 21;  marriages,  2;  deaths,  4;  commimicants,  about  60. 

St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany ;  Rev.  Timothy  Clowes,  Deacon, 
officiating  Minister. — Baptisms,  adults  9,  infants  50 — 59  ;  mar- 
riages, 8 ;  funerals,  15  ;  communicants,  about  80. 

St.  John's  Church,  Johnstown,  and  St.  Ann's  Church,  Fort 
Hunter ;  Rev.  Jonathan  Judd,  Rector.* — St.  John's  Church. 
Baptisms,  children  and  infants  11,  adults  2 — 13  ;  communicants, 
2 1 ;  marriages,  2  ;  funerals,  2  ;  families,  of  which  6  have  been 
added  this  last  year,  about  30. 

There  are  several  families,  and  of  them  seven  or  eight  com- 
municants living  at  Amsterdam  and  in  the  other  towns  adjoining 
this,  at  the  distance  of  eight  and  ten  miles,  whom,  as  they  attend 
this  Church,  and  communicate  in  it,  I  consider  as  belonging  to  it, 
and  have  added  them  to  the  above  number. 

St.  Ann's  Church.  Baptisms,  children  and  infants,  5 ;  com- 
municants, 6 ;  funeral,  1 ;  families,  as  last  year,  about  10. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island  ;  Rev.  David  Moore,  Dea- 
con, officiating  Minister. — Baptisms,  adults  5,  infants  6 1 — 66  ; 
marriages,  4 ;  funerals,  19 ;  families,  about  300 ;  communi- 
cants, 230. 

*  This  report  was  forwarded  to  the  Convention. 


202  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [I8IO. 

«SY.  George's  Parish,  Hempstead,  containing  St.  George's 
Church,  South  Hempstead,  and  Christ  Church,  JVorth  Hemp- 
stead ;  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector. — Baptisms,  36 ;  marriages,  14 ; 
burials,  24 ;  communicants,  about  100. 

St.  Anri's  Church,  Brooklyn;  Rev.  Henry  James  Feltus, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  7,  children  36 — 43 ;  marriages,  10. 
Communicants,  deaths  and  removals  12 ;  additions,  28 ; — present 
number,  110.     Funerals,  infants  and  adults,  about  10. 

The  Churches  in  the  County  of  Otsego  ;  Rev.  Daniel  Nash, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  20,  children  168  ;  marriages,  32  ; 
funerals,  37 ;  for  five  years  past.     Communicants,  about  150. 

St.  Michael's  Church,  Bloomingdale ;  Rev.  John  V.  Bartow, 
Deacon,  officiating  Minister. — Baptisms,  infants  10;  marriages, 
5 ;  funerals,  3 ;  communicants,  about  50. 

Christ  Church,  Balltovm,  and  St.  Paul's  Church,  Charlton; 
Rev.  Joseph  Perry,  Rector. — Baptisms,  infants  61,  adults  4 — 65; 
communicants,  about  100;  marriages,  11;  funerals,  10;  families, 
84 ;  removals  out  of  the  parish,  5. 

Nothing  very  important  has  transpired  since  the  last  report. 
I  have  twice  visited  the  church  in  Stamford,  Delaware  county, 
and  twice  the  one  in  Windham,  Greene  county.  In  both  churches 
I  performed  Divine  service,  and  baptised  several  children. 

In  the  village  of  Ballstown  Spa  I  organized  a  church  in  June 
last,  and  the  prospect  is  truly  flattering.  Nicholas  Low,  Esq., 
has  generously  offered  a  building  lot  for  said  church ;  and  there 
is  reason  to  believe,  from  its  local  establishment,  connected  with 
the  zeal  manifested  on  the  part  of  the  people,  that,  in  time,  it  will 
become  a  flourishing  congregation. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Coldenham ;  Rev.  William  Powell, 
Deacon,  officiating  Minister. — Baptisms,  5 ;  marriage,  1 ;  coidt 
municants,  30  ,  funerals,  2 ;  families,  30. 

St.  George's  Church,  JYewburgh.  Baptisms,  4 ;  communicants, 
13;  families,  about  30;  funerals,  2. 

The  Churches  at  Bedford  and  JYorthcastle ;  Rev.  Nathan 
Felch,  Deacon,  officiating  Minister.* — Baptisms,  adults  2,  chil- 
dren 6 — 8  ;  marriage,  1 ;  burials,  5  ;  communicants,  about  10. 

The  Episcopal  Church  in  Bedford  is  in  a  very  flourishing  state ; 
the  congregation  is  numerous,  respectable,  and  devout ;  an  attach- 

*  This  report  was  forwarded  to  the  Convention. 


1810.]  OF    THE    DIOCESE   OF   NEW    YORK.  203 

ment  to  all  the  rites  and  forms  of  the  Church  is  continually  in- 
creasing among  them ;  and  as  this  attachment  increases,  so  venera- 
tion for,  and  delight  in,  sober,  rational,  and  scriptural  piety  and 
virtue  increases. 

The  Episcopal  congregation  in  North  Salem  is  exceedingly 
prosperous.  Many  have  been  added  to  them  in  a  few  months 
past.     They  are  now  erecting  a  church. 

A  new  Episcopal  church  has  been  incorporated  in  South  Salem. 
Their  prospect  is  truly  pleasing  at  the  jDrcsent. 

Christ  Churchy  Hudson,  and  St.  PauPs  Church,  Claverack ; 
Rev.  Joab  G.  Cooper  Rector. — Baptisms,  26 ;  marriages,  2 ; 
funerals,  9  ;  communicants,  about  30.  The  number  has  increased 
since  the  last  report. 

The  Parish  of  Trinity  Church,  Jfew  York,  including  Trinity 
Church,  St.  George's,  St.  PauPs,  and  St.  John's  Chapels; 
Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Moore,  D.  D.,  Rector. — Baptisms,  311  ; 
marriages,  92 ;  funerals,  367  ;  communicants,  about  1000. 

Grace  Church,  Jamaica  ;  Rev.  Gilbert  H.  Sayres,  Deacon,  offi- 
ciating Minister. — Baptisms,  8  ;  marriage,  1 ;  funerals,  4 ;  com- 
municants, 34. 

St.  James'  Church,  Milton,  Grace  Church,  Waterford,  and 
St.  John's  Church,  Stillwater  ;  Rev.  Parker  Adams. — 
■  St.  James'  Church,  Milton.  The  congregation  increases  con- 
siderably, and  promises,  with  due  attention  and  encouragement, 
to  be  the  largest  in  the  county  of  Saratoga.  Their  house  for 
public  worship  is  completely  finished,  and  re-painted  within  and 
without.     It  is  large,  convenient,  and  decently  elegant. 

Baptisms,  adult  1,  children  9 — 10;  families,  36;  communi- 
cants, 33. 

Grace  Church,  Waterford.  This  congregation  consists  of 
thirteen  families,  and  six  other  families,  in  which  one  of  the 
heads  belongs  to  the  Episcopal  Church. 

Baptisms,  13  ;  funerals,  2  ;  communicants,  8. 

The  congregation  at  this  place  has  lately  become  an  organized 
church.  The  members  are  earnestly  engaged  in  procuring  means 
for  building  a  decent  church. 

St.  John's  Church,  Stillwater.  This  congregation  consists  of 
thirteen  families  entire,  and  a  part  of  each  of  seven  others. 

Baptisms  3  ;  communicants  13.  The  church  building  remains 
still  unfinished. 

Reports  from  the  Missionaries,  the  Rev.  Davenport  Phelps, 
and  the  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss,  addressed  to  the  Bishop,  were 
severally  read. 


204  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1810. 

From  the  report  of  the  Rev.  Davenport  Phelps,  it  appeared 
that  since  the  last  Convention  he  had  devoted  a  considerable 
portion  of  his  services  to  the  church  at  Geneva ;  and  had  per- 
formed Divine  service,  and  preached  at  Pulteneyville,  at  the 
Springs,  at  Catherine  Town,  Tioga  county,  where  he  attended 
to  the  incorporation  of  a  church,  at  Honeyoye,  at  Am-elius,  at 
Johnstown,  at  Angelica,  Alleghany  county,  and  at  Chenango 
Point.  At  some  of  the  above  places  he  officiated  several  dif- 
erent  times,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion.  During  the 
above  period,  his  baptisms  were  62  infants  and  4  adults, — total 
66 ;  marriages,  4 ;  funerals,  2  or  3.  The  following  are  extracts 
from  his  report : 

On  our  Lord's  Nativity,  read  prayers,  preached,  and  adminis- 
tered the  Holy  Communion  to  about  thirty  persons  at  Geneva. 
At  this  time  the  seats  in  the  church,  except  in  the  gallery,  were 
nearly  all  up  and  well  filled.  Besides  the  usual  hymns  for  Christ- 
mas, the  anthem  from  St.  Luke's,  '  Behold  I  bring  you  glad 
tidings,'  &c.  was  well  sung,  and  the  '  Gloria  in  excelsis,'  chanted 
by  our  choir,  which  is  now  considerably  enlarged.  The  season 
was  solemn,  interesting,  and,  I  trust,  edifying. 

"  On  every  Friday,  and  sometimes  on  Wednesdays,  when  the 
duties  of  my  mission  have  not  required  my  absence,  public  prayers 
have  been  attended  in  Geneva.  A  devout  attention  to  the  duties 
of  religion  is  paid  by  the  churches  generally." 

From  the  report  of  the  Rev,  Joseph  Prentiss,  Rector  of  Trinity 
Church,  Athens,  who  was  employed  as  a  missionary  to  visit 
occasionally  the  vacant  congregations  in  the  counties  of  Green 
and  Delav;are,  it  appeared  that  he  had  officiated  at  Stamford, 
Blenham,  Greenville,  Durham,  Windham,  Coxsackie,  and  Catts- 
kill.  At  Stamford  he  administered  the  communion  to  32  persons. 
It  appeared  from  the  reports  of  both  the  missionaries,  that  gener- 
ally, the  people  where  they  officiated,  appeared  very  solicitous 
for  Divine  service,  and  joined  in  the  Liturgy  of  the  Church  vntli 
much  devotion,  making  the  responses  decently  and  correctly. 

The  Clergy  were  called  on  for  an  account  of  the  collections 
made  in  their  respective  congregations  for  the  Episcopal  and 
Missionary  Funds ;  which  account  was  accordingly  rendered. 

The  Clergy  who  were  appointed  at  the  last  Convention  to  visit 
and  officiate  in  the  vacant  congregations,  severally  made  report  of 
their  having  discharged  their  duty. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Bulkley,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Reed,  were  appointed 
to  officiate  in  the  vacant  congregation  at  Fishkill.      And  the 


1810.]  OF   THE    DIOCESE    OF   NEW   YORK.  205 

Bishop  engaged  to  appoint  some  of  the  Clergy  in  Deacon's 
orders,  to  officiate  in  other  vacant  congregations. 

The  Bishop,  and  the  Standing  Committee,  to  whom  was  refer- 
red, at  the  last  Convention,  the  memorial  from  the  Africans  and 
their  descendants,  members  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in 
the  city  of  New  York,  praying  the  decision  of  the  Convention  on 
the  subject  of  one  of  their  own  colour  being  admitted  to  Holy 
Orders,  Reported,  for  the  consideration  of  the  Convention,  the 
following  resolution : 

Resolved,  That,  for  the  present,  it  is  expedient  that  the  Clergy 
of  the  city  of  New  York  be  directed  to  officiate,  under  the  super- 
intendence of  the  Bishop,  in  such  rotation,  and  at  such  times,  and 
in  such  places  as  he  may  appoint,  for  the  Africans  and  theur  de- 
scendants, members  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the 
city  of  New  York.  And  that  the  Bishop  be  requested  to  license 
a  person  of  colour,  to  act  among  them  as  a  lay  reader  and  cate- 
chist. 

The  Committee  appointed  by  the  Convention  for  making  a 
collection  of  Psalm  Tunes,  Chants,  and  Voluntaries,  to  be  recom- 
mended to  be  exclusively  used  in  churches  in  this  State,  made  the 
following  report : 

"  They  have  selected  a  number  of  Psalm  Tunes,  which  they  consider  as  of 
a  proper  style  for  Church  service ;  the  names  of  which  they  herewith  present. 

"  With  regard  to  Chants,  they  recommend  the  collection  of  the  Rev.  Dr. 
William  Smith,  so  far  as  that  collection  comports  with  the  Rubrics  of  the 
Church  in  the  United  Slates  of  America. 

"  It  has  not  been  in  their  power  to  come  to  any  conclusion  with  regard  to 
Voluntaries,  both  because  it  was  impossible  to  collect  such  as  would  be  suit- 
able, and,  if  it  were  otherwise,  so  much  depends  upon  the  taste  and  judgment 
of  the  performer,  as  to  render  the  attempt  fruitless." 

The  list  of  Psalm  Tunes  accompanying  the  above  report  was 
read,  and  approved  by  the  Convention,  and  recommended  to  be 
exclusively  used  in  the  churches  in  this  State. 

On  motion. 

Resolved,  That  the  aforesaid  tunes  be  published  under  the  di- 
rection of  the  Bishop ;  and  that  the  copy  right  of  the  book  con- 
taining them  be  secured  by  the  Corporation  for  the  relief  of  the 
widows  and  children  of  Clergymen  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  in  the  State  of  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Hart,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Butler,  and  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Wilkins,  were  appointed  to  attend  the  Convention  of  the  Church 
in  Connecticut. 


206  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS,  ETC.       [1810. 

The  following  persons  were  chosen,  by  ballot,  Delegates  to  the 
General  Convention: 

Rev.  Abraham  Beach,  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  Rev.  Elias  Cooper, 
Rev.  J.  H.  Hobart;  R.  King,  J.  Onderdonk,  John  Moore,  Philip 
S.  Van  Rensselaer. 

The  following  persons  were  chosen,  by  ballot.  Members  of  the 
Standing  Committee  : 

Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Dr.  Hobart,  Rev.  Wm.  Harris,  Rev.  N. 
Bowen ;  R.  Harison,  Gen.  Clarkson,  Dr.  Onderdonk,  W.  Ogden. 

The  following  persons  were  chosen,  by  ballot.  Members  of  the 
Committee  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  for  Propagating 
the  Gospel  in  the  State  of  New  York : 

Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Dr.  Hobart,  Rev.  N.  Bowen;  G.  H. 
Van  Wagenen,  D.  M.  Clarkson,  Dr.  Onderdonk. 

The  certificate  of  the  incorporation  of  St.  James'  Church,  Ham- 
ilton Square,  in  the  city  of  New  York,  was  read  and  approved, 
and  the  said  Church  received  into  union  with  this  Convention. 

Mr.  Garret  H.  Van  Wagenen  was  re-elected,  by  ballot,  the 
Treasurer  of  the  Convention. 

The  Convention  adjourned. 

BENJAMIN  MOORE,  D.  D., 

Bishop  of  the  Prot.  Epis.  Church  in  the  State  of  New  York,  and  Presd't  of  the  Convention 

Attested, 

JOHN  HENRY  HOBART,  Secretary. 


TWENTY-FIFTH   CONVENTION 


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OF   A 

SPECIAL  CONVENTION 

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THE  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL   CHURCH, 

IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK  ; 

HELD    IN    TRINITY   CHURCH,    NEW   YORK, 

May  14th,  and  May  13th,  A.D.  1811. 


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WHO    ATTENDED   THE   CONVENTION. 
CLERGY. 

The  Rev.  Amos  G.  Baldwin,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Utica. 

The  Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
Rochelle. 

The  Rev.  Abraham  Beach,  D.  D.,  an  Assistant  Minister  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev,  Nathanael  Bowen,  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  New 
York. 

The  Rev.  John  Bowden,  D.  D.,  Professor  of  Rhetoric  and  Moral 
Philosophy,  in  Columbia  College. 

The  Rev.  David  Butler,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  and 
Trinity  Church,  Lansingburgh. 

The  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rector  of  St.  George's,  Flushing. 

The  Rev.  WilHam  A.  Clark,  Deacon,  Missionary. 

The  Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers. 

The  Rev.  Henry  J.  Feltus,  Rector  of  St.  Ann's  Church  Brook- 
lyn. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller,  Deacon,  Missionary. 

The  Rev.  William  Harris,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's  Church,  in  the 
Bowery,  New  York. 


208  JOURNALS   OF    THE    CONVENTIONS  [1811. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Haskell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Rye. 

The  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Hemp- 
stead. 

The  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.  D.,  an  Assistant  Minister  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Y.  How,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Cave  Jones,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Richard  C.  Moore,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Stephen's 
Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Daniel  Nash,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Otsego, 
St.  Luke's,  Richfield,  and  Harmony  Church,  Butternutts,  and 
other  churches  m  Otsego  county. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Athens. 

The  Rev.  John  Reed,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie. 

The  Rev.  Cyrus  Stebbins,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church, 
Schenectady. 

The  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  West 
Chester,  and  St.  Paul's  Church,  East  Chester. 

LAY    DELEGATES. 

Trinity  Church,  New  York,  Rufus  King,  Richard  Harison,  John 
Onderdonk,  T.  L.  Ogden. 

Grace  Church,  New  York,  D.  B.  Ogden,  W.  Post,  Joshua 
Waddington. 

Christ  Church,  New  York,  George  Dominick,  Thomas  Harvey. 

St.  Mark's,  Bowery,  New  York,  Mangle  Minthorne,  Martin 
Hoffman. 

Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York,  John  Kemp,  John  B.  Church,  John 
Pintard. 

St.  Stephen's,  New  York,  James  Smith,  John  Pell,  George 
Warner,  Henry  Pope. 

St.  Michael's,  Bloomingdale,  New  York,  Valentine  Nutter, 
WilUam  A.  Davis.  ^ 

St.  James',  New  York,  William  H.  Jephson. 

Zion  Church,  New  York,  Lewis  Hartman,  Jacob  Weaver. 

St.  Peter's,  Albany,  John  Tayler,  Robert  Troup, 

Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie,  James  Emott,  Thomas  L  Oakley, 
Philo  Ruggles. 

St.  James'  Church,  Newtown,  Jacob  Moore,  Isaac  Bregau. 

St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn,  Joshua  Sands. 

St.  George's  Church,  Flushing,  Richard  Piatt,  Thomas  Philips. 

Trinity  Church,  Fairfield,  Andrew  A.  Bartow. 


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Christ  Church,  Hudson,  William  E.  Norman. 

Caroline  Church,  Brookhaven,  William  Jayne. 

Trinity  Church,  Geneva,  James  Rees,  Thomas  Lowthrop. 

Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  John  Skidmore. 

St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead,  Richard  Thorne,  Stephen 
Carman,  Samuel  Carman,  W.  Mitchell,  George  Hewlet. 

Bedford  and  Northcastle,  WiUiam  Jay. 

Trinity  Church,  New  Rochclle,  Micajah  Pinckney,  Jacob  Bar- 
tow. 

Harmony  Church,  Butternutts,  Jacob  Morris. 

St.  James'  Church,  Goshen,  Henry  G.  Wisner,  John  Duer. 

St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers,  Henry  White,  Isaac  Vermilye. 

Trinity  Church,  Fishkill,  Daniel  C.  Verplanck,  Silvanus  Pine, 
Abraham  Mesier. 

Rye  and  White  Plains,  John  Guion,  David  Rogers. 

St.  Luke's  Church,  Cattskill,  James  Bogardus,  Henry  Baker. 

Trinity  Church,  Utica,  B.  Walker. 

St.  James'  Church,  North  Salem,  Joshua  Purdy,  Epenetus 
Wallace. 

Trinity  Church,  Lansingburgh,  James  Denison. 

St.  John's  Church,  Johnstown,  William  Egan. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island,  W.  Dongan. 


New  York,  May  14th,  1811. 

This  being  the  day  appointed  by  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Moore 
for  the  meeting  of  a  Special  Convention  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Church  in  the  State  of  New  York,  a  number  of  the  Clergy 
and  of  the  Lay  Deputies  attended,  at  10  o'clock  a.  m.,  in  Trinity 
Church,  in  the  city  of  New  York. 

Morning  prayer  was  celebrated  by  the  Rev.  Daniel  Nash,  rec- 
tor of  the  churches  in  Otsego  county  ;  and  a  sermon  preached  by 
the  Rev.  David  Butler,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  and 
Trinity  Church,  Lansingburgh. 

After  Divine  service,  the  Convention  assembled;  and  the  Right 
Rev.  Bishop  Moore  being  absent  from  indisposition,  the  Rev. 
Abraham  Beach,  D.  D.,  was  called  to  the  Chair. 

The  list  of  the  Clergy  entitled  to  seats  in  the  Convention  being 
called  over,  agreeably  to  the  second  canon  of  this  Church  of  1803, 
the  following  Clergy  answered  to  their  names,  and  took  their 
seats: 


210  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1811. 

The  Rev.  Amos  G.  Baldwin,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Utica ; 
Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New  Rochelle; 
Rev.  Abraham  Beach,  D.  D.,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  Nathanael  Bowen,  Rector  of  Grace 
Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  John  Bowden,  D.  D.,  Professor  of 
Rhetoric  and  Moral  Philosophy  in  Columbia  College ;  Rev.  David 
Butler,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  and  Trinity  Church, 
Lansingburgh ;  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rector  of  St.  George's, 
Flushing;  Rev.  William  A.  Clark,  Missionary;  Rev.  Elias  Cooper, 
Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers;  Rev.  Henry  J.  Feltus, 
Rector  of  St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn  ;  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller, 
Deacon ;  Rev.  William  Harris,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's  Church,  in 
the  Bowery,  New  York ;  Rev.  Samuel  Haskell,  Rector  of  Christ 
Church,  Rye ;  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church, 
Hempstead;  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.  D.,  an  Assistant  Min- 
ister of  Trinity  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  Thomas  Y.  How,  an 
Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  Cave 
Jones,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York ;  Rev. 
Thomas  Lyell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  Richard 
C.  Moore,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Stephen's  Church,  New  York ; 
Rev.  Daniel  Nash,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Otsego,  St. 
Luke's,  Richfield,  and  Harmony  Church,  Butternutts,  and  other 
churches  in  Otsego  county ;  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss,  Rector  of 
Trinity  Church,  Athens;  Rev.  John  Reed,  Rector  of  Christ 
Church,  Poughkeepsie ;  Re\^.  Cyrus  Stebbins,  Rector  of  St. 
George's  Church,  Schenectady;  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  Rector  of 
St.  Peter's  Church,  West  Chester,  and  St.  Paul's  Church,  East 
Chester. 

The  following  Clergy,  entitled  to  seats,  were  absent : 

The  Rev.  Jonathan  Judd,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Johns- 
town, and  St.  Ann's,  Fort  Hunter ;  Rev.  Davenport  Phelps, 
Missionary  in  the  western  parts  of  the  State. 

The  Lay  Delegates  presented  the  certificates  of  their  appoint- 
ent,  which  were  read,  and  severally  approved ;  and  the  follow- 
r  Delegates  took  their  seats : 

T'rom  Trinity  Church,  New  York,  Hon.  Rufus  King,  Richard 

ison,  Esq.,  Dr.  John  Onderdonk,  Thomas  L.  Ogden,  Esq. ; 

".e  Church,  New  York,  David  B.  Ogden,  Esq.,  Dr.  W.  Post, 

la  Waddington ;  Christ  Church,  New  York,  George  Domi- 

Thomas  Harvey ;  St.  Mark's,  Bowery,  New  York,  Mangle 

orne,  Martin  Hoffman;  Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York,  John 

.  LL.  D.,  John  B.  Church,  John  Pintard ;  St.  Stephen's,  New 

Tames  Smith,  John  Pell,  George  Warner,  Henry  Pope;  St. 


1811.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW    YORK.  S'll 

Michael's,  Bloomlngdale,  New  York,  Valentine  Nutter,  William 
A.  Davis ;  St.  James',  New  York,  William  H.  Jephson ;  Zion 
Church,  New  York,  Lewis  Ilartman,  Jacob  Weaver ;  St.  Peter's, 
Albany,  Hon.  John  Tayler,  Robert  Troup,  Esq. ;  Christ  Church, 
Poughkeepsie,  Hon  James  Eraott,  Thomas  I.  Oakley,  Esq.,  Philo 
Ruggles,  Esq.;  St.  James'  Church,  Newtown,  Jacob  Moore, 
Isaac  Bregau;  St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn,  Joshua  Sands,  Esq.; 
St.  George's  Church,  Flushing,  Col.  R.  Piatt,  Thomas  Philips ; 
Trinity  Church,  Fairfield,  Andrew  A.  Bartow;  Christ  Church, 
Hudson,  William  E.  Norman  ;  Caroline  Church,  Brookhaven. 
William  Jayne:  Trinity  Church,  Geneva,  James  Rees,  Thomas 
Lowthrop :  Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  J.  Skidmore ;  St.  George's 
Church,  Hempstead,  Richard  Thorne,  Stephen  Carman,  Esq.. 
Samuel  Carman,  Willian  Mitchell,  George  Hewlet ;  Bedford  and 
Northcastle,  William  Jay  ;  Trinity  Church,  New  Rochelle,  Mica- 
jah  Pinckney,  Jacob  Bartow ;  Harmony  Church,  Butternutts,  Gen. 
Jacob  Morris ;  St.  James'  Church,  Goshen,  Henry  G.  Wisner, 
Esq.,  John  Duer,  Esq. ;  St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers,  H.  White, 
Isaac  Vermilye ;  Trinity  Church,  Fishkill,  Daniel  C.  Verplanck. 
Esq.,  Silvanus  Pine,  Abraham  Mesier ;  Rye  and  White  Plains. 
John  Guion,  David  Rogers ;  St.  Luke's  Church,  Cattskill,  James 
Bogardus,  Henry  Baker;  Trinity  Church,  Utica,  Col.  B.  Walker; 
St.  James',  North  Salem,  Joshua  Purdy,  Epenetus  Wallace : 
Trinity  Church,  Lansingburgh,  James  Denison. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Beach  was  unanimously  chosen  President  of  thf 
Convention. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  clergymen  of  the  Church  attending  this  Con- 
vention, and  not  entitled  to  seats,  be  admitted  to  the  privilef^e  of 
honorary  seats.  The  following  Clergy  accordingly  took  their  seats 
as  honorary  members : 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Barry,  of  New  York ;  Rev.  Mr.  Strebeck,  ni 
New  York ;  Rev.  Mr.  Cooper,  of  Hudson ;  Rev.  Mr.  Clowes,  of 
St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany;  Rev.  Mr.  Jarvis,  of  St.  Michael's, 
Bloomingdade ;  Rev.  Mr.  Sayres,  of  Grace  Church,  Jamaica ; 
Rev.  MrT  Wyatt,  of  St.  James',  Newtown ;  Rev.  Mr.  Powell,  of 
St.  Andrew's,  Coldenham ;  Rev.  Mr.  Kemper,  of  New  York ; 
Rev.  Mr.  Williston,  of  Zion  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  Daniel 
Burhans,  of  Connecticut;  Rev.  Mr.  Willard,  of  Newark;  Rev. 
Mr.  Rudd,  of  Elizabethtown ;  Rev.  Mr.  Berrian,  of  Belville, 
New  Jersey ;  Rev.  Mr.  Bartow,  of  Savannah. 

The  notification  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Convention,  calling  this 


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Special  Convention,  and  the  letter  of  the  BLshop,  directing  the 
same,  were  read  as  follows : 

•'  Whereas  the  Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Moore,  D.  D.,  Biahop  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of  New  York,  hath  caused  a  letter  to  be  ad- 
dressed to  the  Secretary  of  the  Convention  of  the  said  Church ;  which  letter  ia 
in  the  words  following: 

♦New  York,  20th  March,  1811, 

■  liEV  SIR, 

'  The  severe  affliction  with  which  it  hath  pleased  Almighty  God  to  visit  me, 
lias  affected  my  state  of  health  in  such  a  manner,  that  it  will  be  impossible  for 
me,  without  assistance,  to  perform  the  duties  of  the  Episcopal  office.  I  am 
therefore  anxious  that  a  Special  Convention  should  be  called,  for  the  purpose 
of  deliberating  on  the  propriety  of  appointing  an  Assistant  Bishop  in  this  Dio- 
cese. A  variety  of  considerations,  affecting  the  most  important  interests  of  our 
holy  Church,  appear  to  me  to  render  this  measure  indispensable  ;  and  it  is,  I 
think,  very  desirable  that  the  appointment  should  be  made  without  delay,  so 
that  the  consecration  may  take  place  at  the  ensuing  General  Convention.  You 
will  therefore  he  so  good  as  to  take  the  necessary  steps  for  calling  a  Special 
Convention  of  the  Church  in  this  Diocese,  to  meet  in  the  city  of  New  York  on 
the  second  Tuesday  of  IVIay  next. 

'  Praying  sincerely  that  all  our  undertakings  may,  by  Divine  providence,  be 
guided  in  such  a  way,  as  may  best  conduce  to  the  glory  of  God,  and  the  good 
of  His  Church,  I  remain,  with  affection  and  esteem, 
'  Rev.  Sir, 

'  Your  friend  and  father  in  the  Loud, 

'  BENJAMIN  MOORE, 

'  Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  ofSeio  York, 

'By  his  son  CLEMENT  C.  MOORE. 
'  The  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.  D. 

Secretary  of  the  Convention  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of  New  York.' 

-'  Now,  therefore,  in  obedience  to  the  directions  of  the  Bishop,  contained  in 
the  above  letter,  notice  is  hereby  given,  that  a  Special  Convention  of  the  Pro- 
testant Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of  New  York  will  be  held,  for  the  pur- 
pose specified  in  the  letter  aforesaid,  in  the  city  of  New  York,  on  the  second 
Tuesday  of  May  next,  at  10  o'clock  a.  m.,  in  Trinity  Church;  at  which  time 
and  place  the  Clergy  and  the  Lay  Delegates  are  requested  to  attend. 
"JOHN  HENRY  HOBART, 

"  Sccrdai-y  of  the  Convention. 
New  York,  March  21,  1811." 

A  letter  addressed  to  the  Convention  was  read  as  follows  : 

"New  York,  May  14th,  1811. 

" BRETHREN, 

"  The  purposes  for  which  I  thought  it  expedient  that  you  should  be  at  this 
time  assembled,  are  specified  in  the  letter  addressed  by  me  to  the  Secretary  of 
the  Convention,  requesting  him  to  call  you  together. 

"  It  has  pleased  God  to  mitigate  the  disease  will)  which  I  have  been  visited; 
but  as  I  feel  persuaded  of  the  utter  improbability  of  my  ever  being  again  able 


1811.]  OF   THE    DIOCESE    OF    NEW    YORK.  2lJi 

to  {Kirform  my  Episcopal  functions,  it  is  my  deliberrite  and  firm  opinion  that 
the  reasons  still  exist,  in  all  their  force,  which,  at  ihc  time  when  the  above- 
nicntioneJ  letter  was  wiitten,  induv^ed  me  to  lliiuk  it  expedient  to  have  a  Con- 
vention called.  And  that  Almighty  God  may  inspire  your  deliberations  with 
sound  wisdom  and  Christian  unanimity,  is  the  fervent  prayer  of 

"  Your  affectionate  Bishop, 

"BENJAiMIN  MOORE, 
«'  By  his  son  CLI^MENT  C.  MOORE. 
*•  To  the  Members  of  the  Convention 

of  the  I'rotestiint  Ej)i.-icopal  Chiiirh  in  tlio  ft'tiitc  <if  Now  York." 

On  motion. 

Resolved  unanimously,  That  a  Committee  be  appointed  to  ex- 
press to  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Moore  the  affectionate  sympathy 
of  this  Convention  with  him  in  the  afflictive  dispensation  of  Provi- 
dence with  which  he  is  visited. 

The  President  of  the  Convention,  the  Rev,  Dr.  Bowden,  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Wilkins,  R.  Harison,  Esq.,  and  R.  Troup,  Esq.,  were 
appointed  a  Committee  for  this  purpose. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Convention  be  returned  to 
the  Rev.  David  Butler  for  his  sermon  preached  before  them,  and 
that  he  be  requested  to  furnish  a  copy  for  pubhcation. 

On  motion  of  David  B.  Ogden,  Esq., 

Resolved,  That  this  Convention  will  proceed  to  the  choice  of 
an  Assistant  Bishop. 

On  motion. 

Resolved,  That  to-morrow  be  appointed  for  this  purpose. 
The    Convention    adjourned    until    to-morrow    morning,    leri; 
o'clock. 

Wkonesday,  May  15th,  1811. 

The  Convention  met,  and  Morning  Prayer  was  celebrateci  \n 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Bartow. 

After  Divine  service  the  Convention  proceeded  to  business. 

The  Rev.  Elias  Cooper  appeared,  and  took  his  seat. 

The  certificates  of  the  Lay  Delegates  from  several  churches 
w^ere  read  and  approved  ;  and  the  following  Lay  Delegates  took 
their  seats : 

From  St.  John's  Church,  Johnstown,  W.  Egan  ;  St.  Andrew's, 
Staten  Island,  W.  Dongan ;   St.  George's,  Hempstead,  Richard 


214  JOURNALS  OF  THK  CONVENTIONS  [1811. 

Thorne,  and  W.  Mitchell ;  St.  Luke's,  Cattskill,  James  Bogardus, 
and  Henry  Baker. 

A  certificate  of  the  incorporation  of  Trinity  Chinch,  Rensselaer- 
ville,  in  the  county  of  Albany,  was  read,  and  approved,  and  the 
.said  chin-ch  received  into  union  with  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  in  this  State. 

On  motion  of  Richard  Harison,  Esq.,  the  following  resolutions 
were  agreed  to: 

Rcsohcd,  That  the  Convention  will  now  proceed  to  the  choice 
of  a  Bishop ;  to  assist  Bishop  Moore  in  the  duties  of  his  Episcopal 
office,  and  to  succeed  him  in  case  of  survivorship. 

Resolved,  That  the  choice  of  the  Bishop  be  made  by  ballot. 

Resolved,  That  the  Rev,  Isaac  Wilkins  and  Rufus  King,  Esq., 
be,  and  they  are  hereby  appointed  to  assist  the  Secretary  in  taking 
and  counting  the  votes,  under  the  direction  of  the  President. 

The  Convention  then  proceeded  to  the  election ;  and,  on  count- 
ing the  ballots,  it  appeared  that  the  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart, 
D.  D.,  was  elected  by  a  majority  of  both  orders. 

The  Convention  proceeded  to  sign  the  testimonial  required  on 
the  part  of  a  Bishop  elect  by  the  third  canon,  as  follows : 

"We,  whose  names  are  iindenvritten,  fully  sensible  how  important  it  ih 
that  the  sacred  oliice  of  a  Bishop  should  not  be  unworthily  conferred,  and 
lirnily  i)ersuadod  that  it  is  our  duty  to  bear  testimony  on  this  solemn  occasion, 
without  i)artiality  or  atlection,  do,  in  the  presence  of  Almighty  God,  testify, 
that  the  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.  IX,  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity 
('hurch,  in  the  city  of  New  York,  is  not,  so  far  as  we  are  informed,  justly 
iiable  to  evil  report,  either  for  error  in  religion,  or  for  viciousness  in  life;  and 
iliat  wo  do  not  know  or  believe  there  is  any  impediment  on  account  of  wliich 
lie  ought  not  to  be  consecrated  to  that  lioly  olhce.  We  do  moieover  jointly 
and  severally  declare,  that  we  do  in  our  consciences  believe  him  to  be  of  such 
sufficiency  in  good  learning,  such  soundness  in  the  faith,  and  of  such  virtuous 
;ind  ])ure  manners,  and  godly  conversation,  that  he  is  apt  and  meet  to  exercise 
the  oflice  of  a  Hisiiop,  to  the  honour  of  (lon  and  the  edifying  of  His  Church, 
and  to  be  an  wholesome  examj)le  to  the  Hock  of  Christ." 

Abraham  Beach,  President  of  the  Convention. 

Isaac  Wilkins,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  West  Chester, 
and  St.  Paul's  Church,  East  Chester. 

Amos  G.  Baldwin,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Utica. 

Theodosius  Bartow,  Rec  tor  of  Trinity  Church,  New  Rochelle. 

Jf)hn  Bowden,  Prol'cssor  of  Rhetoric  and  Moral  Philosophy 
in  Columbia  College. 

Nathanael  Bowen,  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  NewYork. 

David  Butler,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  and  Trinitif 
Church,  LansincDurgh. 


181 L]  OF    THE    DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  215 

Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rector  of  St.  George's,  Flushing. 

William  A.  Clark,  Deacon,  Missionary. 

Elias  Cooper,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers. 

Samuel  Fuller,  Deacon,  Missionary. 

Seth  Hart,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead. 

Thomas  Y.  How,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church, 
New  York. 

Thomas  Lyell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  New  York. 

Daniel  Nash,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Otsego,  St.  Luke's, 
Richfield,  and  Harmony  Church,  Butternutts,  and  other  churches 
in  Otsego  county. 

Joseph  Prentiss,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Athens. 

John  Reed,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie. 

Cyrus  Stebbins,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Schenectady. 

Rufus  King,  Richard  Harison,  John  Onderdonk,  T.  L.  Ogden, 
Trinity  Church,  New  York. 

D.  B.  Ogden,  Joshua  Waddington,  W.  Post,  Grace  Church, 
.New  York. 

George  Dominick,  Thomas  Harvey,  Christ  Church,  New  York, 

John  Kemp,  John  B.  Church,  John  Pintard,  Du  St.  Esprit. 
New  York. 

Henry  Pope,  St.  Stephen's,  New  York. 

Valentine  Nutter,  William  A.  Davis,  St.  Michael's,  Blooming- 
dale,  New  York. 

William  H.  Jephson,  St.  James'  Church,  Hamilton  'Square, 
New  York. 

Lewis  Hartman,  Zion  Church,  New  York. 

Robert  Troup,  John  Tayler,  St.  Peter's,  Albany. 

James  Emott,  Thomas  L  Oakley,  Philo  Ruggles,  Christ  Church, 
Poughkeepsie. 

Isaac  Bregau,  St.  James'  Church,  Newtown. 

Richard  Piatt,  St.  George's  Church,  Flushing. 

Andrew  A.  Bartow,  Trinity  Church,  Fairfield. 

William  E.  Norman,  Christ  Church,  Hudson. 

William  Jayne,  Caroline  Church,  Brookhaven. 

James  Rees,  Trinity  Church,  Geneva. 

John  Skidmore,  Grace  Church,  Jamaica. 

Stephen  Carman,  George  Hewlet,  Samuel  Carman,  Richard 
Thorne,  W.  Mitchell,  St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead. 

Jacob  Bartow,  Trinity  Church,  New  Rochelle. 

Jacob  Morris,  Harmony  Church,  Butternutts. 

Henry  G.  Wisner,  John  Duer,  St.  James'  Church,  Goshen. 

Abraham  Mesier,  Silvanus  Pine,  Trinity  Church,  Fishkill. 

B.  Walker,  Trinity  Church,  Utica. 

James  Denison,  Trinity  Church,  Lansingburgh. 


216  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS,  ETC.       [1811. 

Henry  White,  St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers. 
Wilham  Egan,  St.  John's  Church,  Johnstown. 
Martin  Hoffman,  St.  Mark's  Church,  Bowery. 

Resolved,  That  the  Clerical  and  Lay  Delegates  appointed  to 
attend  the  General  Convention,  be  directed  to  lay  the  foregoing 
testimonial  before  that  body. 

The  thanks  of  the  Convention  were  unanimously  returned  to 
the  President. 

The  Convention  adjourned. 

ABRAHAM  BEACH,  PresUenl. 


T  W  K  N  T  Y-S  I  X  T  II    CONVENTION 


JOURNAL 

OF    THE 

PROCEEDINGS 

OF  THE 

ANNUAL    CONVENTION^ 

OF 
THE   PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHUPtCH. 

IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK  ;  ; 

HELD    IN    T  11 1  N  I  T  Y    C  H  U  H  C  H  ,    N  K  W    YORK, 
October  1st,  and  October  2d,  A.  D.  1811. 


ilist  of  t!)c  ffilevQi}  anH  3lai>  JDclejiates 

WHO  ATTENDED  THE  CONVENTION. 
CLERGY. 

The  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.  D.,  Assistant  Bishop  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State  of  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Abraham  Beach,  D.  D.,  Assistant  Rector  of  Trinity 
Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  John  Bowden,  D.  D.,  Professor  of  Rhetoric  and  Moral 
Philosophy  in  Columbia  College. 

The  Rev.  Nathanael  Bowen,  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  New 
York. 

The  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church, 
Flushing. 

The  Rev.  David  Butler,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy, 
and  Trinity  Church,  Lansingburgh. 

The  Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers. 

The  Rev.  Henry  J.  Feltus,  Rector  of  St.  Ann's  Church,  Brook- 
lyn. 

The  Rev.  William  Harris,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's  Church, 
in  the  Bowery,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Hemp- 
stead j  with  which  is  connected  Christ  Church,  North  Hempstead 


218  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1811. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Haskell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Rye. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Y.  How,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Cave  Jones,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  R.  C.  Moore,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Stephen's  Church, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Davenport  Phelps,  Missionary  in  the  w^estern  parts 
of  the  State. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Athens. 

The  Rev.  John  Reed,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller  Missionary. 

The  following  Clergy,  not  regularly  entitled  to  seats  in  the 
Convention,  were  admitted  to  honorary  seats : 

The  Rev.  Edmund  D.  Barry,  Principal  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Academy,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  John  V.  Bartow,  Savannah,  Georgia. 

The  Rev.  William  Berrian,  Deacon. 

The  Rev.  John  Croes,  jun.,  of  the  Church  of  New  Jersey. 

The  Rev.  Adam  Empie,  Deacon,  officiating  as  Assistant  Min- 
ister in  St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead. 

The  Rev.  David  Moore,  Deacon,  officiating  in  St.  Andrew's 
Church,  Staten  Island. 

The  Rev.  William  Powell,  Deacon,  officiating  in  St.  Andrew's 
Church,  Orange  county,  and  St.  George's  Church,  Newburgh. 

The  Rev.  Gilbert  H.  Sayres,  Deacon,  officiating  in  Grace 
Church,  Jamaica. 

The  Rev.  Ralph  WilHston,  Deacon,  officiating  in  Zion  Church, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  William  E.  Wyatt,  Deacon,  officiating  in  St.  James' 
Church,  Newtown. 

The  Rev.  John  Brady,  of  the  Church  of  New  Jersey. 

The  Rev.  William  Smith,  D.  D.,  of  the  Church  of  Connecticut. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  F.  Jarvis,  St,  Michael's  Church,  Blooming- 
dale,  and  St,  James',  Hamilton  Square. 

LAY    DELEGATES. 

St.  Ann's,  Brooklyn,  William  Grigg,  John  Cornell,  James  B. 
Clarke, 

Caroline  Church,  Brookhaven,  Archibald  Jayne. 

Christ  Church,  Hudson,  Silas  Stone. 

St.  George's  Church,  Newburgh,  WilUam  W.  Sackett,  Joseph 
Hoffman,  Gilbert  Ogden  Fowler. 


1811.]  OF    THE    DIOCESE    OF    NEW    YORK.  219 

St.  James'  Church,  Hamilton  Square,  "William  H.  Jephson, 
Peter  Schermerhorri. 

Trinity  Church,  New  York,  Rufus  King,  Richard  Ilarison,  Dr. 
John  Onderdonk,  T.  L.  Ogdcn. 

St.  Stephen's  Church,  New  York,  Henry  Pope,  Cornelius 
Schuyler,  John  Drake,  Adolph  Carter. 

Christ  Church,  Rye,  John  P.  Delancey. 

St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead,  Benjamin  Tredwell,  George 
Hewlett. 

St.  James',  North  Salem,  Zalred  June,  Joshua  Purdy. 

Church,  South  Salem,  Samuel  B.  Isaacs. 

Zion  Church,  New  York,  John  P.  Rilter,  Lewis  Hartman. 

St.  James',  Church,  Newtown,  Nathaniel  Moore,  John  Alsop. 

St.  Mark's  Church,  Bowery,  New  York,  William  Ogden, 
Robert  Bird. 

Grace  Church,  New  York,  Dr.  Wright  Post,  David  B.  Ogden. 

Christ  Church,  New  York,  George  JDominick,  Thomas  Harvey. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Orange  county,  Thomas  Colden,  Andrew^ 
Graham, 

Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  John  Skidmore,  John  Hoogland. 

Trinity  Church,  Fishkill,  Daniel  C.  Verplanck. 

Trinity  Church,  Geneva,  Samuel  Colt. 

St.  Michael's,  Church,  Blooraingdale,  Valentine  Nutter,  Isaac 
Jones. 

Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York,  Dr.  John  Kemp. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island,  James  Guion,  John  Van- 
dyke. 

Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie,  James  Emott,  Robert  L.  Reed. 

St.  George's  Church,  Flushing,  Richard  Piatt,  John  Titus. 

St.  John's,  Church,  Yonkers,  Henry  W  hite. 


Nev."-  York,  October  1st,  1811. 

This  being  the  day  appointed  for  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
Convention  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of 
New  York;  and  the  city  of  New  York  having  been  appointed 
by  the  Bishop  as  the  place  of  meeting,  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop 
Hobart,  and  several  of  the  Clergy  and  Lay  Delegates  attended,  at 
10  o'clock  A.  M.,  in  Trinity  Church. 

Divine  service  was  celebrated  by  the  Rev.  David  Butler,  Rec- 
tor of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  and  Trinity  Church,  Lansingburgh, 
and  a  sermon  preached  by  the  Rev.  John  Bowden,  D.  D.,  Profes- 
sor of  Moral  Philosophy  and  Rhetoric  in  Columbia  College.    After 


220  JOURNALS   OF    THE   CONVENTIONS  [iSlT 

which  the  Rev.  John  Croes,  jun.,  and  the  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller, 
Deacons,  were  admitted  by  the  Bishop  to  the  holy  order  of 
Priests. 

After  Divine  service  the  Convention  assembled  ;  and  the  list  of 
the  Clergy  entitled  to  seats  being  called  over,  agreeably  to  the 
2d  canon  of  this  Church  of  1803,  the  following  Clergy  answered 
to  their  names,  and  took  their  seats  : 

The  Rev.  Abraham  Beach,  D.  D.,  Assistant  Rector  of  Trinity 
Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  Nathanael  Bowen,  Rector  of  Grace 
Church,  New  York;  R-ev.  Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rector  of  St 
George's  Church,  Flushing ;  Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  Rector  of  St. 
John's  Church,  Yonkers;  Rev.  Henry  J.  Feltus,  Rector  of  St. 
Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn ;  Rev.  William  Harris,  D.  D.,  Rector  of 
St.  Mark's  Church,  Bowery,  New  York ;  Rev.  Samuel  Haskell. 
Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Rye ;  Rev.  Thomas  Y.  How,  an  Assis- 
tant Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  Richard  C. 
Moore,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Stephen's  Church,  New  York  ;  Rev. 
Davenport  Phelps,  Missionary  in  the  western  parts  of  the  State  ; 
Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Athens ;  Rev. 
John  Reed,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie ;  Rev. 
Thomas  Lyell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  New  York  ;  Rev.  John 
Bowden,  D.  D.,  Professor  of  Rhetoric  and  Moral  Philosophy  iu 
Columbia  College. 

The  following  Clergy,  entitled  to  seats,  were  absent : 
The  Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
Rochelle ;  Rev.  Jonathan  Judd,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church. 
Johnstown,  and  St.  Ann's  Church,  Fort  Hunter ;  Rev.  Daniel 
Nash,  St.  John's  Church,  Otsego,  St.  Luke's,  Richlield,  and  Har- 
mony Church,  Butteinutts ;  Rev.  Cyrus  Stebbins,  Rector  of  St 
George's  Church,  Schenectady  ;  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  D.  D.,  Rec- 
tor of  St.  Peter's  Church,  West  Chester,  and  St.  Paul's  Church, 
East  Chester;  Rev.  Amos  G.  Baldwin,  Rector  of  Trinity  Churcii, 
Utica ;  Rev.  Seih  Hart,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Hemp- 
stead ;  Rev.  Reuben  Hubbard,  Missionary  at  Duancsl)oiougli. 
and  the  churches  adjacent ;  Rev.  William  A.  Clarke,  Missionary 
in  the  western  parts  of  the  State. 

The  Lay  Delegates  exhibited  the  certificates  of  their  appoint- 
ment, which  were  read  and  severally  approved;  and  the  following: 
Delegates  took  their  seats  : 

From  Trinity  Church,  New  York,  Rufus  King,  Richard  Harison, 
Dr.  John  Onderdonk,  and  Thomas  L.  Ogden  ;  St.  James'  Church. 
Hamilton  Square,  William  H.  Jephson,  and  Peter  Schermerhorn : 
Christ  Church,  Rye,  John  P.  Delancey ;  Trinity  Church,  Geneva. 


1811.]  OF    THE    DIOCESE    OF    NEW    YORK.  221 

Samuel  Colt ;  Trinity  Church,  Fishkilj,  Daniel  C.  Verplanck  ; 
St.  George's  Church,  Newburgh,  William  W.  Sackett,  Gilbert 
Ogden  1  bwler,  and  Joseph  Hoflinan ;  Du  St.  Esprit,  Dr.  John 
Kemp  ;  St.  Michael's  Church,  Blooniingdale,  Valentine  Nutter, 
and  Isaac  Jones;  Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  John  Skidmore,  and 
John  Hoogland ;  Christ  Church,  Poughkccpsie,  James  Emott, 
and  Robert  L.  Reed ;  St.  James'  Church,  ISorth  Salem,  Zalred 
June,  and  Joshua  Purdy ;  Zion  Church,  New  York,  John  P.  Rit- 

ter,  and  Lewis  Hartman ;  Church,  South  Salem,  Samuel  B. 

Isaacs ;  St.  James'  Church,  Newtown,  Nathaniel  Moore,  and 
John  Alsop ;  Grace  Church,  New  York,  Wright  Post,  and  David 
B.  Ogden  ;  St.  Mark's  Church,  in  the  Bowery,  W  illiam  Ogden, 
and  Robert  Bird  ;  Christ  Church,  New  York,  George  Dominick, 
and  Thomas  Harvey ;  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Orange  county, 
Thomas  Colden,  and  Andrew  Graham  ;  St.  Andrew's  Church, 
Staten  Island,  James  Guion,  and  John  Vandyke ;  St.  Ann's 
Church,  Brooklyn,  William  Grigg,  John  Cornell,  and  James  B. 
Clarke  ;  St.  Stephen's  Church,  New  York,  Henry  Pope,  Corne- 
lius Schulyer,  Adolph  Carter,  and  John  Drake ;  St.  George's 
Church,  Hempstead,  Benjamin  Tredwell,  and  George  Hewlett; 
Christ  Church,  Hudson,  Silas  Stone  ;  St.  George's  Church,  Flush- 
ing, Richard  Piatt. 

A  certificate  of  the  incorporation  of  a  church  in  the  town  of 
South  Salem,  in  the  county  of  West  Chester,  was  read,  and  the 
same  received  into  union  with  this  Convention. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell  was  elected  Secretary  of  the  Conven- 
tion. 

On  motion. 

Resolved  unanimously,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Convention  be 
returned  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  Bowden  for  his  sermon  preached  before 
them  this  day,  and  that  he  be  requested  to  furnish  a  copy  for 
publication. 

Agreeably  to  the  45th  canon  of  the  General  Convention,  "  pro- 
viding for  an  accurate  view  of  the  State  of  the  Church  from  time 
to  time,"  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Hobart  delivered  the  following 
address : 

"  The  45th  Canon  of  the  General  Convention  requires,  that  at  every  annual 
Convention  of  each  State  or  Diocese  the  Bishop  shall  deliver  an  address,  stating 
the  afTairs  of  the  Diocese  since  the  last  meeting  of  the  Convention.  The  first 
sentiment  which  I  am  confident  will  occur  to  you  on  this  occasion,  and  which 
deeply  impresses  my  mind,  is  the  recollection  of  him  who  has  heretofore  ad- 
dressed you  from  this  place.     The  afflictive  dispensation  of  Providence  which 


222  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1811. 

deprive:!  the  Church  of  the  much  valued  services  of  your  venerable  Diocesan, 
suspenjeJ  all  Episcopal  functions  in  this  Diocese.  And  since  provision  hae 
been  made  for  the  discharge  of  them,  there  are  no  other  transactions  to  be 
noticed,  than  the  admission  of  John  Brady  to  the  order  of  Deacons,  and  the 
removal  of  the  Rev.  JoabG.  Cooper,  of  Hudson,  into  another  Diocese. 

"Before  the  return  of  the  next  annual  Convention,  the  frequent  exercise  of 
the  Episcopal  functions  will  become  necessary.  And  in  the  discharge  of  the 
duties  of  my  station,  to  the  best  of  my  abilities,  and  with  the  most  fervent 
desire  to  promote  the  interests  of  Christ's  king-Jom,  next  to  His  presence  and 
blessing,  I  shall  rely,  my  brethren  of  the  Clergy  and  Laity,  on  your  indulgence , 
your  support  and  counsel,  and  your  prayers." 

The  Convention  adjourned  until  ten  o'clock  to-morrow  morn- 
ing. 

Wednesday,  October  2d,  1811. 

The  Convention  met,  and  Morning  Prayer  was  celebrated  bj 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Phelps,  missionary  in  the  western  parts  of  the  State. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  the  ministers  of  this  Church  who  are  not 
regularly  entitled  to  seats,  be  admitted  to  honorary  seats  in  this 
Convention. 

The  following  Clergy  took  their  seats  agreeably  to  the  fore- 
sroinjy  resolution : 

The  Rev.  William  Berrian,  Deacon ;  Rev.  Adam  Empie,  Dea- 
con, officiating  as  Assistant  Minister  in  St.  George's  Church. 
Hempstead ;  Rev.  David  Moore,  Deacon,  officiating  in  St.  An- 
drew's Church,  Staten  Island  ;  Rev.  John  V.  Bartow,  Savannah. 
Georgia ;  Rev  John  Brady,  of  the  Church  in  New  Jersey ;  Rev. 
Gilbert  H.  Say  res,  Deacon,  officiating  in  Grace  Church,  Jamaica : 
Rev.  Ralph  Williston,  Deacon,  officiating  in  Zion  Church,  New 
York ;  Rev.  William  E.  Wyatt,  Deacon,  officiating  in  St.  James' 
Church,  Newtown ;  Rev.  William  Powell,  Deacon,  officiatins.": 
in  St.  Aiulrew's  Church,  Orange  county,  and  St.  George's  Church. 
Newburgh ;  Rev.  Dr.  W^illiam  Smith,  of  the  Church  in  Con- 
necticut. 

Certificates  of  the  appointment  of  a  Lay  Delegate  from  St. 
John's  Church,  Yonkers,  and  Caroline  Church,  Brookhaven,  were 
read  and  approved,  and  the  following  gentlemen  took  their  seats: 

St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers,  Henry  White ;  Caroline  Church. 
Brookhaven,  Archibald  Jayne. 

The  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Hemp- 


1811.]  OF    THE    DIOCESE    OF    NEW    YORK.  22S 

stead,  and  Mr;  John  Titus,  a  Lay  Delegate  from  St.  Georj»e's 
Church,  Flushing,  appeared,  and  took  their  seats. 

A  certificate  of  the  incorporation  of  a  church  in  the  town  of 
Sheldon,  in  the  county  of  Genesee,  in  the  State  of  New  York, 
was  read,  and  the  same  received  into  union  with  this  Churcli. 

The  Clergy  who  were  absent  at  the  last  Convention  were 
called  on  for  the  reasons  of  their  absence,  agreeably  to  the  canon 
enjoining  their  attendance ;  which  reasons  were  accepted. 

On  motion,  a  canon  was  passed  altering  the  1st  canon  of  this 
Church,  passed  in  1796,  in  relation  to  the  time  ap[)ointed  for 
making  collections  for  the  Missionary  Fund,  and  directing  that 
the  ministers  of  this  Church  perform  that  duty  some  time  in  tin. 
month  of  September,  or  at  such  other  seasons  as  may  to  them 
seem  most  suitable. 

The  Standing  Committee  reported  that  they  had  examined  the 
accounts  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  Convention ;  and  their  report 
was  read,  and  approved. 

The  Clergy  were  called  on  for  an  account  of  the  collections 
made  in  their  respective  congregations  for  the  Episcopal  and 
Missionary  Funds;  which  account  was  accordingly  rendered. 

The  Clergy  who  were  appointed  at  the  last  Convention  to  visit 
and '  officiate  in  vacant  congregations,  severally  made  report  of 
their  having  discharged  their  duty. 

The  following  appointments  were  made  by  the  Bishop,  viz., 
the  Rev.  John  Reed  to  visit  and  officiate  in  Fishkill ;  Rev.  Mr. 
Clowes,  Waterford  and  Stillwater;  Rev.  Mr.  Powell,  Goshen  ; 
Rev.  Mr.  Prentiss,  Hudson ;  and  Rev.  Mr.  Fuller,  Cattskill. 

The  Clergy  were  called  on  for  their  parochial  reports,  required 
by  the  45th  canon  of  the  General  Convention,  which  were 
presented  and  read,  and,  as  required  by  the  said  canon ,  inserted 
on  the  Journals.  * 


Caroline  Church,  Brookhaven  ;  Rev.  Nathan  B.  Burgess. — 
Baptisms,  adults  4,  infants  8 — 12;  funerals,  5;  marriages,  2, 

The  people,  though  few  in  number,  are  spirited,  and  making 
great  exertions  to  put  the  church  in  decent  order. 

Bedford  and  JVorthcastle  ;  Rev.  Nathan  Felch. — Baptisms, 
adults  6,  infants  8 — 14;  marriages,  3;  funerals,  4;  communi- 
cants, 15. 


224  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1811. 

St.  Paulas  Church,  Troy,  and  Trinity  Church,' Lansingburgh ; 
Rev.  David  Butler,  Rector.— S^.  Paul's  Church.  Baptisms,  27  ; 
marriages,  4 ;  funerals,  1 1 ;  communicants,  45. 

Trinity  Church.  Baptisms,  adult  1,  infants  8 — 9  ;  marriages, 
2;  funerals,  5;  communicants  17. 

Grace  Church,  Jamaica  ;  Rev.  Gilbert  H.  Sayres,  Deacon,  offi- 
ciating Minister. — Baptisms,  11;  marriages,  3;  funerals,  5;  com- 
municants, 35. 

The  united  Parishes  of  St.  Michael's,  Bloomingdale,  and 
St.  James\  Hamilton  Square ;  Rev.  Samuel  F.  Jarvis. — St. 
Michael's.  Baptisms,  3 ;  marriages,  2 ;  death,  1 ;  commmii- 
cants  during  the  winter,  20. 

St.  James'  Church.  As  St.  James'  Church  is  not  opened 
during  the  winter  season,  the  communicants  of  that  church  are, 
of  course,  included  in  the  parochial  reports  of  Trinity  and  other 
churches  in  the  city.  The  communicants  mentioned  as  belonging 
to  St.  Michael's  Church,  are  such  as  reside  out  of  town  the  whole 
year,  and  therefore  belong  exclusively  to  that  parish. 

Christ  Church,  Rye  and  White  Plains ;  Rev.  Samuel  Haskell, 
Rector. — The  church  at  Rye  and  the  parish  of  White  Plains,  are 
in  a  peaceable,  harmonious,  and  flourishing  state ;  in  good  fellow- 
ship among  themselves,  and  with  each  other. 

Baptisms,  7 ;  marriages,  14 ;  communicants,  about  50 ;  deaths, 
adults  11,  children  5 — 16. 

Ch'ace  Church,  JVew  York  ;  Rev.  Nathanael  Bowen,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  27 ;  marriages,  4 ;  burials,  6 ;  communicants,  about  100. 

St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers ;  Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  16  ;  marriages,  9 ;  communicants,  48. 

Though  death  has  reduced  the  number  of  communicants  since 
the  last  return,  there  are  hopes  (from  present  appearances)  that 
the  number  will  soon  be  augmented.  The  church  has  been  better 
attended  of  late,  than  for  two  years  past,  and  the  seriousness  and 
attention  exhibited  show  that  religion  is  reviving  among  us. 

St.  George's  Church,  Flushing  ;  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rec- 
tor.—  Baptisms,  15;  marriages,  10;  funerals,  2;  communi- 
cants, 29. 

St.  George's  Parish,  Hempstead,  containing  St.  George's 
Church,  South  Hempstead,  and  Christ  Church,  JYorth  Hemp- 
stead ;  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector. — Baptisms,  23  ;  burials,  2Q ;  mar- 
riages, 11;  communicants,  about  100. 


1811,]  OF   THE    DIOCESE    OF    NEW    YORK.  225 

Parish  of  Trinity  Church,  JYew  York,  including  Trinity 
Church,  St.  George's,  St.  PmiPs,  and  St.  John's  Chapels; 
Rev.  Abraham  Beach,  D.  D.,  Assistant  Rector. — Baptisms,  312  ; 
burials,  4G 1 ;  marriages,  60 ;  communicants,  by  estimation  1000. 

Trinity  Church,  Utica,  St.  Paul's  Church,  Paris,  Trinity 
Church,  Fairfield,  Herkimer  county,  and  Christ  Church,  Madison 
county;  Rev.  Amos  G.  Baldwin,  Rector.* — Trinity  Church, 
Utica.  Baptisms,  adult  1,  infants  9 — 10  ;  marriage,  1 ;  families, 
27 ;  communicants,  22. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Paris.  Baptisms,  adult  1,  infants  7 — 8 ; 
communicants,  77. 

Trinity  Church,  Fairfield,  Herkimer  county.  Baptisms,  8 ; 
families,  25 ;  communicants,  30. 

Christ  Church,  Madison  county.  Baptisms,  2  ;  families, 
about  20. 

I  visited  Camden,  about  thirty-seven  miles  from  Utica,  August 
11,  performed  Divine  service,  and  baptised  twenty-one  children 
and  infants.  Here  are  about  fifteen  Episcopal  families.  I  have 
preached  in  several  other  places,  in  the  vicinity  of  Utica,  where 
there  are  a  few  Episcopalians. 

St.  Peter's  Church,  West  Chester,  and  St.  Paul's  Church,  East 
Chester ;  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  D.  D.,  Rector. — Baptisms,  13  ; 
marriages,  3 ;  deaths,  5 ;  communicants,  about  60. 

St.  George's  Church,  JYewhurgh  ;  Rev.  William  Powell,  Dea- 
con, officiating  Minister. — Baptisms,  6 ;  marriages,  2 ;  communi- 
cants, 13  ;  families,  about  30. 

St.  Andreio's  Church,  Coldenham.  Baptisms,  25 ;  marriages, 
4 ;  funerals,  2  ;  communicants,  47  ;  families,  30. 

Zion  Church,  JVew  York  ;  Rev.  Ralph  Williston,  Deacon,  offi- 
ciating Minister. — Baptisms,  adults  5,  infants  54 — 59 ;  marriages, 
86 ;  funerals,  adults  14,  children  19 — 33  ;  communicants,  59. 

St.  James'  Church,  JVewtown,  Long  Island  ;  Rev.  William  E. 
Wyalt,  Deacon,  officiating  Minister. — Baptisms,  since  Febuary  1, 
1811,  adults  17,  infants  15 — 32  ;  marriages,  3  ;  funerals,  2  ;  com- 
municants, 26. 

Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie ;  Rev.  John  Reed,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  32 ;  marriages,  10 ;  families,  about  90 ;  communicants, 
about  70. 

*  This  report  was  forwarded  to  the  Convention. 

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226  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1811. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Siaten  Island  ;  Rev.  David  Moore,  Dea- 
con, officiating  Minister. — Baptisms,  46  ;  marriages,  16  ;  funerals, 
27  ;  families,  about  300  ;  communicants,  246. 

St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn  ;  Rev.  Henry  J.  Feltus,  Rector. — 
Marriages,  12;  funerals,  10;  communicants,  112. 

Christ  Church,  JYew  York;    Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector.— 
Baptisms,  130 ;  marriages,  53 ;  communicants,  190. 

Trinity  Church,  Athens;  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  48 ;  marriages,  12  ;  funerals,  10 ;  communicants,  30. 

St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany  ;  Rev.  Timothy  Clowes,  Deacon, 
officiating  Minister.* — Baptisms,  adults  5,  infants  85 — 90 ;  mar- 
riages, 10 ;  funerals,  18 ;  communicants,  about  100. 


Reports  from  the  missionaries,  the  Rev.  Davenport  Phelps,  and 
the  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller,  addressed  to  the  Bishop,  were  severally 
read. 


From  the  report  of  the  Rev.  Davenport  Phelps,  it  appeared, 
that  since  the  last  Convention  he  had  devoted  a  considerable 
portion  of  his  services  to  the  church  at  Geneva ;  and  had  per- 
formed Divine  service,  and  preached  at  Aurelius,|^at  Pulteneyville, 
at  Honeyoye,  at  Catharine  Town,  Tioga  county,  where  "the 
newly  organized  church  appears  to  possess  a  good  degree  of 
devotion,  and  an  earnest  desire  to  enjoy  the  regular  administration 
of  the  Gospel."  At  Bloomfield,  in  Ontario  county,  he  performed 
Divine  service,  and  attended  the  incorporation  of  a  church.  At 
several  other  places  he  officiated  frequently,  and  administered  the 
Holy  Communion.  During  the  above  period,  his  baptisms  were 
8  adults  and  57  infants,  total  65 ;  5  funerals  ;  1  marriage.  His 
report  closes  with  the  following  remarks  : 

"  In  addition  to  the  foregoing  detail,  I  beg  leave  to  remark, 
that  at  the  commencement  of  the  last  year,  Bishop  Moore  was 
pleased  to  permit  me  to  devote  the  one-half  of  my  time,  and  more, 
if  it  should  be  my  choice,  to  the  church  in  Geneva,  and  to  dispose 
of  the  remainder  at  my  own  discretion ;  kindly  suggesting,  that 
considering  the  fatigue  of  ray  past  labours,  the  Committee  were 
willing  it  should  be  lessened.  But  the  repeated  and  distant  calls 
for  the  performance  of  clerical  duties,  not  only  from  the  churches 
incorporated  before  the  last  year,  but  from  those  which  have  been 

*  This  report  was  forwarded  to  the  Convention. 


1811.]  OF   THE    DIOCESE   OF    NEW   YORK.  227 

more  recently  organized,  render  it  impossible,  and  certainly  im- 
proper, for  an  individual  clergyman  to  remain  on  that  station, 
where  three,  at  least,  are  wanted,  without  subjecting  himself  to 
very  great  labour  and  fatigue.  The  pressing  want  of  more 
missionaries  in  that  quarter  is  a  subject  I  have  often  mentioned 
in  my  former  communications,  and  it  is  a  subject  that  lies  with 
still  more  weight  on  my  mind  ;  because  the  calls  for  missionary 
aid  have  increased,  and  are  still  increasing.  The  distance  from 
Geneva  to  the  respective  places  I  have  occasion  to  vi?it,  is  as 
follows :  to  the  Springs  13  miles,  to  Pulteneyville  35,  to  Bloom- 
field  25,  to  Honeyoye  30,  to  Catharine  50,  to  Sheldon,  in  the 
county  of  Genesee,  80,  besides  visiting  the  counties  of  Cayuga 
and  Onondaga,  for  the  purpose  of  administering  the  Holy  Com- 
munion, and  performing  other  duties. 

"  In  most  of  the  foregoing  infant  churches  there  has  been  an 
increase  of  numbers,  and  very  generally  a  devout  attendance  on 
the  public  services  of  the  Church.  And  that  due  provision  may 
be  made  for  sending  more  labourers  into  this  extensive  field,  is 
the  ardent  prayer  of 
"  Right  Rev.  Sir, 

"  Your  faithful  and  obedient  servant  in  Christ, 

«D.  PHELPS. 

"  Right  Rev.  Dr.  Hobart." 

The  following  is  an  extract  from  the  report  of  the  Rev.  Samuel 
Fuller : 

"  Sunday,  Oct.  21,  1810,  the  service  of  the  Church  was  at- 
tended, the  first  time,  in  the  village  in  Rensselaerville.  Since 
that  time  an  Episcopal  society  has  been  organized  according  to 
law,  and  has  been  received  into  union  with  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Church  in  this  State.  At  present  about  twenty  families 
are  attached  to  the  Church  ;  and  some  others  attend  our  worship 
occasionally.  The  responses  have  been  made  decently  by  a 
respectable  number  of  people ;  and  such  a  general  solemnity  was 
apparent,  during  the  service,  as  to  indicate,  that  they  worshipped 
not  only  with  their  lips,  but  in  their  hearts. 

"  Under  existing  circumstances,  the  growth  of  the  Society  very 
much  depends  on  their  being  able  to  build  a  house  of  worship. 
A  subscription  for  this  purpose  is  circulating,  and  it  is  hoped  they 
will  meet  with  such  encouragement,  as  not  to  fail  in  the  desired 
object.  Could  the  Society  be  preserved  a  few  years,  during  its 
infancy,  there  is  every  prospect  that,  eventually,  it  will  become 
numerous  and  respectable. 

"  In  Durham  there  are  at  present  about  twenty  families  of 
Episcopalians.  They  have  had  very  little  Episcopal  preaching 
until  the  year  past. 

IS* 


228  JOURNALS   OF   THE   CONVENTIONS,  ETC.  [181L 

"  In  Windham  there  is  an  organized  Episcopal  society :  for 
some  years  past  it  has  been  considerably  run  down  by  other  de- 
nominations ;  at  present,  however,  they  are  more  encouraged, 
and  are  veiy  desirous  of  a  clergyman  a  part  of  the  time. 

"  There  is  a  great  want  of  clergymen  in  this  quarter.  Owing 
to  this  circumstance,  in  some  places  societies  are  not  formed, 
where  otherwise  the  prospects  are  not  discouraging ;  and  some 
societies  that  are  formed  are  in  danger,  in  time,  of  being  overrun 
by  other  denominations. 

'•  On  the  whole,  it  is  apparent,  that  the  interest  of  the  Church 
in  this  quarter  is  increasing.  With  suitable  attention,  a  number 
of  congregations  may  be  built  up ;  and  some  of  them  in  places 
where,  till  lately,  the  worship  of  the  Church  was  not  attended. 

"  SAMUEL  FULLER. 

"  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Hobart." 


The  following  persons  were  appointed  Delegates  to  the  General 
Convention :  j 

Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Dr.  Wilkins,  Rev.  Mr.  How,  Rev.  Mr, 
Cooper;  R.  King,  John  Moore,  P.  S.  Van  Rensselaer,  John 
Onderdonk. 

The  following  persons  were  chosen,  by  ballot.  Members  of  the 
Standing  Committee  : 

Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Dr.  Harris,  Rev.  N.  Bowen,  Rev.  Dr. 
Bowden ;  R.  Harison,  Gen.  Clarkson,  Dr.  Onderdonk,  W.  Ogden. 

The  following  persons  were  chosen  Members  of  the  Committee 
for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  the  State  of  New  York : 

Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Dr.  Bowden,  Rev.  Mr.  Bowen ;  G.  H. 
Van  Wagenen,  D.  M.  Clarkson,  Dr.  John  Onderdonk. 

Mr.  Garret  H.  Van  Wagenen  was  re-elected,  by  ballot,  the 
Treasurer  of  the  Convention. 

The  Convention  adjourned. 

JOHN  HENRY  HOBART,  D.  D., 

Assistant  Bishop  of  the  P.  E.  Church  in  the  State  of  New  ifork,  and  Presd't  of  Iho  Conventioa. 

Attested, 

THOMAS  LYELL,  Secretary. 


TWENTY-SEVENTH    CONVENTION. 


OF   THE 

PROCEEDINGS 

OF   THE 

ANNUAL   CONVENTION 

OF 
THE  PROTESTANT   EPISCOPAL   CHURCH, 

IN  THE  STATE  OP  NEW  YOKK  ;i 

HELD     IN     TRINITY     CHURCH,     NEW     YORK, 

October  6th,  7th,  and  8th,  A.  D.  1812. 


Stst  of  tl)e  €:lerg))  anU  3L^v  JBtltQztes 

WHO  ATTENDED  THE  CONVENTION. 
CLERGY. 

The  Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.  D.,  Assistant  Bishop 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State  of  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Amos  G,  Baldwin,  Rector  of ^  Trinity  Church,  Utica. 

The  Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
Rochelle. 

The  Rev.  Abraham  Beach,  D.  D.,  Assistant  Rector  of  Trinity 
Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  William  Berrian,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  New"  York. 

The  Rev.  Nathanael  Bowen,  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  New 
York. 

The  Rev.  John  Bowden,  D.  D.,  Professor  of  Rhetoric  and 
Moral  Philosophy  in  Columbia  College. 

The  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rector  of  St.  George's,  Flushing. 

The  Rev.  Orin  Clark,  Deacon,  Missionary. 

The  Rev  Ehas  Cooper,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Yon- 
kers. 

The  Rev  Henry  J.  Feltus,  Rector  of  St  Ann's  Church,  Brook- 


230  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1812. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller,  Missionary. 

The  Rev.  William  Harris,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's  Church, 
in  the  Bowery,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Haskell,  Rector  of  Christ  CInircb,  Rye. 

The  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Hemp" 
stead. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Y.  How,  D.  D.,  an  Assistant  Minister  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Richard  C.  Moore,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Stephen's 
Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Daniel  Nash,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Otsego, 
St.  Luke's,  Richfield,  and  Harmony  Church,  Butternutts,  and 
other  churches  in  Otsego  county. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Perry,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Ballston 
Spa,  and  St.  James',  Milton. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Athens, 
and  Christ  Church,  Hudson. 

The  Rev.  John  Reed,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie. 

The  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 
West  Chester,  and  St.  Paul's  Church,  East  Chester. 

The  following  Clergy,  not  regularly  entitled  to  seats,  were 
admitted  to  the  sittings  of  the  Convention  : 

The  Rev.  Nathan  B.  Burgess,  of  Caroline  Church,  Brookhaven, 
Long  Island. 

The  Rev.  Edmund  D.  Barry,  Principal  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Academy,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  John  M'Vickar,  of  St.  James',  Hyde  Park. 

The  Rev.  Thimothy  Clowes,  Deacon,  St.  Peter's  Church, 
Albany. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  F.  Jarvis,  St.  Michael's  Church,  Bloomingdale, 
and  St.  James',  Hamilton  Square. 

The  Rev.  John  Brady,  Deacon,  St.  George's  Church,  New 
York. 

The  Rev.  Ralph  Wilhston,  Zion  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Birdseye  G.  Noble,  Deacon,  St.  George's  Church, 
Hempstead. 

The  Rev.  Gilbert  H.  Sayres,  Grace  Church,  Jamaica. 

The  Rev.  William  Powell,  Deacon,  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Col- 
denham. 

The  Rev.  Benjamin  T.  Onderdonk,  Deacon,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  WilHam  E.  W^yatt,  Deacon,  St.  James'  Church, 
Newtown,  Long  Island. 

The  Rev.  John  C.  Rudd,  of  Elizabethtown,  New  Jersey 


1812.]  OF    THE    DIOCESE    OF    NEW    YORK.  231 

The  Rev,  Adam  Empie,  of  Wilmington,  North  Carolina. 
The  Rev.  John  V.  Bartow,  of  Savannah,  Georgia. 
The  Rev.  Theodore  Dehon,  D.  D.,  Bishop  elect  of  the  Church 
in  South  Carolina. 

LAY    DELEGATES. 

Trinity  Church,  New  York,  Richard  Harison,  David  M.  Clark- 
son,  Robert  Troup,  Thomas  L.  Ogden. 

Grace  Church,  New  York,  John  Slidell,  Wright  Post,  David 
B.  Ogden. 

Christ  Church,  New  York,  George  Dominick,  Thomas  Harvey. 

St.  Mark's,  Bowery,  New  York,  Mangle  Minthorne,  Edward 
Lyde,  Andrew  Ogden. 

Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York,  Cadwallader  D.  Colden,  John  Pin- 
tard,  John  B.  Church. 

St.  Stephen's  New  York,  Henry  Pope,  Tunis  Bergh,  David 
Marsh,  John  Pollion. 

St.  Michael's,  Bloomingdale,  New  York,  Valentine  Nutter, 
William  A.  Davis,  Frederick  Depeyster,  Isaac  Jones. 

St.  James',  Hamilton  Square,  New  York,  Martin  Hoffman,  Peter 
Schermerhorn. 

Zion  Church,  New  York,  John  P.  Ritter,  Joseph  Graff,  Lazarus 
Beach. 

Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie,  John  Davis,  David  Brooks. 

St.  James',  Newtown,  Timothy  Roach,  John  Ebhitts. 

St.  Ann's,  Brooklyn,  James  B.  Clarke,  William  Grigg,  John 
Cornell. 

St.  George's,  Flushing,  Richard  Piatt. 

Trinity  Church,  Fairfield,  Andrew  A.  Bartow. 

Christ  Church,  Hudson,  William  E.  Norman. 

Trinity  Church,  Geneva,  Thomas  Lowthrop. 

Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  Rufus  King. 

St.  George's,  Hempstead,  Benjamin  Tredwell, Hewlet. 

Trinity  Church,  New  Rochelle,  David  Coutant,  Theophilus 
Bartow. 

St.  James'  Church,  Goshen,  William  Thompson,  George 
D.  Wickham. 

St.  John's,  Church,  Yonkers,  Henry  White,  Elijah  Valentine. 

Trinity  Church,  Fishkill,  Daniel  C.  Verplanck. 

Christ  Church,  Rye,  Peter  J.  Munro,  John  P.  Delancey. 

St.  Luke's  Church,  Cattskill,  W^illiam  Seaman. 

Trinity  Church,  Utica,  Morris  S.  Miller. 

St.  James',  North  Salem,  Joshua  Purdy. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island,  Joseph  Bedell,  Alexander 
Carnes,  John  Vanc^ke. 


232  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1812. 

St.  James'  Church,  Hyde  Park,  Samuel  Bard,  Nathaniel  Pen- 
dleton. 

Christ  Church,  Cooperstown,  Issaac  Cooper. 

St.  George's  Church,  Newburgh,  David  Fowler,  Thos.  Farmer. 

Grace  Church,  Waterford,  John  Vibbard. 

St.  Peter's  Church,  Stamford,  Joseph  D.  Beers. 

St.  Peter's  Church,  West  Chester,  Abijah  Hammond,  Richard 
V.  Morris. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  East  Chester,  Isaac  Ward. 

St.  Peter's,  Pultenep'ille,  Henry  Laight. 

Trinity  Church,  Athens,  Delucena  Backus. 

St.  George's  Church,  New  York,  Harry  Peters,  G.  H.  Van 
Wagenen,  Francis  Dorainick,  Edward  W.  Laight. 

St.  Matthew's,  Unadilla,  Cm-tis  Noble. 


Nev,^  York,  Oct.ober  6th,  1812. 

This  being  the  day  appointed  for  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
Convention  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of 
New  York ;  and  the  city  of  New  York  having  been  appointed 
by  the  Bishop  as  the  place  of  meeting,  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop 
Hobart,  and  several  of  the  Clergy  and  Lay  Delegates  attended,  at 
10  o'clock  A.  M.,  in  Trinity  Church. 

Divine  service  was  celebrated  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Prentiss,  Rector 
of  Trinity  Church,  Athens,  and  Christ  Church,  Hudson ;  and  a 
sermon,  suitable  to  the  occasion,  preached  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Reed, 
Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie ;  after  which  the  Rev. 
John  M'Vickar,  Deacon,  was  admitted  by  the  Bishop  to  the  holy 
order  of  Priests. 

Divine  service  being  ended,  the  Convention  assembled,  and  the 
list  of  the  Clergy  being  called  over,  agreeably  to  the  second  canon 
of  this  Church  of  1803,  the  following  Clergy  answered  to  their 
names,  and  took  their  seats  : 

The  Rev.  Amos  G.  Baldwin,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Utica ; 
Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New  Ro- 
chelle;  Rev.  Abraham  Beach,  D.  D.,  Assistant  Rector  of  Trinity 
Church,  New  York;  Rev.  William  Berrian,  an  Assistant  Minister 
of  Trinity  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  Nathanael  Bowen,  Rector 
of  Grace  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  John  Bowden,  D.  D.,  Pro- 
fessor of  Rhetoric  and  Moral  Philosophy  in  Columbia  College; 
Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rector  of  St.  George's,  Flushing ;  Rev. 
Orin  Clark,  Deacon,  Missionary ;  Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  Rector  of 
St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers ;  Rev.  Henry  J.  Feltus,  Rector  of 
St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn ;  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller,  Missionary ; 


1812.]  OF    THE    DIOCESE    OF   NEW    YORK.  233 

Rev.  William  Harris,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's  Church,  in 
the  Bowery,  New  York ;  Rev.  Samuel  Haskell,  Rector  of  Christ 
Church,  Rye ;  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church, 
Hempstead ;  Rev.  Thomas  Y.  How,  D.  D.,  an  Assistant  Minister 
of  Trinity  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector  of 
Christ  Church,  New  York;  Rev.  Richard  C.  Moore,  D.D.,  Rector 
of  St.  Stephen's  Church,  New^  York ;  Rev.  Daniel  Nash,  Rector 
of  St.  John's  Church,  Otsego,  St.  Luke's,  Richfield,  and  Harmony 
Church,  Butternutts,  and  other  churches  in  Otsego  county ;  Rev. 
.Joseph  Perry,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Ballston  Spa,  and  St. 
James',  Milton ;  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church, 
Athens,  and  Christ  Church,  Hudson ;  Rev.  John  Reed,  Rector  of 
Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie  ;  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  D.D.,  Rector 
of  St.  Peter's  Church,  West  Chester,  and  St.  Paul's  Church,  East 
Chester. 

The  following  Clergy,  entitled  to  seats  in  the  Convention,  were 
absent : 

The  Rev.  David  Butler,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  and 
Trinity  Church,  Lansingburgh ;  Rev.  Cyrus  Stebbins,  Rector  of 
St.  George's  Church,  Schenectady ;  Rev.  Davenport  Phelps,  Mis- 
sionary; Rev.  William  A.  Clark,  Missionary. 

The  Lay  Delegates  exhibited  certificates  of  their  appointment, 
which  were  read,  and  severally  approved  ;  and  the  following 
Delegates  took  their  seats  : 

From  Trinity  Church,  New  York,  Richard  Harison,  David 
M.  Clarkson,  Robert  Troup,  Thomas  L.  Ogden ;  Grace  Church, 
New  York,  John  Slidell,  Wright  Post,  David  B.  Ogden;  Christ 
Church,  New  York,  George  Dominick,  Thomas  Harvey;  St. 
Mark's  Church,  Bowery,  New  York,  Mangle  Minthorne,  Edward 
Lyde ;  Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York,  Cadwallader  D.  Colden,  John 
Pintard,  John  B.  Church;  St.  Stephen's,  New  York,  Henry  Pope, 
Tunis  Bergh,  David  Marsh,  John  Polhon ;  St.  Michael's,  Bloom- 
ingdale,  New  York,  Valentine  Nutter,  William  A.  Davis,  Fred- 
erick Depeyster,  Isaac  Jones;  vSt.  James',  New  York,  Martin 
Hoffman;  Zion  Church,  New  York,  John  P.  Ritter,  Joseph  GraflT, 
Lazarus  Beach ;  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie,  John  Davis,  David 
Brooks;  St.  James',  Newtown,  Timothy  Roach,  John  Ebbitts;  St. 
Ann's  Brooklyn,  James  B.  Clarke,  Wilham  Grigg,  John  Cornell ; 
St.  George's  Church,  Flushing,  Richard  Piatt ;  Trinity  Church, 
Fairfield,  Andrew  A.  Bartow;  Christ  Church,  Hudson,  William  E. 
Norman  ;  Trinity  Church,  Geneva,  Thos,  Lowthrop;  St.  George's 
Church,  Hempstead,  Benjamin  Tredwell ;  Trinity  Church,  New 
Rochelle,  David  Coutant ;  St.  James'  Church,  Goshen,  William 
Thompson,  George  D.  Wickham ;  St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers, 


234  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1812. 

Henry  White,  Elijah  Valentine ;  Trinity  Church,  Fishkill,  Daniel 
C.  Verplanck ;  Christ  Church,  Rye,  Peter  J.  Munro  ;  St.  Luke's 
Church,  Cattskill,  William  Seaman ;  Trinity  Church,  Utica,  Mor- 
ris S.  Miller ;  St.  James'  Church,  North  Salem,  Joshua  Purdy ; 
St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island,  Joseph  Bedell,  Alexander 
Carnes,  John  Vandyke  ;  St.  George's  Church,  Newburgh,  David 
Fowler,  Thomas  Farmer ;  Grace  Church,  Waterford,  John  Vib- 
bard ;  St.  Peter's  Church,  Stamford,  Joseph  D.  Beers ;  St.  Peter's 
Church,  West  Chester,  Abijah  Hammond,  Richard  V.  Morris; 
St.  Paul's  Church,  East  Chester,  Isaac  Ward ;  St.  Peter's,  PuU 
teneyville,  Henry  Laight  ;  Trinity  Church,  Athens,  Delucena 
Backus. 

Certificates  of  the  incorporation  of  St.  James'  Church,  at  Hyde 
Park,  in  the  town  of  Clinton,  county  of  Dutchess ;  and  of  Christ 
Church,  Cooperstown,  in  the  county  of  Otsego,  were  read,  and 
the  said  churches  received  into  union  with  this  Convention  : 
whereupon  Dr.  Samuel  Bard,  and  Nathaniel  Pendleton,  Esq., 
of  St.  James'  Church,  Hyde  Park,  and  Isaac  Cooper,  of  Chrisi 
Church,  Cooperstown,  having  presented  certificates  of  their  ap- 
pointment as  Lay  Delegates,  were  admitted  members  of  the 
Convention. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell  was,  by  ballot,  elected  the  Secretary 
of  the  Convention. 

The  Convention  adjourned  until  ten  o'clock  to-morrow  morn- 
ing. 

Wednesday,  October  7th,  1812. 

The  Convention  met,  and  Morning  Prayer  was  celebrated  by 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Cooper,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers. 

The  following  Lay  Delegates,  who  were  absent  yesterday  when 
the  certificates  of  their  appointment  were  read,  appeared,  and 
took  their  seats : 

From  St.  Mark's  Church,  Bowery,  New  York,  Andrew  Og- 
den ;  St.  James'  Church,  New  York,  Peter  Schermerhorn  ;  Christ 
Church,  Rye,  John  P.  Delancey ;  Trinity  Church,  New  Rochelle, 
Theophilus  Bartow. 

A  certificate  of  the  incorporation  of  St.  George's  Church,  New- 
York,  was  read  and  approved,  and  the  same  received  into  union 
with  this  Convention :  whereupon  Harry  Peters,  G.  H.  Van  Wa- 


1812.]  OF   THE  DIOCESE   OF   NEW    YORK.  236 

genen,  Francis  Dominick,  and  Edward  W.  Laight,  having  pre- 
sented a  certificate  of  their  appointment  as  Lay  Delegates  from 
said  church,  which  was  read,  and  approved,  took  their  seats  in 
ihe  Convention. 

A  certificate  of  the  appointment  of  Curtis  Noble,  a  Lay  Dele- 
gate from  St.  Matthew's  Church,  Unadilla,  was  read,  and  ap- 
proved, and  Mr.  Noble  took  his  seat. 

A  certificate  of  the  incorporation  of  Christ  Church,  in  the 
village  of  Manlius,  was  read,  and  approved,  and  the  same  re- 
ceived into  union  with  this  Church. 

A  certificate  of  the  appointment  of  Mr.  Hewlet,  a  Lay  Delegate 
from  Hempstead,  was  read,  and  approved,  and  Mr.  Hewlet  took 
his  seat. 

On  motion. 

Resolved,  That  the  ministers  of  this  Church  who  are  not 
regularly  entitled  to  seats,  be  admitted  to  the  sittings  of  the 
Convention. 

The  following  Clergy  took  their  seats  agreeably  to  the  fore- 
going resolution : 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Burgess,  of  Brookhaven,  Long  Island ;  Rev.  Mr. 
Barry,  of  New  York ;  Rev.  Mr.  M'Vickar,  of  St.  James',  Hyde 
Park  ;  Rev.  Mr.  Clowes,  Deacon,  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany ; 
Rev.  Mr.  Jarvis,  of  St.  Michael's,  Bloomingdale,  and  St.  James', 
Hamilton  Square ;  Rev.  Mr.  Brady,  Deacon,  St.  George's,  New 
York ;  Rev.  Mr.  Williston,  Zion  Church,  New^  York  ;  Rev.  Mr. 
Noble,  Deacon,  St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead ;  Rev.  Mr. 
Sayres,  Grace  Church,  Jamaica ;  Rev.  Mr.  Powell,  Deacon,  St. 
Andrew's,  Coldenham ;  Rev.  Mr.  Onderdonk,  Deacon,  New 
York ;  Rev.  Mr.  Wyatt,  Deacon,  St.  James'  Church,  Newtown, 
Long  Island ;  Rev.  Mr.  Rudd,  of  Elizabethtown,  New  Jersey  ; 
Rev.  Mr.  Empie,  of  Wilmington,  North  Carolina ;  Rev.  Mr. 
Bartow,  of  Savannah,  Georgia. 

On  motion. 

Resolved,  That  the  Rev.  Dr.  Dehon,  Bishop  elect  of  South 
Carolina,  be  invited  to  a  seat  in  this  Convention. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Perry,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Ballston 
Spa,  and  St.  James',  Milton,  appeared,  and  took  his  seat. 

A  certificate  of  the  appointment  of  the  Honourable  Rufus  King 


236  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1812. 

and  John  Motley,  Lay  Delegates  from  Grace  Church,  Jamaica, 
was  read,  and  approved,  and  Mr.  King  took  his  seat. 

Resolved,  That  the  ihanks  of  the  Convention  be  returned  to 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Reed  for  his  sermon  preached  before  them  yesterday, 
and  that  he  be  requested  to  furnish  a  copy  for  publication. 

The  Clergy  who  were  absent  last  Convention  were  called  on 
for  the  reasons  of  their  absence,  agreeably  to  the  canon  enjoining 
their  attendance ;  which  reasons  were  accepted. 

A  letter  from  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Provoost,  addressed  to  the 
Rev.  Clerical  and  to  the  Lay  Members  of  the  Convention  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State  of  New  York,  was 
read,  which  is  as  follows,  viz.  : 

'"  To  the  Rev.  Clerical,  and  to  the  Lay  Members  of  the  Convention 

of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of  New  York. 

"BRETHREN, 

"  This  being  the  day  appointed  by  our  Church  for  your  Convention,  I  think 
l)roper  to  address  you. 

"You  well  know  that  in  the  year  1801  I  proffered  to  the  State  Convention, 
a  resignation  of  my  jurisdiction  as  Bishop  of  this  Diocese,  and  that  immediately 
afterwards  I  communicated  to  the  General  Convention,  then  in  session  at 
Trenton,  information  of  the  step  I  had  taken.  For  a  long  time  I  fully  believed 
that  my  act  of  resignation  was  recognized  as  effectual.  But  having  some  lime 
since  become  acquainted  with  the  proceedings  of  the  State  and  General  Con- 
ventions in  relation  to  this  subject,  and  feeling  a  due  respect  for  the  sentiments 
of  the  General  Convention,  so  strongly  and  decisively  expressed  in  the  resolu- 
tion of  the  House  of  Bishops  of  the  7th  of  September,  1801, 1  think  it  my  duty 
to  inform  you,  that  though  it  has  not  pleased  God  to  bless  me  with  health  that 
wiU  enable  me  to  discHarge  all  the  duties  of  a  Diocesan,  and  for  that  reason  I 
cannot  now  attend  the  Convention ;  yet  I  am  ready  to  act  in  deference  to  the 
resolution  above  mentioned,  and  to  concur  in  any  regulations  which  expediency 
may  dictate  to  the  Church;  without  which  concurrence  I  am,  after  the  resolu- 
tion of  the  House  of  Bishops,  bound  to  consider  every  Episcopal  act  as  un- 
authorized. 

"  With  my  earnest  prayers  to  Almighty  God  for  the  prosperity  and  peace 
of  our  Church,  for  the  spiritual  welfare  and  temporal  happiness  of  all  its 
iriembers,  •'  I  am, 

"  My  dearly  beloved  Brethren, 

"Your  affectionate  Father  in  God, 

«  SAMUEL  PROVOOST, 

"  Bishop  of  the  Prot.  Episc.  Clmrch  in  tlie  .State  of  New  Yorii,  and  Diocesan  oftlie  same. 

"  Nicw  YoKK,  6th  Oct.  1812." 


1812.]  OF    THE    DIOCESE    OF    NEW    YORK.  237 

Whereupon  the  following  resolutions  were  proposed  and  con- 
sidered : 

"  Whereas  by  the  Constitution  of  this  Churcli  the  right  of  electing  iiw. 
Bishop  thereof  is  vested  in,  and  appertains  to  the  Convention  of  this  State : 
And  whereas  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Kpiscoi)al  Church 
as  the  Diocesan  thereof  may  be  resigned,  although  the  spiritual  character  or 
order  of  the  Bishop  is  indelible;  and  such  r'?signation,  when  the  same  is 
accepted  by  the  Convention,  creates  a  vacancy  in  the  office  of  Diucesan  Bishop 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  this  State:  And  whereas  the  Right 
Rev.  Samuel  Provoost,  D.  D.,  being  then  the  Diocesan  Bishop  of  the  said 
Church  in  this  State,  did,  on  the  third  day  of  September,  in  the  year  of  our 
Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  one,  resign  liis  Episcopal  jurisdiction 
of  this  Diocese  to  the  Convention  of  the  said  Church  in  this  State ;  and  the 
said  Convention  did  on  tlie  next  day  accej)t  the  said  resignation,  and  on  the 
following  day  proceeded  to  the  choice,  by  ballot,  of  a  person  to  succeed  the 
said  Diocesan  Bishop;  and  thereupon  the  Rev.  Benjamin  Moore,  D. D.,  was 
unanimously  chosen  by  the  Clergy  and  Laity,  and  received  from  them,  as 
Bishop  elect  of  this  Church,  the  testimonial  required  by  the  Canon  of  the 
General  Convention  :  And  whereas  the  said  Benjamin  JVloore  was,  on  the 
eleventh  day  of  the  said  month  of  September,  rightly  and  canonically  conse- 
crated into  the  office  of  Bishop  of  the  said  Church,  and  from  that  time  hath 
exercised  the  powers  and  jurisdiction  of  Diocesan  Bishop  in  this  State :  And 
whereas  this  Convention  hath  been  given  to  understand  that  doubts  have  been 
entertained  whether  the  office  and  jurisdiction  of  Diocesan  Bishop  became 
vacant  by  the  said  resignation  and  acceptance  thereof,  and  whether  the  said 
Benjamin  Moore  was  of  right  the  Diocesan  Bishop  of  the  said  Church  in  this 
State  by  virtue  of  the  election  and  consecration  herein  before  mentioned :  And 
whereas  this  Convention  hath  further  understood  that  since  the  last  Conven- 
tion the  said  Bishop  Provoost  hath  assumed,  and  by  his  letter  this  day  read  jr. 
Convention  does  claim,  the  title  and  character  of  Diocesan  Bishop : — Now, 
therefore,  in  order  to  obviate  the  said  doubts,  and  with  a  view  to  restore  and 
preserve  the  peace  and  order  of  the  Church,  this  Convention  doth  hereby  re- 
solve and  declare, 

'•  That  the  Right  Rev.  Samuel  Provoost,  from  and  immediately  after  the 
acceptance  of  his  resignation  by  the  Convention  of  the  Church  in  this  State, 
ceased  to  be  the  Diocesan  Bishop  thereof,  and  could  no  longer  rightfully  exer- 
cise the  functions  or  jurisdiction  appertaining  to  that  office ;  that  having  ceaeed 
to  be  the  Diocesan  Bishop  as  aforesaid,  he  could  neither  resume,  nor  be  re- 
stored to  that  character  by  any  act  of  his  own  or  of  the  General  Convention, 
or  either  of  its  houses,  without  the  consent  and  participation  of  the  said  State 
Convention,  which  consent  and  participation  the  said  Bishop  Provoost  has 
not  obtained ;  and  that  his  claim  to  such  character  is  therefore  unfounded. 

"  And  further  this  Convention  doth  declare  and  resolve,  that  the  spiritual 
order  of  Bishop  having  been  canonically  conferred  upon  the  said  Benjamin 
Moore,  he  became  thereby,  in  consequence  of  the  said  previous  election,  ipso 
facto,  and  of  right,  the  Diocesan  Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church 
in  this  State,  and  as  such,  well  entitled  to  all  the  jurisdiction  and  pre-eminence 
belonging  to  that  office,  and  which  have  been,  and  may  be,  canonically  exer- 
cised by  him  personally,  or  through  his  co-adjutor,  in  the  said  character. 

"  And  this  Convention,  in  their  own  names,  and  for  the  Protestant  Episco- 
pal Church  in  this  State,  do  hereby  solemnly  declare  and  acknowledge  the  said 
Benjamin  Moore,  and  no  other  person,  to  be  their  true  and  lawful  Diocesan 
Bishop ;  and  that  respect  and  obedience  ought  of  right  to  be  paid  to  him  as 
such." 


238  JOURNALS   OF    THE   CONVENTIONS  [1812. 

The  question  on  the  passage  of  the  above  resolutions  being 
taken,  they  were  carried  in  the  affirmative. 

Yeas,  Clergy. — The  Rev.  Amos  G.  Baldwin,  the  Rev.  Theo- 
dosius  Bartow,  the  Rev.  Abraham  Beach,  D.  D.,  the  Rev.  Wil- 
liam Berrian,  the  Rev.  Nathanael  Bowen,  the  Rev.  John  Bowden, 
D.  D.,  the  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley,  the  Rev.  Orin  Clark,  the  Rev. 
Elias  Cooper,  the  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller,  the  Rev  Samuel  Haskell, 
the  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  the  Rev.  Thomas  Y.  How,  D.  D.,  the  Rev. 
Thomas  Lyell,  the  Rev.  Daniel  Nash,  the  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss, 
the  Rev.  John  Reed,  the  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  D.  D. 

Laity.* — St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island,  a  church  and 
chapel,  2;  St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead,  a  church  and 
chapel,  2 ;  Grace  Church,  New  York,  1 ;  Christ  Church,  New 
York,  1 ;  Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York,  1 ;  Trinity  Church,  New  York, 
a  church  and  two  chapels,  3  ;  St.  Mark's  Church,  Bowery,  New 
York,  1 ;  St.  Stephen's  Church,  New  York,  1 ;  St.  James'  Church, 
New  York,  1 ;  Zion  Church,  New  York,  1 ;  Christ  Church,  Pough- 
keepsie,  1 ;  St.  James'  Church,  Newtown,  1 ;  St.  Ann's  Church, 
Brooklyn,  1 ;  St.  George's  Church,  Flushing,  J  ;  Trinity  Church, 
Fairfield,  1 ;  Christ  Church,  Hudson,  1 ;  Trinity  Church,  Geneva, 
1 ;  Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  1 ;  Trinity  Church,  New  Rochelle, 
1 ;  St.  James'  Church,  Goshen,  1 ;  St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers, 
1;  Christ  Church,  Rye,  1;  St.  Luke's  Church,  Cattskill,  1; 
Trinity  Church,  Utica,  1 ;  St.  James'  Church,  Hyde  Park,  1 ; 
Christ  Church,  Cooperstown,  1 ;  St.  Peter's  Church,  Stamford,  1 ; 
St.  Peter's  Church,  West  Chester,  1 ;  St.  Peter's  Church,  Pulteney- 
ville,  1 ;  Trinity  Church,  Athens,  1 ;  St.  George's  Church,  New 
York,  1 ;  St.  Matthew's  Church,  Unadilla,  1. 

Nays,  Clergy. — None. 

Laity. — St.  Michael's  Church,  Bloomingdale,  1  ;  Trinity 
Church,  Fishkill,  1. 

St.  George's  Church,  Newburgh,  divided. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Moore,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Harris,  and  the  Rev.  Mr. 

Feltus,  were  excused  from  voting,  and  expressed  their  determina- 
tion to  submit  to  the  decision  of  the  Convention. 

The  Delegate  from  St.  James'  Church,  North  Salem,  was  also 
excused  from  voting. 

*  Agreeably  to  the  7th  article  of  the  Constitution  of  this  Church  the  Laity  voted 
by  congregations;  and  when  more  than  one  church  or  chapel  is  united  under  one 
Vestry,  the  Delegate  or  Delegates  of  such  Vestry  is  entitled  to  a  vote  lor  each  church 
or  chapel. 


1812.]  OF    THE    DIOCESK    OF    NEW    YORK.  239 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  copies  of  the  letter  from  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop 
Provoost,  addressed  to  the  Clerical,  and  to  the  Lay  Members  of 
the  Convention  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Chm-ch  in  the  State 
of  New  York,  and  of  the  above  resolutions,  be  sent  to  the  Right 
Rev.  Bishop  Moore,  the  Diocesan  of  the  Church  in  this  State, 
and  to  the  Right  Rev.  the  Bishops  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  in  the  United  States ;  and  also  a  copy  of  the  resolutions 
to  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Provoost. 

The  Convention  adjourned,  to  meet  again  to-morrow  morning 
at  half-past  eight  o'clock. 

Thursday  Oct.  8th,  half-past  8  o'clock  A.  M. 
The  Convention  met. 

The  Clergy  were  called  on  for  their  parochial  reports,  required 
by  the  45th  canon  of  the  General  Convention,  which  were  pre- 
sented and  read ;  and,  as  required  by  the  said  canon,  inserted  on 
the  Journals. 


Caroline  Church,  Brookhaven  ;  Rev.  Nathan  B.  Burgess. — 
Baptisms,  2 ;  communicants,  7  ;  marriages,  5 ;  funerals,  3. 

St.  Panics  Church,  Troy,  and  Trinity  Church,  Lansingburgh ; 
Rev.  David  Butler,  Rector.* — St.  PauVs  Church,  Troy.  Baptisms, 
adults  7,  infants  20 — 27;  communicants,  68;  marriages,  7; 
funerals,  19. 

Trinity  Church,  Lansingburgh.  Baptisms,  adults  2,  infants 
7 — 9 ;  communicants  14 ;  marriages,  2  ;  funerals,  4. 

Church  at  Stillwater.     Baptisms,  6 ;  communicants,  1 1. 

Church  at  Sandy  Hill.     Baptisms,  5 ;  communicants,  12. 

Church  at  Waterford.  Baptisms,  3  ;  communicants,  10 ;  mar- 
riage, 1 ;  funerals,  2. 

The  Churches  in  Otsego  county,  (for  two  years  past;)  Rev. 
Daniel  Nash,  Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  14,  infants  90 — 104; 
communicants,  100;  marriages,  11;  deaths,  13. 

Grace  Church,  Jfew  York  ;  Rev.  Nathanael  Bowen,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  19;  communicants,  about  100;  marriages,  9;  burials,  4. 

*  This  report  was  transmitted  by  Mr.  Butler. 


240  JOURNALS    OF    THE    CONVENTIONS  [1812. 

The  united  Parishes  of  St.  Michael's,  Bloomingdale,  and 
St.  James',  Hamilton  Square,  JYew  York;  Rev.  Samuel  F.  Jarvis. 
— St.  MichaePs,  Bloomingdale.  Baptisms,  adult  1,  infants  10 — 
11;  communicants  in  the  winter,  30,  in  the  summer,  54;  mar- 
riages, 4 ;  burial,  1. 

Since  the  last  report  one  communicant  has  died,  and  three  have 
removed  into  the  parish. 

St.  James',  Hamilton  Square.  No  report  is  made  of  this 
parish,  for  the  reason  mentioned  in  the  report  of  1811. 

Christ  Church,  Rye;  Rev.  Samuel  Haskell,  Rector. — The 
parish  of  Rye  and  White  Plains  is  in  peace  and  quietness,  and  the 
congregations  are  in  good  fellowship  with  each  other.  - 

Baptisms,  17  ;  communicants,  50 ;  marriages,  9 ;  deaths,  7. 

Trinity  Church,  JYew  Rochelle ;  Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  4;  infants  7 — 11;  communicants  20 
to  30 ;  marriages,  6 ;  funerals,  16. 

St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers ;  Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  12  ;  communicants,  48  ;  marriages,  6. 

Grace  Church,  Jamaica ;  Rev.  Gilbert  H.  Sayres,  officiating 
Minister. — Baptisms,  9 ;  communicants,  38 ;  marriages,  5 ;  fu- 
nerals, 12. 

St.  George's  Church,  Flushing  ;  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rec- 
tor.— Baptisms,  adults  14,  infants  18 — 32;  communicants,  31; 
marriages,  6 ;  funerals,  4. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Ballstmi  Spa,  and  St.  James'  Church, 
Milton  ;  Rev.  Joseph  Perry,  Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  3,  infants 
51 — 54;  increase  of  communicants,  5 ;  marriages,  7. 

Trinity  Church,  Utica ;  St.  Paul's  Church,  Paris ;  Trinity 
Church,  Fairfield,  Herkimer  county ;  and  Christ  Church,  Madi- 
son county  ;  Rev.  Amos  G.  Baldwin,  Rector. — Trinity  Church, 
Utica.  Families,  about  30 ;  baptisms,  adults  2,  infants  17-; — 19  ; 
communicants,  26  ;  marriage,  1 ;  funerals,  4. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Paris.  Families,  50 ;  baptisms,  7 ;  com- 
municants, 75. 

Trinity  Church,  Fairfield,  Herkimer  county.  Families,  25 ; 
baptisms,  6. 

Christ  Church,  Madison  county.     Families,  25 ;  baptisms,  5. 

St.  James'  Church,  Goshen  ;  Rev.  William  Powell,  officiating 
Minister. — Families,  27 ;  baptisms,  14 ;  communicants  6. 


1812.]  OF   THE    DIOCESE    OF   NEW   YORK,  241 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Coldenham.  Families,  30;  baptisms, 
13 ;  communicants,  46 ;  marriage,  1 ;  funerals,  4. 

St.  Peter's  Churchy  West  Chester,  and  St.  PauPs  Church,  East 
Chester;  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  D.  D.,  Rector. — Baptisms,  adults 
4,  infants  18 — 22;  communicants,  about  60;  marriages,  6; 
deaths,  7. 

St.  James'  Church,  Hyde  Park;  Rev.  John  M'Vickar. — 
Baptisms,  adults  5,  infants  18 — 23;  communicants,  15;  burials,  6. 

Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie ;  Rev.  John  Reed  Rector. — 
Families,  about  90 ;  baptisms,  about  30 ;  communicants,  about 
90 ;  marriages,  10. 

St.  George's  Church,  JVew  York';  Rev.  John  Brady,  officiating 
Minister. — Families,  about  185;  baptisms,  25;  communicants, 
from  60  to  80  ;  marriages,  9 ;  funerals,  10. 

St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn;  Rev.  Henry  J.  Feltus,  Rector. — ■ 
Communicants,  removals  6,  additions  15, — present  number  121 ; 
marriages,  7. 

Trinity  Church,  Athens,  and  Christ  Church,  Hudson;  Rev. 
Joseph  Prentiss,  Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  8,  infants  78 — 86  ; 
communicants  in  each  church,  30  —  60;  marriages,  13;  fu- 
nerals, 14. 

Christ  Church,  JVew  York;  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector.— 
Baptisms, — ;  communicants,  about  210;  marriages,  49. 


Reports  from  the  missionaries,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Phelps,  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Fuller,  the  Rev.  Wilham  A.  Clark,  and  the  Rev.  Orin  Clark, 
addressed  to  the  Bishop,  were  read. 

The  following  was  received  from  the  Rev.  Mr.  Phelps : 

••  RIGHT  REV.  SIR.  "  Geneva,  Scpt.  25th,  1812. 

"  Since  the  first  Sunday  in  the  last  month  I  have  been  provi- 
dentially disabled  from  performing  the  duties  of  my  mission, 
having  been  from  that  time  confined  with  a  painful  infirmity, 
from  which,  it  is  hardly  probable  (as  you  must,  I  presume,  be 
sensible,  from  your  personal  knowledge  when  you  favoured  me 
with  an  interview  in  your  late  visitation)  that  I  shall  soon,  if  ever, 
be  so  far  recovered  as  to  be  again  able  to  undergo  the  fatigue  of 
attending  statedly  so  many  distant  churches  as  are  already  in  this 
county  and  its  vicinity.    Respecting  these  infant  establishments. 


242  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1812. 

I  shall  not,  I  believe,  differ  in  opinion  with  Mr.  Clai'k,  who  has 
faithfully  and  successfully  laboured  among  them  for  almost  a  year 
past,  when  I  say,  that  they,  and  other  places  in  the  same  neigh- 
bourhood where  other  churches  might  be  incorporated,  require 
more  attention  than  one,  or  even  two,  able  missionaries  can 
possibly  pay  them.  As  their  welfare  is  near  my  heart,  I  must 
again  take  the  liberty,  and  perhaps  for  the  last  time,  of  recom- 
mending them  to  the  further  fostering  care  of  the  Committee  for 
Propagating  the  Gospel,  to  whom,  under  God,  they  are  already 
so  much  indebted  for  their  present  privileges  and  prospects. 
There  continues  to  be  a  gradual  addition  to  their  numbers,  and  a 
devout  attention  to  the  duties  of  religion.  The  books  heretofore 
furnished  have  been  essentially  useful ;  but  they  have  been  some 
time  since  all  appropriated,  and  more  are  now  greatly  wanted — 
such  as  Common  Prayer  Books  and  small  religious  tracts.  Eight 
or  ten  dozen  of  the  former  would  not,  I  believe,  be  too  large  a 
supply. 

"  My  health  will  permit  me  only  to  add,  that  since  my  return 
from  New  York,  in  November  last,  I  have  performed  Divine 
service  in  Geneva  twenty-eight  Sundays,  exclusive  of  feast  and 
fast  days ;  and  have  also  visited  and  administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion at  Auburn,  Pulteneyville,  Bloomfield,  Honeyoye,  and 
Catherine ;  having,  through  mercy,  been  absent  from  the  public 
service  only  one  whole  Sunday,  and,  if  I  recollect  right,  only  a 
part  of  one  other,  until  my  late  confinement. 

"  For  further  particulars  respecting  the  state  of  the  churches 
here  (being  too  unwell  to  enlarge)  I  must  refer  you  to  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Clark,  who  I  expect  will  be  the  bearer  of  this,  and  am, 
"  Right  Rev.  Sir, 

"  Your  most  obedient  and  faithful  servant  in  Christ, 
"DAVENPORT  PHELPS. 

"Baptisms,  adults  3,  infants  8 — 11 ;  marriages,  5 ;  burials,  2. 

"  Right  Rev.  Dr.  Hobart." 

The  following  report  was  received  from  the  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller : 

"  I  performed  Divine  service  in  Cattskill  one  Sunday,  in  Rens- 
selaerville  21  Sundays,  in  Durham  11  Sundays,  in  Windham  nine 
Sundays,  in  Stamford  five  Sundays.  In  all  these  places,  except 
Cattskill,  I  have  preached  lectures  ;  also  preached  lectures  in 
Harpersfield  and  Middleburgh. 

"  I  have  officiated  as  often  as  my  health  and  other  circumstances 
would  permit. 

"  Two  Sundays  were  taken  up  in  going  from  and  returning  to 
New  York ;  two  Sundays  I  did  not  perform  Divine  service  on 
account  of  sickness  j  and  one  Sunday  on  account  of  bad  weather. 


1812.]  OF    THE    DIOCESE   OF   NEW    YORK.  243 

"  I  baptised,  in  Rensselaerville,  3  adults  and  14  children ;  Dur- 
ham, 1  adult  and  2  children;  Windham,  1  adult  and  11  children; 
Stamford,  3  children ;  Harpersfield,  1  child ;  Cattskill,  1  child. 

''  The  whole  number  of  baptisms,  5  adults,  and  32  children. 

"  In  Rensselaerville  an  Episcopal  Society  was  formed  in  the 
year  1811.  About  twenty  families  commonly  attend  the  worship 
of  the  Church.  They  have  a  subscription  for  a  house  of  worship. 
About  1650  dollars  are  already  subscribed  ;  but  the  Vestry  are 
not  authorized  to  build  until  the  subscription  amoimts  to  at  least 
2000  dollars.  The  whole  number  of  subscribers  in  Rensselaer- 
ville is  48  ;  43  heads  of  families,  and  five  other  persons.  There 
is  an  increasing  apparent  seriousness  in  the  worship ;  and  some 
persons  have  lately  received  baptism,  and  will,  with  some  others, 
when  opportunity  shall  present,  receive  the  sacrament  of  the 
Lord's  Supper. 

"  In  Durham  those  who  are  attached  to  the  worship  of  the 
Church  met  June  15,  and  chose  Wardens  and  Vestrymen,  with  a 
view  to  be  incorporated  as  the  law  directs.  On  Sunday,  August 
9th,  the  communion  of  the  Lord's  Supper  was  administered,  the 
first  time,  to  sixteen  persons.  This  Society  is  small,  but  appears 
much  attached  to  the  Church ;  and  the  worship,  the  year  past, 
has  been  attended  with  propriety,  and  apparent  seriousness. 

"  In  Windham  an  Episcopal  Society  has  been  incorporated 
twelve  or  fifteen  years ;  but  being  destitute  of  a  clergyman  the 
greater  part  of  the  time,  and  owing  to  some  other  circumstances, 
the  Society  has  not  increased.  They  never  had  the  Communion 
until  lately ;  July  26  it  was  administered,  the  first  time,  to  thir- 
teen persons  ;  and  September  27  it  was  again  administered  to 
twenty -four  persons ;  and  some  others  will  come  to  the  Commu- 
nion should  there  be  another  opportunity.  This  Society  stands  in 
need  of  patronage.  It  is  of  considerable  standing ;  has  been  dis- 
appointed and  considerably  discouraged,  but  is  now  reviving.  A 
great  deal  of  seriousness  and  animation  is  apparent  in  their  wor- 
ship. The  number  of  communicants  is  increasing.  The  congre- 
gation is  the  largest  except  Stamford  of  any  that  I  have  visited  ; 
but,  in  proportion  to  their  number,  they  are  not  very  able.  Some 
other  circumstances  of  considerable  weight  render  attention  to 
that  people  at  this  time  of  great  importance. 

"  In  Stamford  I  administered  the  Communion  twice,  to  between 
twenty  and  thirty  persons.  As  they  have  lately  received  a  visit 
from  you,  any  further  remarks  are  unnecessary. 

"  I  remain,  Right  Rev.  and  dear  Sir, 
''  Your  servant  in  Christ, 

"  SAMUEL  FULLER. 

"New York,  Oct.  6,  1812. 

"  The  Right  Rev.  J.  H.  Hobart." 


244  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1812. 

The  following  is  an  extract  from  the  report  of  the  Rev.  Wilham 
A.  Clark : 

Since  November  last  my  labours  have  been  divided  principally 
between  the  church  in  Auburn,  that  of  Manhus,  and  Skaneateles. 
At  Auburn  I  have  performed  Divine  service  fifteen  Sundays,  at 
Manlius  an  equal  number,  and  at  Skaneateles  six.  The  two 
former  places  continue  in  the  same  promising  situation  they  were 
in  the  preceding  year — the  number  of  the  Societies  has  increased, 
and  the  exertions  of  the  members  are  unabated.  The  number  of 
Episcopal  families  in  Skaneateles  has  also  increased,  though  their 
zeal  for  building  a  church  is  not  what  might  be  wished.  They 
have  yet  thought  proper  to  remain,  unorganized,  a  branch  of  the 
Church  in  Auburn.  The  number  of  communicants  in  these  places 
is  something  upwards  of  forty — at  Manlius  there  are  about 
twenty.  In  these  churches  the  number  of  baptisms  have  been 
twenty,  marriages  three,  deaths  six. 

"Besides  the  above  related  services,  I  have  visited,  in  the 
course  of  the  year,  Geneva,  Sulphur  Springs,  Bloomfield,  Ho- 
neyoye  westward  and  eastward,  Utica,  Fairfield,  and  Johnstown, 
and  performed  Divine  service  on  Sunday  in  each  of  them.  I  have 
also  visited  and  performed  Divine  service  in  most  of  the  towns  in 
the  counties  of  Cayuga  and  Onondaga." 

The  following  is  an  extract  from  the  report  of  the  Rev.  Orin 
Clark: 

"  At  Geneva  I  have  spent  seven  Sundays,  at  Clifton  Springs 
seven,  at  Pulteneyville  six,  at  Bloomfield  seven,  at  Honeyoye 
eight,  at  Catherine  two,  at  Sheldon  one;  and,  by  exchanging 
with  my  brother,  who  officiated  for  me  at  Geneva,  the  Springs, 
Bloomfield,  and  Honeyoye,  I  have  spent  two  Sundays  at  Skane- 
ateles, one  at  Auburn,  and  one  at  Manlius;  besides  which,  I 
spent  one  Sunday  at  each  of  the  two  last  mentioned  places  before 
lAy  arrival  at  Geneva. 

"Besides  preaching  on  Sundays,  and  on  the  fast  and  feast  days, 
I  have  given  several  lectures  in  the  different  places  where  I  have 
officiated.     Baptisms,  8  adults,  and  26  infants. 

"  In  all  the  places  where  I  have  performed  Divine  service,  the 
congregations  appear  to  be  in  a  flomishing  condition.  Consider- 
able accessions  have,  within  a  short  time,  been  made  to  their 
numbers,  particularly  of  those  west  of  Geneva ;  and  a  zeal  and 
love  for  the  Church  seem  to  be  increasing  among  them.  Could 
one  or  two  more  missionaries  be  sent  among  them,  there  is  every 
reason  to  hope  that  this  part  of  our  Zion  would  soon  assume  the 
garments  of  gladness ;  but  without  this,  her  condition,  it  is  to  be 
feared,  cannot  long  be  prosperous  j  for,  to  say  nothing  of  the 


1812.]  OF    THE    DIOCESE    OF    NEW    YORK.  245 

burden  of  labour  which  is  imposed  on  a  missionary  by  his  being 
ol)]iged  to  divide  his  services  among  six  or  seven  societies,  at  a 
distance  from  one  another  of  30, 40,  50,  and  60  miles,  experience 
has  demonstrated  that  by  such  a  division  their  utility  is,  in  a  great 
measure,  destroyed,  and  that  an  increase  of  numbers  or  piety  in  a 
congregation  can  seldom  be  expected  unless  Divine  service  is 
regularly  performed  a  considerable  portion  of  the  time." 


Agreeably  to  the  45th  canon  of  the  General  Convention, 
"  providing  for  an  accurate  view  of  the  state  of  the  Church  from 
time  to  time,"  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Hobart  delivered  the  fol- 
lowing address : 

"  BRETHREN, 

the  Clerical  and  Lay  Members  of  the  Convention, 

"  The  45th  canon  of  the  General  Convention  requires,  that '  at  every  annual 
State  or  Diocesan  Convention  the  Bishop  shall  deliver  an  address,  stating  the 
affairs  of  the  Diocese  since  the  last  meeting  of  the  Convention  ;  the  names  of 
the  churches  which  he  has  visited ;  the  number  of  persons  confirmed ;  the 
names  of  those  who  have  been  received  as  candidates  for  orders,  and  of  those 
wlio  have  been  ordained,  suspended,  or  degraded;  the  changes  by  death,  re- 
moval, or  otherwise,  which  have  taken  place  among  the  Clergy;  and,  in 
general,  all  matters  tending  to  throw  light  on  the  affairs  of  the  Diocese :  which 
address  shall  be  inserted  on  the  Journals.'  In  conformity  to  this  canon,  I  lay 
before  you  the  following  statement  of  the  affairs  of  the  Diocese  since  the  last 
meeting  of  the  Convention. 

"  The  holy  rite  of  Confirmation  has  been  administered  at  the  churches  in 
the  following  places:  Newtown  and  Flushing,  Long  Island;  Milton,  Charlton, 
and  Slillwater,  Saratoga  county ;  Albany;  Fairfield,  Herkimer  couoty;  Utica 
and  Paris,  Oneida  county ;  Manlius,  Onondaga  county ;  Auburn,  Cayuga 
count}- ;  Geneva,  Clifton  Springs,  Pulteneyville,  Bloomfield,  and  Honeyoye, 
Ontario  county ;  Richfield  and  Unadilla,  Otsego  county ;  Stamford,  Delaware 
county;  Troy  and  Lansingburgh,  Ren.sselaer  county.  At  these  visitations 
about  500  persons  have  been  confirmed. 

"I  have  also  visited  the  congregations  at  Ballstown  Springs;  Schenectady; 
Duanesborough ;  Catherine  Town,  Tioga  county;  Butternutts,  Otsego  count}'; 
Waterford ;  Athens;  Hudson;  Cattskill;  Hyde  Park;  Poughkeepsie ;  and 
Fishkill:  and  performed  Divine  .service  also  in  Canandaigua,  Ontario  county; 
in  which  place  there  are  a  few  Episcopal  families. 

"  In  the  course  of  this  visitation,  the  solicitude  discovered  by  the  people,  for 
the  enjoyment  of  the  services  of  our  Church,  was  a  source  of  the  highest 
gratification  to  me ;  alloyed  however  by  the  painful  reflection  that,  from  the 
scarcity  of  clergymen,  many  congregations  which,  under  regular  ministrations, 
would  increase  and  flourish,  enjoy  only  occasional  services,  at  great  intervals 


246  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1812. 

of  time;  and,  that  of  course  their  progress  is  much  impeded.  In  many  places, 
from  the  same  cause,  opportunities  are  lost  of  establishing  new  congregations. 
The  few  clergymen  who,  as  settled  ministers  or  as  missionaries,  ofBciate  in  the 
extensive  Avestern  district  of  the  State,  undergo  labours  and  fatigue,  in  the  dis- 
charge of  their  duty,  of  which  it  would  be  difficult  to  form  too  high  an  estimate. 
But  their  services  are  necessarily  so  widely  spread,  that  particular  congrega- 
tions do  not  derive  the  full  benefit  which  would  result  from  more  confined 
ministrations.  It  is  most  earnestly  to  be  wished  that  clergymen  could  be  pro- 
cured to  fill  the  vacant  churches,  particularly  in  the  western  district,  and 
provision  made  for  their  support  either  as  settled  ministers,  or  as  missionaries. 

•■'  St.  James'  Church,  Hyde  Park,  Dutchess  county ;  St.  James'  Church, 
Milton,  Saratoga  county;  St.  Peter's  Church,  Auburn,  Cayuga  county;  and 
St.  Luke's  Church,  Richfield,  Otsego  county,  have  been  consecrated  according 
to  the  prescribed  form. 

"  The  following  parsons  have  been  admitted  into  the  holy  order  of  Deacons : 
John  M'Vickar,  David  Huntington,  Benjamin  Tredwell  Onderdonk;  and  Lewis 
P.  Bayard,  of  New  Jersey. 

"The  following  Deacons  have  been  admitted  into  the  holy  order  of  Priests 
David  Moore,  Adam  Em  pie,  Ralph  Williston,  William  Berrian,  Gilbert  H. 
Sayres,  William  A.  Clark,  and  John  M'Vickar. 

"  The  Rev.  William  Berrian  has  been  instituted  an  Assistant  Minister  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York,  and  the  Rev.  Joseph  Perry  Rector  of  St.  Paul's 
Church,  Ballston  Spa,  and  St.  James'  Church,  Milton.  : 

"  The  Rev.  Jonathan  Judd,  and  the  Rev.  Reuben  Hubbard,  have  removed, 
with  letters  dismissory,  to  the  Diocese  of  Connecticut ;  and  the  Rev.  Adam 
Empie  to  North  Carolina. 

"Several  persons  have  been  admitted  candidates  for  orders. 

"  Agreeably  to  the  requisitions  of  the  canon,  it  is  also  my  duty  to  state,  that 
the  Rev.  Cave  Jones  has  been  duly  suspended,  under  the  32d  canon  of  the 
(general  Convention,  from  the  exercise  of  the  ministerial  office,  until  he  sub- 
mits to  the  terms  of  the  recommendation  of  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Moore  and 
his  presbyters,  to  jrelinquish  his  title  to  the  office  of  an  Assistant  Minister  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York. 

"  At  the  request  of  the  Standing  Committee  of  New  Jersey,  I  visited  St. 
Matthew's  Church,  in  the  city  of  Jersey,  and  St.  John's  Church,  Elizabeth- 
town,  and  administered  the  holy  riie  of  Confirmation.  In  this  latter  Church, 
73  persons  were  confirmed." 

The  Clergy  were  called  on  for  an  account  of  the  collections 
made  in  their  respective  congregations  for  the  Episcopal  and 
Missionary  Funds,  which  account  was  accordingly  rendered. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  a  Committee  be  appointed  to  consider  and 
report  to  the  next  annual  Convention,  whether  any,  and  if  any. 


1812.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  247 

what  measures  ought  to  be  adopted,  in  order  to  the  employment 
of  a  greater  number,  and  a  more  adequate  compensation  of  the 
labours  of  missionaries  in  this  State. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Bowen,  the  Rev.  Dr.  How,  Robert  Troup,  and 
Garret  H.  Van  Wagenen,  Esq's,  were  appointed  the  Committee, 
in  conjunction  with  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Hobart. 

A  canon  was  proposed,  and  adopted,  relative  to  Delegates  to 
the  Convention  of  the  Church  in  this  State. 

The  following  persons  were  chosen,  by  ballot.  Deputies  to  the 
General  Convention : 

Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Dr.  Wilkins,  Rev.  Dr.  How,  Rev.  Mr. 
Cooper ;  Hon.  Rufus  King,  Hon.  P.  S.  Van  Rensselaer,  Dr.  John 
Onderdonk,  Mr.  John  Moore. 

The  following  persons  were  chosen,  by  ballot.  Members  of  the 
Standing  Committee : 

Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  Rev.  Dr.  Harris,  Rev.  Mr.  Bowen,  Rev.  Dr. 
Bowden;  Richard  Harison,  Esq.,  Gen.  Clarkson,  Dr.^John  Onder- 
donk, Mr.  William  Ogden. 

The  iollowing  persons  were  chosen,  by  ballot.  Members  of  the 
Committee  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  the  State  of  New 
York ;  the  Bishop  being  a  member  ex-officio  : 

Rev.  Dr.  Beach.  Rev.  Dr.  Bowden,  Rev.  Mr.  Bowen;  Mr.  G. 
H.  Van  Wagenen,  Mr.  David  M.  Clarkson,  Dr.  John  Onderdonk. 

Mr.  Garrit  H.  Van  Wagenen  was  re-elected  Treasurer  of  the 
Convention. 

Agreeably  to  a  canon  of  the  Church,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Butler,  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Perry,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Clowes,  were  appomted  by 
the  Bishop  to  officiate  occasionally  in  the  vacant  congregation  at 
Stillwater ;  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Perry,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Stebbins, 
in  that  at  Duanesborough. 

The  Convention  adjourned. 

JOHN  HENRY  HOBART,  D.  D., 

ABButaat  Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State  of  N«w  Vorfe. 

Attested, 

THOMAS  LYELL,  Secretary. 


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CANON 

Relative  to  Delegates  to  the  Convention  of  the  Church  in  this  State. 
Adopted  at  this  Convention,  1812. 

Agreeably  to  the  intent  and  meaning  of  the  3d  article  of  the 
Constitution  of  the  Church  in  this  State,  no  Delegate  shall  be 
entitled  to  a  seat  in  the  Convention,  unless  he  is  a  member  of  the 
congregation,  and  resides  within  the  parish  of  the  church  which 
he  is  appointed  to  represent. 


TWENTY-EIGHTH    CONVENTION. 


JOURIOrAI. 

OF   THE 

PROCEEDINGS 

OF    THE 

ANNUAL   CONVENTION 

OF 
THE  PROTESTANT   EPISCOPAL   CHURCH, 

IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK  ; 

HELDIN     TRINITY     CHURCH,     NEW    YORK, 

October  5th,  and  6th,  A.  D.  1813. 


IList  of  t!)e  ffilcrflB  anti  Han  IScIeflatcs 

WHO  ATTENDED  THE  CONVENTION. 
CLERGY. 

The  Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.  D.,  Assistant  Bishop 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State  of  Ne\v  York. 

The  Rer.  Amos  G.  Baldwin,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Utica. 

The  Rev.  William  Berrian,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Nathanael  Bowen,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  Grace  Church, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  John  Brady,  Assistant  Minister  of  St.  George's 
Church,  New  York, 

The  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church, 
Flushing. 

The  Rev.  William  A.  Clark,  Missionary. 

The  Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers. 

The  Rev.  Henrj^  J.  Feltus,  Rector  of  St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller,  Missionary. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Haskell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Rye. 

The  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Y.  How,  D.  D.,  an  Assistant  Minister  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York. 


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The  Rev.  John  KeM^ley,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Chmch,  New 
York. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Richard  C.  Moore,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Stephen's 
Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Athens. 

The  Rev.  John  Reed,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie. 

The  Rev.  Cyrus  Stebbins,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church, 
Schenectady. 

♦  The  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 
West  Chester,  and  St.  Paul's  Church,  East  Chester. 

The  Rev.  Ralph  Wilhston,  Rector  of  Zion  Church,  New  York. 

The  following  Clergy,  not  regularly  entitled  to  seats  in  the 
Convention,  were  admitted  to  honorary  seats : 

The  Rev.  Lewis  P.  Bayard,  of  the  Diocese  of  New  Jersey. 

The  Rev.  Nathan  B.  Burgess,  of  Caroline  Church,  Brookhaven. 

The  Rev.  N.  Felch,  North  Salem. 

The  Rev.  Reuben  Hubbard,  of  the  Diocese  of  Connecticut. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Huntingdon,  Deacon,  officiating  at  Charlton. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  F.  Jarvis,  St.  Michael's  Church,  Bloomingdale. 

The  Rev.  Stephen  Jewett,  Christ  Church,  Hampton. 

The  Rev.  Henry  Moscrop,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Benjamin  T.  Onderdonk,  Deacon,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  William  Powell,  officiating  in  St.  Andrew's  Church, 
Orange  county,  and  St.  George's  Church,  Newburgh. 

The  Rev.  John  C.  Rudd,  of  the  Diocese  of  New  Jersey. 

The  Rev.  Gilbert  H.  Say  res,  officiating  in  Grace  Church, 
Jamaica. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Willard. 

The  Rev.  William  E.  Wyatt,  officiating  in  St.  James'  Church, 
Newtown. 

LAY    DELEGATES. 

Caroline  Church,  Brookhaven,  Richard  Smith. 

Christ  Church,  Hudson,  William  E.  Norman. 

Christ  Church,  New  York,  George  Dominick,  Timothy  Nostrand. 

Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie,  John  Davis^  Amaziah  Wright, 
George  Boyd,  Stephen  Hoyt. 

Christ  Church,  Rye,  John  P.  Delancey,  David  Rogers,  Peter 
J.  Munro. 

Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York,  George  Anthon,  Thomas  Ham- 
mersly,  John  G.  Tardy. 

Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  Rufus  King,  John  Skidmore. 

Grace  Church,  New  York,  John  Slidell. 


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Grace  Church,  Watcrford,  John  Vibbard. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Orange  county,  Andrew  Graham. 

St.  Andrew's  Chui-ch,  Staten  Island,  Alexander  Carnes,  Joseph 
Bedell. 

St,  Ann's  Chm'ch,  Brooklyn,  William  Cornwell,  John  Cornell. 
James  B.  Clarke. 

St.  George's  Church,  Flushing,  Samuel  H.  Van  Wyck. 

St.  George's  Church,  Newburgh,  Abraham  W.  Vanduson. 

St.  George's  Church,  New  York,  Garrit  H.  Van  Wagenen., 
Harry  Peters,  Francis  Dominick. 

St.  James'  Church,  Goshen,  William  Thompson. 

St.  James'  Church,  Hamilton  Square,  New  York,  Peter  Schcr- 
merhorn,  Martin  Hoffman. 

St.  James'  Church,  Hyde  Park,  Nathaniel  Pendleton. 

St.  James'  Church,  Newtown,  Timothy  Roach,  John  Ebbitts. 

St.  James'  Church,  North  Salem,  Jabud  June. 

St.  John's,  Church,  Yonkers,  Henry  White,  Isaac  Odell. 

St.  Mark's  Church,  Bowery,  New  York,  William  Ogden. 
Anthony  Norroway. 

St.  Michael's  Church,  Bloomingdale,  New  York,  Valentine 
Nutter. 

St.  Stephen's  Church,  New  York,  Moses  Jarvis,  George  Warner, 
James  Smith. 

Trinity  Church,  Fishkill,  Silvanus  Pine. 

Trinity  Chm'ch,  Geneva,  Samuel  Colt. 

Trinity  Church,  New  York,  Richard  Harison,  David  M.  Clark- 
son,  Thomas  L.  Ogden. 

Trinity  Church,  Rensselaerville,  Apollos  Moore. 

Zion  Church,  New  York,  John  Graff,  Thomas  Gibbons,  Gilbert 
Fowler. 

Nev;  York,  October  5th,  1813. 

This  being  the  day  appointed  for  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
Convention  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State  of 
New  York ;  and  the  city  of  New  York  having  been  appointed 
by  the  Bishop  as  the  place  of  meeting,  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop 
Hobart,  and  several  of  the  Clergy  and  Lay  Delegates  attended,  at 
10  o'clock  A.  M.,  in  Trinity  Church. 

F  Divine  service  was  performed  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Stebbins,  Rector 
of  St.  George's  Church,  Schenectady ;  and  a  sermon,  suitable  to 
the  occasion,  preached  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Baldwin,  Rector  of  Trinity 
Church,  Utica ;  after  which  the  Rev.  William  E.  Wyatt,  and  the 
Rev.  Stephen  Jewett,  Deacons,  were  admitted  by  the  Bishop  to 
the  holy  order  of  Priests. 


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Divine  service  being  ended,  the  Convention  assembled,  and  the 
list  of  the  Clergy  being  called  over,  agreeably  to  the  second  canon 
of  this  Church  of  1803,  the  following  Clergy  answered  to  their 
names,  and  took  their  seats  : 

The  Rev.  Amos  G.  Baldwin,  Rector  of  Trinity  Chm-ch,  Utica ; 
Rev.  William  Berrian,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church, 
New  York ;  Rev.  Nathanael  Bowen,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  Grace 
Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  John  Brady,  Assistant  Minister  of  St. 
George's  Church,  New  York;  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rector  of 
St.  George's  Church,  Flushing;  Rev.  William  A.  Clark,  Mission- 
ary ;  Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers  ; 
Rev,  Henry  J.  Feltus,  Rector  of  St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn ; 
Rev.  Samuel  Fuller,  Missionary ;  Rev.  Samuel  Haskell,  Rector 
of  Christ  Church,  Rye ;  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector  of  St.  George's 
Church,  Hempstead  ;  Rev.  Thomas  Y.  How,  D.  D.,  an  Assistant 
Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  John  Kewley,  Rec- 
tor of  St.  George's  Church,  New  York  ;  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell, 
Rector  of  Christ  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  Richard  C.  Moore, 
T).  D,,  Rector  of  St.  Stephen's  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  Joseph 
Prentiss,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Athens ;  Rev.  John  Reed, 
Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie ;  Rev.  Cyrus  Stebbins, 
Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Schenectady ;  Rev.  Isaac  Wil- 
kins,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  West  Chester,  and  St. 
Paul's  Church,  East  Chester ;  Rev.  Ralph  Willislon,  Rector  of 
Zion  Church,  New  York. 

The  following  Clergy,  entitled  to  seats  in  the  Convention,  were 
absent : 

The  Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
Rochelle ;  Rev.  John  Bowden,  D.  D.,  Professor  of  Rhetoric  and 
Moral  Philosophy  in  Columbia  College ;  Rev.  David  Butler,  Rec- 
tor of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  and  Trinity  Church,  Lansingburgh ; 
Rev.  William  Harris,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's  Church, 
Bowery,  New  York ;  Rev.  Daniel  Nash,  Rector  of  St.  John's 
Church,  Otsego,  St.  Luke's  Church,  Richfield,  and  Harmony 
Church,  Butternutts. 

The  Lay  Delegates  exhibited  the  certificates  of  their  appoint- 
ment, which  were  read,  and  severally  approved  ;  and  the  following 
Delegates  took  their  seats  : 

From  Caroline  Church,  Brookhaven,  Richard  Smith ;  Christ 
Church,  Hudson,  William  E.  Norman ;  Christ  Church,  New  York, 
George  Dominick,  Timothy  Nostrand  ;  Christ  Church,  Pough- 
keepsie, John  Davis,  Amaziah  Wright,  George  Boyd,  Stephen 
Hoyt;   Christ  Church,  Rye,  John  P.  Delancey,  David  Rogers, 


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Peter  J.  Munro;  Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York,  George  Anthon, 
Thomas  Hammersley,  John  G.  Tardy ;  Grace  Church,  Jamaica, 
Rufus  King,  John  Skidmore  ;  Grace  Church,  New  York,  John 
SHdell;  Grace  Church,  Waterford,  John  Yibbard;  St.  Andrew  \s 
Church,  Orange  county,  Andrew  Graham ;  St.  Andrew's  Church. 
Staten  Island,  Alexander  Carnes,  Joseph  Bedell ;  St.  Ann's 
Church,  Brooklyn,  William  Cornwell,  John  Cornell,  J.  B.  Clarke ; 
St.  George's  Church,  Flushing,  Samuel  H.  Van  Wyck  j  St. 
George's  Church,  Newburgh,  Abraham  W.  Vanduson  ;  St. 
George's  Church,  New  York,  Garrit  H.  Van  Wagenen,  Harry 
Peters,  Francis  Dominick ;  St.  James'  Church,  Goshen,  William 
Thompson ;  St.  James'  Church,  Hamilton  Square,  Peter  Scher- 
merhorn,  Martin  Hoffman ;  St.  James'  Church,  Hyde  Park> 
Nathaniel  Pendleton ;  St.  James'  Church,  Newtown,  Timothy 
Roach,  John  Ebbitts ;  St.  James'  Church,  North  Salem,  Jabud 
June ;  St.  John's  Chui'ch,  Yonkers,  Henry  White,  Isaac  Odell  ; 
St.  Mark's  Chm'ch,  Bowery,  New  York,  William  Ogden,  Anthony 
Norroway ;  St.  Michael's  Church,  Bloomingdale,  New  York, 
Valentine  Nutter ;  St.  Stephen's  Church,  New  York,  Moses  Jar- 
vis,  George  Warner,  James  Smith ;  Trinity  Church,  Fishkill, 
Silvanus  Pine  ;  Trinity  Church,  Geneva,  Samuel  Colt ;  Trinity 
Church,  New  York,  Richard  Harison,  David  M.  Clarkson, 
Thomas  L.  Ogden ;  Trinity  Church,  Rensselaerville,  Apollos 
Moore ;  Zion  Church,  New  York,  John  Graff,  Thomas  Gibbons, 
Gilbert  Fowler. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell  was  elected  Secretary  of  the  Conven- 
tion. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,    That  the  ministers  of  this  Church  not  regularly 
entitled  to  seats,  be  admitted  to  honorary  seats  in  the  Convention. 

The  following  Clergy  took  their  seats  agreeably  to  the  fore- 
going resolution : 

The  Rev.  Lewis  P.  Bayard,  of  the  Diocese  of  New  Jersey ; 
Rev.  Nathan  B.  Burgess,  of  Caroline  Church,  Brookhaven ;  Rev. 
N.  Felch,  North  Salem ;  Rev.  Reuben  Hubbard,  of  the  Diocese 
of  Connecticut ;  Rev.  Mr.  Huntingdon,  Deacon,  officiating  at 
Charlton ;  Rev.  Samuel  F.  Jarvis,  St.  Michael's  Church,  Bloom- 
ingdale, and  St.  James',  Hamilton  Square ;  Rev.  Stephen  Jewett, 
Christ  Church,  Hampton;  Rev.  Henry  Moscrop,  New  York;  Rev. 
Benjamin  T.  Onderdonk,  Deacon,  New  York;  Rev.  William 
Powell,  officiating  in  St.  Andrew's,  Church,  Orange  county, 
and  St.  George's  Church,  Newburgh ;  Rev.  John  C.  Rudd,  of 
the  Diocese  of  New  Jersey  j  Rev.  Gilbert  H.  Sayres,  officiating 


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in  Grace  Church,  Jamaica;  Rev.  Joseph  Willard;  Rev.  William 
E.  Wyatt,  officiating  in  St.  James'  Church,  Newtown. 

On  motion. 

Resolved  unanimously,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Convention  be 
returned  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  Baldwin  for  his  sermon  preached  before 
them  this  day,  and  that  he  be  requested  to  furnish  a  copy  for 
publication. 

The  Convention  adjourned  until  nine  o'clock  to-morrow  morn- 
ing. 

Wednesday  Morning,  October  6th,  1813. 

The  Convention  met,  and  Divine  service  was  celebrated  by  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Prentiss,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Athens. 

Agreeably  to  the  45th  canon  of  the  General  Convention, "  pro- 
viding for  an  accurate  view  of  the  state  of  the  Church  from  time 
to  time,"  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Hobart  delivered  the  following 
address : 

MY  CLERICAL  AND  LAY  BRETHREN, 

According  to  the  organization  of  our  Church,  the  transaction  of  her  ordinary 
ecclesiastical  business  is  principally  confided  to  her  executive  officers,  or  to  the 
standing  committees,  appointed  from  time  to  time  by  the  Convention  in  each 
fiocese.  The  regulation  of  the  worship  of  the  Church,  and  of  its  concerns 
.T-enerally,  is  entrusted  to  the  General  Convention.  And  thus,  unless  there  be 
attempts  at  change  in  our  established  constitution  and  canons,  or  at  new  plans 
ind  experiments,  which  should  not  be  made  but  with  the  utmost  caution  and 
iehheration,  our  ordinary  business  at  the  State  Convention  is  confined  princi- 
pally to  information  concerning  the  state  of  the  Church.  This  organization 
provides  for  the  Judicious  management  of  our  ecclesiastical  concerns,  without 
those  protracted  discussions,  and  those  unpleasant  conflicts  of  opinion  which 
would  take  place  if  all  ecclesiastical  business  were  transacted  by  the  Conven- 
tion. 

;:  have  offered  these  ob.?ervations  with  a  view  to  meet  a  remark  which  is 
.sometimes  made,  that  in  our  Conventions  there  is  very  little  business  to  be 
transacted.  This  circumstance  is  a  happy  feature  in  the  organization  of  our 
Church.  Except  when  changes  may  be  neces.?ary  in  our  constitution  or 
.■,anons,  and  these  cannot  be  made  with  too  much  caution  and  deliberation, 
there  can  be  rarely  any  occurrence  which  can  lead  to  differences  of  opinion, 
or  to  an  unpleasant  and  tedious  protraction  of  business.  We  meet  together, 
and  it  is  of  great  imporance  that  we  should  thus  meet,  to  obtain  a  general 
view  of  the  slate  of  our  Zion;  to  reciprocate  and  to  cherish  the  feelings  of 
brotherly  affection ;  to  correct,  by  a  frank  interchange  of  opinion  and  informa- 
tion, any  errors  in  doctrine,  or  irregularities  in  the  discharge  of  our  ministry 


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into  which  we  may  have  inadvertently  fallen ;  to  provoke  one  another,  both 
Clergy  and  Laity,  unto  that  zeal  in  our  res])ectivc  stations  in  the  service  of  our 
divine  Master,  which,  agreeably  to  His  injunction,  unites  the  wisdom  of  the 
serpent  with  the  harmlessness  of  the  dove ;  and,  as  the  council  of  his  Church, 
with  united  hearts  and  voices,  to  supplicate  Almighty  God  to  "  direct,  sanctify, 
and  govern  us,  that  the  comfortable  Gospel  of  Christ  may  be  truly  preached, 
truly  received,  and  truly  followed."  Nor  should  we  doubt  but  that  God  will 
be  "present  with  us"  when  we  thus  meet  together,  "  by  the  mighty  power  of 
the  Holy  Ghost,"  and  will  bless  all  our  counsels  and  labours  to  the  advance- 
ment of  the  kingdom  of  His  dear  Son,  and  "  to  the  breaking  down  of  the  king- 
dom of  sin,  satan,  and  death  ;  till  at  length  the  whole  of  His  dispersed  sheep 
being  gathered  into  one  fold,  shall  become  partakers  of  everlasting  life." 

It  is  my  intention  also,  at  an  early  period,  God  willing,  to  carry  into  effect 
another  important  purpose  of  our  ecclesiastical  meetings,  and  to  deliver  those 
official  charges  required  by  the  nature  of  episcopal  superintendence,  and  by 
the  canons  of  the  Church.  At  present  I  shall  confine  myself  to  the  statement 
enjoined  by  the  canon  of  the  affairs  of  the  diocese. 

In  the  course  of  the  last  winter  confirmations  were  held  in  Trinitj'  Church, 
St.  Paul's  and  St.  John's  Chapels,  Christ  Church,  St.  George's  Church,  Grace 
Church,  and  Zion  Church,  New  York ;  and  about  780  persons  confirmed.  It 
is  expected  that  there  will  be  confirmations  in  the  other  churches  in  the  city 
in  the  course  of  the  present  season. 

Confirmations  have  also  been  administered,  during  the  last  summer,  at  St. 
Luke's  Church,  Cattskill ;  at  Rensselaerville ;  at  Durham  and  Windham, 
Greene  county;  at  the  Ochquaga  Hills,  Windsor,  Broome  county;  at  Harmony 
Church,  Butternutts,  St.  John's  Church,  Exeter,  and  Christ  Church,  Coopers- 
town,  Otsego  county;  at  Sandy  Hill,  and  Christ  Church,  Hampton,  Washing- 
ton county;  at  St.  George's  Church,  Schenectady;  and  at  Christ  Church, 
Poughkeepsie.  At  these  various  confirmations  about  320  persons  were  con- 
firmed, making,  in  addition  to  those  confirmed  in  the  city,  1100  persons. 

At  the  request  of  the  Standing  Committee  of  New  Jersey,  the  rite  of  Con- 
firmation was  also  administered  at  Trinity  Church,  Newark. 

St.  James'  Church, Goshen;  Grace  Church,  W'aterford ;  and  Christ  Church, 
Hamption,  have  been  consecrated  to  the  service  of  Almighty  God,  according  to 
the  usage  of  our  Church.  It  gives  me  pleasure,  and  I  deem  it  a  duty,  to  bear 
my  testimony  to  the  pious  liberality  of  the  individuals  at  whose  expense  prin- 
cipally these  churches  have  been  erected.  The  church  at  Hampton,  in  partic- 
ular, has  been  built,  in  a  great  measure,  by  the  liberal  contributions  of  three 
or  four  individuals.  The  congregation  at  Rensselaerville,  which  has  been 
raised  within  a  few  years  by  the  prudent  and  assiduous  ministrations  of  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Fuller,  are  making  preparations  for  erecting  a  church.  Buildings 
for  worship  are  also  erecting  by  the  congregations  at  Athens,  at  Unadilla,  and 
at  Manlius  Square,  Onondaga  county.  In  many  other  places,  congregations, 
who  regularly  assemble  for  worship,  are  prevented  from  erecting  churches  by 
the  slendemess  of  their  means.    I  have  sometimes,  however,  witnessed,  in  the 


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humble  dwelling,  or  in  the  log  school-house,  the  service  of  our  Church  cele- 
brated by  the  people,  with  a  fervour  and  propriety  not  always  apparent  in  the 
splendid  edifice.  We  cannot  doubt  that  this  service  was  acceptable  to  that 
gracious  Being  who  requires  to  be  worshipped  in  spirit  and  in  truth,  with  an 
humble  and  a  contrite  heart.  But  still  it  is  due  to  His  honour  and  majesty, 
that  He  should  be  worshipped  in  buildings  at  least  decent  and  commodious, 
and  solemnly  set  apart  to  the  adoration  of  His  great  name. 

As  an  example  of  the  pious  fervour  which  prevails  in  many  congregations, 
too  poor  and  humble  either  to  erect  a  building  for  worship,  or  to  obtain  the 
stated  services  of  a  minister,  I  cannot  refrain  from  mentioning  the  congregation 
at  the  Ochquaga  Hills,  Broome  county.  In  this  retired  district  a  congregation 
was  organized,  about  seventeen  years  since,  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Chase,  then  a 
missionary.  From  that  time  until  f  visited  them,  with  the  exception  of  the 
services  of  the  Rev.  Jonathan  Judd,  who,  when  a  missionary,  spent  a  few 
weeks  with  them,  they  have  only  enjoyed  three  or  four  times  the  ministrations 
of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Nash,  who,  amidst  the  multiplicity  of  his  labours,  sought  and 
cherished  this  destitute  congregation.  And  yet,  notwithstanding  these  disad- 
vantages, they  have  kept  themselves  together ;  they  have  regularly  met  for 
reading  the  service  and  sermons ;  and  I  found  among  them  a  knowledge  of  the 
principles  of  our  Church,  and  a  fervent  attachment  to  its  doctrines  and  worship, 
which  astonished  and  gratified  me.  Confirmation  was  administered  to  about 
thirty  persons,  and  the  Holy  Communion  to  as  many.  Could  you  have  wit- 
nessed, brethren,  the  expressions  of  their  gratitude,  and  their  earnest  solicita- 
tions, accompanied  even  with  tears,  for  only  the  occasional  services  of  a 
minister,  your  treasure  and  your  prayers  would  have  been  poured  forth  to 
gratify  them.  I  had  not  the  treasure,  but  most  assuredly  I  gave  them  my 
prayers,  and  I  promised  them  my  best  exertions.  I  cannot  leave  their  case, 
without  applying  it  to  establish  the  importance  and  inestimable  value  of  our 
Liturgy.  But  for  that  Liturgy,  and  the  constant  and  fedthful  use  of  it,  the 
Episcopal  congregation  at  the  Ochquaga  Hills,  and  doiihtless  in  many  other 
places  almost  equally  destitute,  would  long  since  have  become  extinct. 

I  have  also  visited  the  congregations  at  Fishkill;  Stamford,  Delaware 
county;  Unadilla  and  Fly  Creek,  Otsego  county;  Binghamtown,  Chenango 
Point,  Broome  county ;  Albany,  Troy,  Lansingburgh,  and  Stillwater;  in  which 
places  I  performed  Divine  service,  and  at  Burlington,  Otsego  county. 

Since  the  last  Convention  several  persons  have  been  received  as  candidates 
for  orders;  James  Thompson,  admitted  to  the  holy  order  of  Deacons;  and  the 
following  Deacons,  Orin  Clark,  John  Brady,  and  William  Powell,  of  thi? 
diocese,  and  Isaac  Jones,  of  Connecticut,  admitted  to  the  holy  order  of  Priests; 
and  William  E.  Wyatt,  and  Stephen  Jewett,  were  yesterday  admitted  to  the 
same  order. 

The  Rev.  John  Kewley,  from  the  diocese  of  Connecticut,  has  been  instituted 
Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  New  York;  and  the  Rev.  John  Brady,  Assist- 
ant Minister  of  the  same  church.  The  Rev.  Ralph  Williston  has  been  insti- 
tuted Rector  of  Zion  Church,  New  York. 


1813.]  OF    THE   DIOCESE    OF   NEW   YORK.  257 

The  Rev.  Bethel  Judd,  from  the  diocese  of  Connecticut,  has  been  chosen 
Principal  of  the  Academy,  and  Rector  of  the  Church,  at  Fairfield,  Herkimer 
county ;  and  the  Rev.  Dr.  Abraham  Beach,  lately  Assistant  Rector  of  Trinity 
Church,  New  York,  has  removed  into  the  State  of  New  Jersey. 

But  in  noticing  the  changes  in  the  diocese,  you  have  doubtless  already 
anticipated  me  in  the  painful  remark,  that  we  no  longer  perceive  in  his  place 
m  this  Convention,  our  venerable  brother  the  Rev.  Davenport  Phelps.  He 
has  gone  to  his  rest.  For  many  years  he  has  been  employed  as  a  missionary 
in  the  western  parts  of  the  State.  Having  visited  the  extensive  district  in 
which  he  officiated,  I  am  able  to  bear  testimony  to  the  high  estimation  in 
which  he  was  held  for  his  pious  and  exemplary  character,  and  for  the  fidelity 
and  prudent  zeal  with  which  he  discharged  his  arduous  and  laborious  duties. 
He  is  justly  revered  as  the  founder  of  the  congregations  in  the  most  western 
counties  of  the  State ;  whom  he  attached,  not  merely  to  his  personal  ministra- 
tions, but  to  the  doctrines,  the  ministry,  and  the  Liturgy  of  our  Church.  In- 
deed, it  was  highly  gratifying  to  me  to  observe,  in  the  congregations  where  he 
officiated,  and  in  others,  in  the  infant  settlements  of  the  State,  which  are  still 
cherished  by  ministers  equally  faithful,  the  devotion  and  the  decency  with 
which  the  people  performed  their  parts  of  the  public  service.  It  is  an  evidence 
that  whatever  prejudices  our  Liturgy  may  have  at  first  to  encounter  among 
those  who  are  unacquainted  with  it,  a  minister  who  will  be  diligent  in  ex- 
plaining it,  and  enforcing  its  excellencies,  and  who,  in  obedience  to  his  ordina- 
tion vows,  will  be  faithful  and  devout  in  the  use  of  it,  will  finally  succeed,  by 
the  Divine  blessing,  in  leading  many  to  value  it  as  their  best  help  in  the  exer- 
cises of  devotion,  and,  next  to  the  Bible,  their  best  guide  to  heaven. 

As  the  support  of  missionaries  is  derived  principally  from  the  annual 
collections  prescribed  by  the  canon,  it  is  of  the  utmost  importance  that  the 
Clergy  should  attend  to  these  collections,  and  urge  their  congregations  to 
liberal  contributions.  No  duty  is  more  strongly  demanded  from  the  members 
of  our  Church,  who  enjoy  the  word  and  ordinances  of  the  Gospel,  than  that  of 
supplying  their  destitute  brethren  with  the  same  means  of  salvation. 

The  importance  of  an  establishment  for  the  instruction,  for  the  religious 
and  moral  discipline,  and,  in  some  cases,  for  the  support  of  young  men 
designed  for  Holy  Orders,  has  always  appeared  to  me  essential  to  the  pros- 
perity of  our  Church  ;  nor  were  exertions  and  arrangements  wanting  on  my 
part,  when  in  a  private  station,  to  carry  this  object  in  some  degree  into  effect. 
As  the  responsibility  of  the  admission  of  persons  to  Holy  Orders  ultimately 
rests  on  the  Bishop ;  and  as  from  the  nature  of  his  office,  and  the  provisions 
of  the  canons,  it  is  his  duty  to  exercise  a  general  direction  and  superintendence 
of  their  previous  studies,  the  necessity  of  a  theological  school  presses  with 
greater  force  upon  my  mind  in  the  station  which  I  now  occupy.  It  is  an 
auspicious  circumstance,  that  the  attention  of  the  Clergy,  and  of  Episcopalians 
generally,  appears  to  be  awakened  to  the  importance  of  this  object.  And  I 
trust  it  will  not  be  long  before  a  theological  school  is  established ;  the  object 
of  which  shall  be  to  train  up  young  men  for  the  ministry,  not  only  in  literary 


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and  theological  knowlo(lp;o,  but  in  cvaiif^clical  pifily,  and  prudnnt  but  fervent 
zeal  for  the  advancement  of  the  itinj^dom  of  Cuiusr.  It  in  of  tiie  utmost  impor- 
tance tiiat  th(r  plan  and  Hituation  (d'  tliiw  inHtilution  nhonld  ni(!el  tli(;  wants  and 
the  wiHlicH  not  merely  of  the  Church  in  thiK  diocese,  hut  oi  our  Church  at 
large,  and  thiiH  contribute  to  advance  and  prceerve  thoHe  invaluable  objects, 
the  jjurity  and  the  unity  of  the  ProtCHtant  ICpiHcoi)al  Chuich  in  thcKe  States. 

My  (clerical  and  I>ay  Urethrcu,  our  Church  is  oiy;aMized  on  a  principle 
wiiich  iH  the  characteriHtic  of  the  Church  from  which  we  are  dertcended,  and 
which  the  judicious  Mof)kcr  defends  in  his  KcclefiiaHlical  Polity,  that  in  order 
to  give  to  any  act  of  the  Church  the  force  of  law,  it  muHt  have  the  connent  of 
all  orders  (if  her  rnemberH,  Bishops,  Clergy,  and  /.aity.  ThiH  arrangement 
prevents  the  evilH  of  precipitancy;  secures  the  important  benefits  of  wisdom, 
experience,  and  union  in  her  councils;  and  presf;rves  to  all  orders  of  her  mem- 
bers their  resftective  rights. 

I.,ct  it  then  be  the  object  of  all  who  wish  good  to  our  Zion,  to  preserve  her, 
as  she  in  now  happily  organized,  in  her  government,  her  doctrine,  and  worsiiip. 
If  changes  in  that  organization  at  any  time  apjiear  necessary,  let  them  be  the 
result  of  much  reflection,  of  much  previous  consultation,  and  in  some  degree 
at  least  of  general  concert;  and  not  the  hasty  and  unadvised  ebullition  of  indi- 
vidual zeal.  This  zeal,  however  comiru'ridable,  is  then  only  safe,  when,  with 
true  Christian  humility,  it  submits  to  th(;  guidance  and  control  of  wisdom  and 
experience;  and  aims  rather  to  infuse  new  life  and  spirit  into  institutions  long 
established,  than  to  enter  on  doubtful  because  untried  measures,     in  the  at; v- 

al  stations  in  which  it  has  pleased  the  Divine  Hea<l  of  the  Church  to  place 

,  let  it  be  our  endeavour,  in  dependence  on  His  gnu'-e  and  blessing,  "  truly 
and  faithfully  to  s(!rve  Him,"  and  to  exhibit  our  Church  in  the  [nirily  of  her 
doctrines,  the  primitive  sanctity  oi  her  ministry,  and  the  evangelical  spirit  of 
that  Liturgy  which  has  been  established  by  the  wisdom  and  i)iety  of  the  ages 
befofe  us.  Thus,  while  we  secure  our  own  salvation,  we  shall  advance  the 
permanent  prosperity  of  our  Church,  and,  by  the  blessing  of  (ion,  be  instru- 
mental in  diffusing  the(*ospel  of  His  Hon,  our  Loud  and  lUideemer,  in  its  origi- 
nal simplicity,  purity,  and  jiower. 

JOHN  HENRY  llOUAKl. 
Nkw  York,  Oct.  (i,  1813. 

Ccrl-ific-iilcM  of  th(!  ajipolntmcnt  of  Lay  Delegates  from  Trinity 
Church,  I'^isiikili,  and  St.  James'  (Jlmrch,  llydo  Park,  were 
read,  and  approved ;  and  the  following  gentlemen  look  their 
scats : 

From  Trinity  (Jhiirc.h,  f'islikiii,  Silvanas  Pine;  from  St.  Jame.M' 
Church,  Hyde  Park,  N.  lYndleton. 

The  Clergy  who  were  ahsent  at  tlir;  last  Convention  were 
called  on  for  the  reasons  of  their  ahsence,  agre(;ahly  to  the  canon 
enjoining  their  attendance ;  which  reasoiia  were  accepted. 


1813.]  OF   THE  LIOCESK   OF   NKVV   YORK.  369 

Reports  from  the  missionaries,  the  Rev.  William  A.  Clark,  the 
Rev.  Sainiu'l  Fuller,  and  \hv.  Rev.  Orin  Clark,  adilresiied  to  the 
Bishop,  were  severally  rt-ad. 


Report  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Fuller. 

"  Owinj;  lo  the  si(kne.ss  ami  mortality  in  Rensselaerville  the 
last  winter,  and  particularly  to  tiw  aliriction  in  my  lainily,  1  have 
devoted  a  u[r('ater  proptirtion  of  niv  labours  to  that  jilair,  llian, 
under  other  t'iri'unistancrs,  1  should  have  dout" ;  hut,  perhaps,  in 
no  period  has  the  worship  of  the  Church  been  more  u.seful  there. 
The  eon<);re}i^ation  is  increasintj;  in  iunrd)ers,  and  in  attachment  to 
the  Church.  Tlu'  worship  lias  l)i'en  conduitcd  with  muili  apparent 
seriousness  and  solenmity. 

"The  eonummion  of  the  Loim's  Supper  was  adniinislcred,  the 
first  time,  Novend)i'r  ir)th,  ISI'2,  to  only  nine  persons,  four  men 
and  five  women.  Tiie  nund)er  of  eonnnunicantis  has  since  in- 
e.rea.st;d  to  thirteen.  These  are  .small  begiiuuniijs  ;  hut,  it  is  to  be 
remembered,  that  three  years  ago  the  worshi])  of  tlie  Cliurch  was 
wholly  unknown  in  that  plaie. 

"  Tne  subscriptions  tor  the  house  of  worship  have  bci-n  very 
lib(M'al  ;  and  it  is  i-alculatcd  to  put  up  the  builduii;-  nevt  sununtT, 
if  a  sullicient  amount  can  be  obtained  lo  complete  it.  The  people 
'  have  a  mind  to  work  ;*  and,  if  they  fail  in  buildinu;,  it  will  he 
owing  wholly  to  tlu^  want  of  that  pecuniary  ability  whiih  is  ne- 
ees\sary  in  such  an  undertaking. 

"  I  have  preached  in  Renssehu'r  .'M  Sundays,  and  in  ninham  8 
Suntlays  ;  besides  other  days,  occasionally,  in  both  phu-es.  I 
liave  preaclu'd,  also,  onci'  in  (^ittskill ;  one  Sunday  m  Athens, 
Hudson,  and  ('attskill,  by  exchange  with  the  l\c\\  Mr.  Pnntiss, 
who  ollieiated  for  m(!  at  kiMisselaerville ;  once  at  (Jreenville,  and 
once  at  Coxsackie  ;  one  vSunday  and  one  other  day  at  Windham; 
one  Sunday  at  Lexington;  one  Sunilay  at  Staml()rd,  by  exi  hange 
with  the  llev.  Mr.  Thompson,  who  oHicialtHi  for  nie  at  Kensse- 
laerville  ;  one  Sunday  at  Unaddla  ;  once  at  Franklin;  and  once 
at  llarperslield.  Some  Sundays  1  did  not  olliciate  on  account  ol 
uickness  and  ileath  in  my  tamily. 

"  I  have  baptised,  at  Rensselaerville,  three  adult.s  and  six  chil- 
dren ;  at  (Jreenville,  one  child  ;  at  Durhani,  one  adidt  and  twelve 
children;  at  Windham,  one  child  ;  at  Stand'ord,  eight  children; 
at  llarpersfield,  four  ehildren  ;  and,  in  Cattskill,  one  child.  The 
whole  nundier  of  i)aj)tisn\s  is  tour  adults  and  thirty-three  eluldren. 

"  I  have  a<iininistere(l  the  I iOiiu's  Supper  at  Uenssehurville  four 
times,  at  Durham  twii*e,  at  (Jreenville  once,  at  Lexington  once, 
at  Cuxjiiuckic  once,  and  nt  Stuiuford  oucc. 

ir 


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"  I  have  catechised  the  children  at  Rensselaerville  and  at  Dur- 
ham. In  all  the  places  which  I  have  visited  there  is  a  deficiency 
of  Prayer  Books. 

"  On  the  whole,  the  interest  of  the  Church  is  evidently  increas- 
ing in  that  part  of  the  Diocese ;  and  there  is  a  reasonable  pros- 
pect that  a  number  of  respectable  congregations  may  be  raised 
up ;  and  some  of  them  in  places  where,  but  a  short  time  since, 
the  worship  of  the  Church  was  unknown. 

"  I  remain,  Right  Rev.  and  dear  Sir, 

"  Your  servant  in  Christ, 

"  SAMUEL  FULLER. 
"New  York,  4th  October,  1813. 

«  The  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Hobart." 

Extract  from  the  Report  of  the  Rev.  WilUam  A.  Clark. ' 

"  Since  my  last  report  I  have  directed  my  attention  principally 
to  the  promotion  of  the  Church  in  the  villages  of  Manlius,  Au- 
burn, Skaneateles,  and  Montezuma. 

"  The  number  of  communicants  in  Manlius  has  increased  one- 
third  during  the  present  year,  and  a  church  is  now  erected,  and 
will  be  completed  by  the  twentieth  of  December,  as  large  and 
elegant  as  any  in  this  part  of  the  country,  and  which  will  have 
cost  the  Vestry  not  less  than  five  thousand  dollars.  Of  the  una- 
nimity, the  liberality,  and  the  attention  of  the  whole  village  to 
public  worship,  I  cannot  speak  too  highly. 

"  Besides  the  places  related  above,  I  have  performed  Divine 
service  in  Marcellus,  Brutus,  Mentz,  Cayuga,  and  Genoa;  and, 
in  addition  to  the  usual  performances  on  the  fast  and  festival  days 
of  our  Church  and  country,  have  been  called  by  the  different  de- 
nominations of  Christians  in  the  places  where  I  have  officiated,  to 
preach  on  about  thirty  funeral  occasions.  But  notwithstanding 
this  fatigue,  and  that  of  travelling  a  great  deal  in  bad  weather, 
over  bad  roads,  in  health  more  critical  than  usual,  have  been  pre- 
vented by  sickness  one  Sunday  only  from  holding  church  some- 
where. The  whole  number  I  have  baptised  is  twenty-seven; 
number  of  marriages  three.     The  several  places  stand  thus  : 

"Auburn,  Skaneateles,  and  their  vicinity.  Baptisms,  14;  mar- 
riages, 3 ;  deaths  of  communicants,  4 ; — present  number  of  com- 
municants, 30. 

"  Montezuma — Baptisms,  3  ;  Genoa — baptism,  1 ;  Manlius — 
baptisms,  9 ;  communicants,  30." 

Report  of  the  Rev.  Orin  Clark. 

••  RIGHT  REV.  SIR.  "  Geneva,  Sept.  20,  1813. 

"  Since  the  18th  of  June  last  (at  which  time  you  were  so  good 
as  to  give  me  leave  to  relinquish  my  missionary  charge,  my  health 


18 13. J  OF    THE    DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  261 

not  permitting  me  any  longer  to  perform  its  duties)  my  services 
have  been  entirely  devoted  to  the  congregations  in  this  place. 
Previous  to  that  time  they  were  deA^oted,  during  the  past  year, 
among  all  the  vacant  congregations  in  this  quarter,  nearly  in  the 
same  proportion  as  in  the  year  preceding. 

"  Baptisms,  adults  9,  children  17 — 26 ;  marriage,  1 ;  fimerals,  7. 

"  I  cannot  close  this  report  without  taking  the  liberty  again  to 
soUcit  the  attention  of  the  Committee  for  Propagating  the  Gospel, 
to  the  situation  of  the  Church  in  this  part  of  the  Diocese,  and 
earnestly  praying  them  to  continue  to  it  their  fostering  care. 
Upon  this,  its  prosperity,  if  not  its  existence,  under  God,  most 
certainly  depends. 

"  There  are  now  to  the  west  of  this  place  six  Episcopal  con- 
gregations, all  of  which  are  entirely  deprived  of  the  services  of 
our  Church,  to  whose  worship  and  doctrines  they  are  most  sin- 
cerely attached.  All  in  their  power  to  promote  her  interests 
among  them  they  will  do,  but  they  are  not  able,  without  aid  from 
some  quarter,  to  obtain  or  support  clergymen ;  and  without  some 
clerical  service,  it  need  not  be  added,  they  cannot  long  continue 
prosperous.  As  a  proof  of  their  zeal  and  attachment  to  our 
Church,  they  have  the  most  of  them  built,  or  are  now  building, 
houses  of  worship,  with  the  hope  that  this  testimony  of  their  re- 
gard to  her  interests  will  insure  them  the  continuance  of  that 
benevolent  aid  to  which,  through  the  Divine  blessing,  they  owe 
their  present  privileges.  And  that  they  may  not  be  herein 
disappointed,  but  that  provision  be  speedily  made  that  they  may 
enjoy  the  regular  services  of  the  Church,  is  the  earnest  prayer  of, 
"  Right  Rev.  Sir, 

"  Your  faithful  and  obedient  servant  in  Christ, 

"  ORIN  CLARK. 
«  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Hobart." 


The  Clergy  were  called  on  for  their  parochial  reports,  required 
by  the  45th  canon  of  the  General  Convention,  which  were  pre- 
sented and  read ;  and,  as  required  by  the  said  canon,  inserted  on 
the  Journal. 

Caroline  Church,  Brookhaven  ;  Rev.  Nathan  B.  Burgess. — 
Baptisms,  2 ;  marriages,  2 ;  funerals,  3. 

Since  the  last  report  one  communicant  has  died,  and  none 
been  added. 

Bedford  and  Mrthcastle  ;oRev.  N.  Felch.;— Baptisms,  8; 
communicants,  15 ;  marriages,  10 ;  fimerals,  9. 


262  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1813. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  and  Trinity  Church,  Lansinghurgh  ; 
Rev.  David  Butler,  Rector.*— 5^.  Paul's  Church,  Troy.  Baptisms, 
infants  41,  adult  1 — 42  j  marriages,  9;  communicants,  84; 
funerals,  31. 

Trinity  Church,  Lansinghurgh.  Baptisms,  9 ;  communicants, 
21;  funerals,  5. 

Church  at  Sandy  Hill.     Baptisms,  infants  10,  adults  2—12.] 

Brunswick.     Baptisms,  12,-  funerals,  10. 

Church  at  Stillwater  and  Waterford.     Baptisms,  3.1 

Christ  Church,  Rye  and  White  Plains  ;  Rev.  Samuel  Haskell, 
Rector. — Communicants,  about  50 ;  baptisms,  5 ;  marriages,  14 ; 
deaths,  18. 

Grace  Church,  JVew  York ;  Rev.  Nathanael  Bowen,  D.  D., 
Rector. — Baptisms,  30 ;  marriages,  5 ;  communicants,  140. 

Burials — There  being  no  burial-ground  attached  to  this  church, 
these  are  registered  in  other  churches,  in  the  cemeteries  of  which 
the  interments  are  made. 

St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers ;  Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  adults  2,  children  14 — 16 ;  communicants,  50 ;  mar- 
riages, 8. 

Nothing  material  has  occured  since  the  last  report. 

St.  George's  Church,  Flushing  ;  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rec- 
tor.— Baptisms,  4 ;  marriages,  7 ;  funerals,  3 ;  communicants,  38. 

St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead,  containing  St.  George's 
Church,  South  Hempstead,  and  Christ  Church,  Jforth  Hemp- 
stead; Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector. — Baptisms,  21 ;  marriages,  34; 
communicants,  about  120 ;  burials,  20. 

Parish  of  Trinity  Church,  containing  Trinity  Church,  and 
St.  Paul's,  and  St.  John's  Chapels,  Mw  York;  Right  Rev. 
Bishop  Hobart,  Assistant  Rector. — Baptisms,  250 ;  marriages, 
48 ;  funerals,  495. 

The  present  Assistant  Rector,  since  his  entrance  on  office,  has 
not  been  able  to  ascertain  the  precise  number  of  communicants, 
which  he  intends  to  do  before  the  next  Convention. 

Christ  Church,  JVew  York;  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  48  ;  marriages,  16 ;  communicants,  about  230. 

*  This  report  was  transmitted,  Mr.  Butler  being  absent. 


1813.]  OF   THE    DIOCESE    OF   NEW   YORK.  263 

Christ  Church,  Hampton ;  Rev.  Stephen  Jewett. — I  have 
officiated  in  this  parish  one-half  of  my  time  for  nearly  two  years ; 
during  which  time  I  have  baptised,  adults  7,  children  37 — 44 ; 
funerals,  in  Hampton  12,  in  the  adjoining  towns  4 — 16 ;  mar- 
riages, 3 ;  present  number  of  communicants,  35. 

"  When  I  came  into  the  town  there  were  only  eight  communi- 
cants ;  since  which  time  three  have  died ;  the  whole  gain  in  two 
years  is  thirty.  Besides  this  nrnnber,  who  reside  in  this  town, 
about  as  many  more  from  the  adjacent  towns,  principally  in  Ver- 
mont, are  in  the  habit  of  regularly  communing  with  us ;  so  that 
our  whole  number  of  communicants  may  be  stated  at  sixty  or 
sixty-five. 

"I  found  the  parish  very  much  in  want  of  Prayer  Books. 
They  are  still  in  want,  though  I  have  disposed  of  more  than  forty 
since  I  have  been  here.  I  found  when  I  came  to  this  place  not 
any  of  the  youth  provided  with  Prayer  Books.  Many  of  them 
are  now  furnished,  and  with  much  pleasure  I  perceive  not  only  in 
the  aged,  but  in  the  youth,  a  growing  attachment  to  our  excellent 
Liturgy. 

"  Prayer  Books  and  religious  tracts  might  be  distributed  here  to 
great  advantage." 

St.  George^s  Church,  Schenectady  j  Rev.  Cyrus  Stebbins, 
Rector. — In  this  church  there  have  been,  since  October,  1812, 
baptisms,  adults  2,  infants  53 — 55;  marriages,  27;  communi- 
cants, at  present,  51 ;  funerals,  15. 

I  have  performed  Divine  service  one  Sunday  at  Duanesburgh, 
and  one  at  Waterford,  the  year  past.  The  Holy  Communion 
was  administered  at  Waterford.] 

St.  Andrew'' s  Church,  Orange  county  ;  Rev.  William  Powell, 
officiating  Minister. — Baptisms,  22  ;  marriages,  4 ;  communi- 
cants, 50 ;  number  of  families,  30. 

St.  James'  Church,  Goshen  ;  Rev.  WilUam  Powell,  officiating 
Minister. — Baptisms,  8 ;  communicants  6 ;  number  of  families, 
about  26. 

St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn  ;  Rev.  Henry  J.  Feltus,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  adults  2,  children  23 — 25 ;  marriages,  10 ;  communi- 
cants, 120 ;  burials,  including  strangers,  26.1 

St.  Peter's  Church,  West  Chester,  and  St.  Paul's  Church,  East 
Chester ;  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  D.  D.,  Rector. — Baptisms,  adults 
2,  children  24 — 26 ;  marriages,  5 ;  communicants,  about  60 ; 
deaths,  10. 


264  JOURNALS   OF   THE   CONVENTIONS  [1813. 

St.  James'  Church,  Jfewtown ;  Rev.  William  E.  Wyalt, 
officiating  Minister. — Baptisms,  9 ;  marriages,  7 ;  communicants, 
34  j  funerals,  2. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Charlton  ;  Rev.  D.  Huntington,  officiating 
Minister. — Baptisms,  32;  marriages,  11;  communicants,  since 
Easter,  1812,  50;  deaths,  17;  families,  50. 

Zion  Church,  J^ew  York;  Rev.  Ralph  Williston,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  adults  3,  children  Q2 — 65 ;  marriages,  69 ;  communi- 
cants, 105;  burials,  adults  11,  children  20 — 31. 

Trinity  Church,  Utica ;  Rev.  Amos  G.  Baldwin,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  adults  3,  children  25 — 28 ;  marriages,  5 ;  communi- 
cants, 34 ;  funerals,  12. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Paris  ;  Rev.  Amos  G.  Baldwin,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  adults  9,  children  20 — 29 ;  communicants,  83. 

The  church  in  Fairfield,  Herkimer  county,  I  relinquished  in 
May  last,  in  consequence  of  an  arrangement  having  been  made 
for  the  settlement  of  a  clergyman  in  that  place,  who  should  be 
the  principal  of  the  Academy  established  there.  A  church  in 
Madison  county  I  relinquished  soon  after  our  last  annual  meeting. 
I  have  the  last  year  preached  several  Sundays  in  Trenton,  about 
ten  miles  north  of  Utica ;  and  in  the  evening  of  those  Sundays 
when  I  have  preached  in  the  last  mentioned  place  (which  since 
Easter  has  been  two-thirds  of  the  time)  I  have  preached  at  a  glass- 
works, five  miles  from  Utica.  AMOS  G.  BALDWIN. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Ballston  Spa,  and  St.  James'  Church, 
Milton  ;  Rev.  Joseph  Perry,  Rector. — Baptisms,  40 ;  marriages, 
8 ;  increase  of  communicants,  2 ;  funerals,  including  those  of  last 
year,  34. 

Grace  Church,  Jamaica ;  Rev.  Gilbert  H.  Sayres,  officiating 
Minister. — Baptisms,  7 ;  marriages,  5 ;  communicants,  about  34 ; 
funerals,  5. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island  ;  Rev.  David  Moore,  offi- 
ciating Minister. — Families,  312;  marriages,  32 ;  baptisms,  112; 
communicants,  251 ;  funerals,  66. 

Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie  ;  Rev.  John  Reed,  Rector. — Bap- 
tisms, 30 ;  marriages,  11 ;  communicants,  80 ;  families,  about  90. 

St.  George's  Church,  JYew  York  ;  Rev.  John  Kewley,  Rector. 
— Baptisms,  adults  13,  children  57 — 70  ;  marriages,  20 ;  com- 
municants, 165  ;  funerals  uncertain,  not  more  than  10. 


1813.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  265 

St.  Michael's  Church,  Bloomingdale  ;  Rev.  Samuel  F.  Jarvis, 
officiating  Minister. — Baptisms,  adult  1,  chikken  4 — 5 ;  mar- 
riages, 2  ',  commimicants  in  winter,  36,  in  summer,  57 ;  bmials,  3. 

St.  James'  Church,  Hyde  Park;  Rev.  John  M'Vickar,  offi- 
ciating Minister.* — Baptisms,  7  ;  communicants,  25 ;  burials,  2. 


The  Clergy  were  called  on  for  an  account  of  the  collections 
made  in  their  respective  congregations  for  the  Episcopal  and  Mis- 
sionary Funds,  which  account  was  accordingly  rendered. 

The  Bishop  and  the  Committee  appointed  at  the  last  annual 
Convention,  on  the  subject  of  the  increase  of  the  Missionary  Fund, 
made  a  report,  recommending  to  the  Convention  the  adoption  of 
a  canon.     The  canon  was  read,  and  adopted. 

A  memorial  was  presented  by  Peter  Williams  (a  coloured 
man),  respecting  the  necessity  of  the  coloured  people  of  the  Epis- 
copal Church  in  this  city  having  the  privilege  of  separating  them- 
selves into  a  distinct  congregation,  and  of  having  one  of  their 
own  colour,  to  officiate  among  them,  in  Holy  Orders,  which  was 
read. 

Whereupon, 

Resolved,  That  he  have  leave  to  withdraw  his  memorial,  and 
that  it  be  recommended  to  him  to  submit  his  application  to  the 
Right  Rev.  the  Bishop,  and  the  Standing  Committee  of  the 
Church,  agreeably  to  the  course  prescribed  by  the  Canons. 

The  following  persons  were  chosen,  by  ballot,  Deputies  to  the 
General  Convention : 

Rev.  Dr.  Wilkins,  Rev.  Dr.  How,  Rev.  Mr.  Cooper,  Rev.  Mr- 
Kewley ;  Hon.  Rufus  King,  Hon.  P.  S.  Van  Rensselaer,  Dr.  John 
Onderdonk,  Mr.  William  Ogden. 

The  following  persons  were  chosen,  by  ballot.  Members  of  the 
Standing  Committee : 

Rev.  Dr.  Bowden,  Rev.  Dr.  Harris,  Rev.  Dr.  Bowen,  Rev.  Mr. 
Lyell;  Richard  Harison,  Esq.,  Gen.  M.  Clarkson,  Dr.  John 
Onderdonk,  Mr.  William  Ogden. 

The  following  persons  were  chosen,  by  ballot.  Members  of  the 
Committee  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  for  Propagating 

*  This  report  was  transmitted,  Mr.  M'Vickar  being  absent. 


266  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS,  ETC.       [1813. 

the  Gospel  in  the  State  of  New  York,  the  Bishop  being  a  mem- 
ber ex-officio : 

Rev.  Dr.  Bowden,  Rev.  Dr.  Bowen,  Rev.  Dr.  Moore ;  Mr.  G. 
H.  Van  Wagenen,  Mr.  David  M.  Clarkson,  Dr.  John  Onderdonk. 

The  following  report  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  Convention, 
stating  the  amount  of  the  Episcopal  Fund,*  was  read : 

"  The  Treasurer  reports  to  this  Convention,  that  he  has  at  present  out  at 
interest,  belonging  to  the  Episcopal  Fund,  the  sum  of  nine  thousand  nine  hun- 
dred and  forty-one  dollars  and  seventy-eight  cents ;  and  has  now  in  his  hands, 
ready  to  put  out,  five  hundred  and  tifty-eight  dollars  and  seventeen  cents; 
making  together  ten  thousand  four  hundred  and  ninety-nine  dollars  and  ninety- 
five  cents.  «  GERRIT  H.  VAN  WAGENEN, 

"  Treasurer  to  the  Convention." 

The  thanks  of  the  Convention  were  returned  to  the  Treasurer 
for  the  faithful  discharge  of  the  duties  of  his  office. 

Mr.  Gerrit  H.  Van  Wagenen  was  re-elected,  by  ballot,  the 
Treasurer  of  the  Convention. 

The  Convention  adjourned. 

JOHN  HENRY  HOBART,  D.  D., 

Aasistant  Bishop  of  the  Prot.  Epi»e.  Church,  in  the  Stale  of  New  York. 

THOMAS  LYELL,  Secretary  of  the  Convention. 


CANON 

For  the  Increase  of  the  Missionary  Fund: 
Adopted  in  this  Convention,  1813. 

in  order  to  increase  the  fund  to  be  appropriated  by  the  "Com- 
mittee for  Propagating  the  Gospel"  for  the  support  of  Mission- 
aries, a  sermon  shall  be  preached,  and  a  collection  made,  on  the 
evening  of  the  day  appointed  for  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Con- 
vention :  the  preacher  and  the  place  of  Divine  service  to  be 
appointed  by  the  Bishop ;  who  shall  adopt  such  previous  measures 
as  he  may  judge  expedient  for  exciting  the  attention  of  the 
Episcopal  congregations  to  the  importance  of  liberally  contribut- 
ing to  the  support  of  Missionaries.  It  is  also  hereby  ordered, 
that  the  usual  missionary  sermon  and  collection,  required  by  the 
canon,  shall  take  place  in  the  congregations  in  the  city  of  New 
York,  on  the  first  Sunday  after  the  Epiphany ;  and  the  sermon 
and  collections  in  the  congregations  without  the  city  of  New 
York,  in  the  month  of  September,  as  prescribed  by  the  canon. 

*  The  Episcopal  Fund,  which  is  formed  of  the  annual  collections  for  the  purpose 
m  the  congregations,  is  to  be  permitted  to  accumulate,  without  diminution,  until 
the  annual  profits  of  the  Fund  become  adequate  to  the  support  of  a  Bishop. 


TWENTY-NINTH   CONVENTION. 


JOUHNAI. 

OF   THE 

PROCEEDINGS 

OF  THE 

ANNUAL   CONVENTION 

OF 

THE  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH, 

IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK  ; 

HELD    IN    TRINITY   CHURCH,    NEW    YORK, 

October  4th,  and  5th,  A.  D.  18H. 


Hist  of  tlje  ©lerjjs  anO  Slaj  jEcUflates 

WHO  ATTENDED  THE  CONVENTION. 
CLERGY. 

The  Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.  D.,  Assistant  Bishop 
of  the  Protesta^nt  Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State  of  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
Rochelle. 

The  Rev.  Virgil  H.  Barber,  Principal  of  the  Academy,  and 
Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  Fairfield,  Herkimer  county. 

The  Rev.  William  Berrian,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Nathanael  Bowen,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  Grace  Church, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  John  Brown,  Deacon,  Trinity  Church,  Fishkill. 

The  Rev.  John  Brady,  Assistant  Minister  of  St.  George's 
Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  David  Butler,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy. 

The  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church, 
Flushing,  Long  Island. 

The  Rev.  Orin  Clark,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Geneva, 
Ontario  county. 


268  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1814. 

The  Rev.  Timothy  Clovi^es,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 
Albany. 

The  Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Yon- 
kers. 

The  Rev.  Henry  J.  Feltus,  Rector  of  St.  Stephen's  Church, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller,  Missionary,  Albany  and  Greene 
counties. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  John  M'Vickar,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church,  Hyde 
Park. 

The  Rev.  William  Harris,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's  Church, 
Bowery,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Hemp- 
stead, Long  Island. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Haskell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Rye. 

The  Rev.  John  P.  K.  Henshaw,  Deacon,  St.  Ann's  Church, 
Brooklyn. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Y.  How,  D.  D.,  an  Assistant  Minister  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  David  Huntington,  Deacon,  St.  Paul's  Church, 
Charlton. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  F.  Jarvis,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church,  Ha- 
milton Square,  and  St.  Michael's  Church,  Bloomingdale. 

The  Rev.  Evan  Malbone  Johnson,  Deacon,  St.  James'  Church, 
Newtown,  Long  Island. 

The  Rev.  John  Kewley,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  New 
York. 

The  Rev.  Daniel  Nash,  Rector  of  the  churches  in  Otsego 
county. 

The  Rev.  Benjamin  T.  Onderdonk,  Deacon,  an  Assistant  Min- 
ister of  Trinity  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Athens, 
and  St.  Luke's  Church,  Cattskill. 

The  Rev.  John  Reed,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie. 

The  Rev.  Cyrus  Stebbins,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church, 
Schenectady. 

The  Rev.  James  Thompson,  Missionary,  Green  and  Delaware 
counties. 

The  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 
West  Chester,  and  St.  Paul's  Church,  East  Chester. 

The  Rev.  Ralph  Williston,  Rector  of  Zion  Church,  New 
York. 

The  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Moore,  of  the  Diocese  of  Virginia,  was 
admitted  to  a  seat  in  the  Convention. 


1814.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  269 

The  following  Clergy,  not  regularly  entitled  to  seats,  were 
admitted  to  the  sittings  of  the  Convention  : 

The  Rev.  David  Moore,  officiating  at  St.  Andrew's  Church, 
Staten  Island. 

The  Rev.  William  Smith,  D.  D.,  of  the  Church  in  Connecticut. 

The  Rev.  John  Croes,  of  the  Church  in  New  Jersey. 

The  Rev.  WilUam  Creighton,  of  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Gilbert  H.  Sayres,  officiating  in  Grace  Church,  Ja- 
maica, Long  Island. 

The  Rev.  Henry  Moscrop,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  George  Boyd,  Deacon. 

The  Rev.  Charles  Seabury,  Caroline  Church,  Brookhaven, 
Long  Island. 

The  Rev.  Eli  Wheeler,  North  Hempstead,  Long  Island. 


LAY    DELEGATES. 

Caroline  Church,  Brookhaven,  Richard  Smith. 

Christ  Church,  New  York,  George  Dominick,  Edward  Hitch 
cock,  T.  S.  Townsend,  Israel  Horsefield. 

Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie,  Henry  Davis. 

Christ  Church,  Rye  and  White  Plains,  John  P.  Delancey. 

Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York,  John  Pintard. 

Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  John  Skidmore. 

Grace  Church,  New  York,  Archibald  Bruce,  John  Slidell. 

Grace  Church,  Waterford,  John  Vibbard,  Henry  Fanning. 

Harmony  Church,  Butternutts,  John  C.  Morris. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island,  George  Barnes,  James 
Guion,  Joseph  Bedell. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Orange  county,  Thomas  Colden. 

St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn,  William  Grigg,  John  Cornell, 
James  B.  Clarke. 

St.  George's  Church,  Flushing,  James  Bloodgood. 

St.  George's  Church,  New  York,  Gerrit  H.  Van  Wagenen 
Harry  Peters,  Isaac  Carow. 

St.  James'  Church,  Hamilton  Square,  New  York,  Peter  Scher- 
merhorn. 

St.  James'  Church,  Hyde  Park,  Samuel  Bard,  John  Johnston. 

St.  James'  Church,  Newtown,  John  Ebbitts,  John  Alsop. 

St.  James'  Church,  North  Salem, Jarvis. 

St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers,  Benjamin  Fowler. 

St.  Mark's  Church,  Bowery,  William  Ogden,  Edward  Lyde. 

St.  Michael's  Church,  Bloomingdale,  Valentine  Nutter,  Isaac 
Jones. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  Stephen  Warren. 


270  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1814. 

St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany,  James  Daniel. 

St.  Stephen's  Church,  New  York,  John  Drake. 

Trinity  Church,  Fairfield,  Andrew  Bartow. 

Trinity  Church,  Fishkill,  Greenleaf  Street,  Sylvanus  Pine, 
James  Wood. 

Trinity  Church,  New  York,  Richard  Harison,  David  M.  Clark- 
son,  Robert  Troup,  Thomas  L.  Ogden. 

Zion  Church,  New  York,  Lazarus  Beach. 


New  York,  October  4th,  1814. 

This  being  the  day  appointed  for  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
Convention  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State  of 
New  York,  and  the  city  of  New  York  having  been  appointed  by 
the  Bishop  as  the  place  of  meeting,  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop 
Hobart,  and  several  of  the  Clergy  and  Lay  Delegates,  attended, 
at  10  o'clock  A.  M.,  in  Trinity  Church. 

Divine  service  was  performed  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Nash,  Rector 
of  the  churches  in  Otsego  county ;  and  a  sermon,  suitable  to  the 
occasion,  preached  by  the  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss,  Rector  of  Trinity 
Church,  Athens,  and  St.  Luke's  Church,  Cattskill ;  after  which 
George  Boyd  was  admitted  by  the  Bishop  to  the  order  of  Deacons. 

Divine  service  being  ended,  the  Convention  assembled,  and  a 
list  of  the  clergy  being  called  over,  agreeably  to  the  second  canon 
of  1803,  the  following  Clergy  answered  to  their  names : 

The  Rev.  Virgil  H.  Barber,  Principal  of  the  Academy,  and 
Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  Fairfield,  Herkimer  county ;  Rev. 
William  Berrian,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
York ;  Rev.  John  Brown,  Deacon,  Trinity  Church,  Fishkill ; 
Rev.  Nathanael  Bowen,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  New 
York ;  Rev.  John  Brady,  Assistant  Minister  of  St.  George's 
Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  David  Butler,  Rector  of  St  Paul's 
Church,  Troy ;  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rector  of  St.  George's 
Church,  Flushing ;  Rev.  Orin  Clark,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church, 
Geneva,  Ontario  county ;  Rev.  Timothy  Clowes,  Rector  of  St. 
Peter's  Church,  Albany ;  Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  Rector  of  St.  John's 
Church,  Yonkers ;  Rev.  Henry  J.  Feltus,  Rector  of  St.  Stephen's 
Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  William  Harris,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St. 
Mark's  Church,  Bowery,  New  York ,  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector  of 
St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead ;  Rev.  Samuel  Haskell,  Rector 
of  Christ  Church,  Rye ;  Rev.  John  P.  K.  Henshaw,  Deacon,  St 
Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn  j   Rev.  Thomas  Y.  How,  D.  D.,  an 


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Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  David 
Huntington,  Deacon,  St.  Paul's  Church,  Charlton ;  Rev.  Samuel 
F.  Jarvis,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church,  Hamilton  Square,  and  St. 
Michael's  Church,  Bloomingdale ;  Rev.  Evan  Malbone  Johnson, 
Deacon,  St.  James'  Church,  Newtown ;  Rev.  Daniel  Nash,  Rec- 
tor of  the  churches  in  Otsego  county ;  Rev.  Benjamin  T.  Onder- 
donk.  Deacon,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
York ;  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Athens, 
and  St.  Luke's  Church,  Cattskill ;  Rev.  John  Reed,  Rector  of 
Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie ;  Rev.  Cyrus  Stebbins,  Rector  of 
St.  George's  Church,  Schenectady ;  Rev.  James  Thompson,  Mis- 
sionary, Green  and  Delaware  counties ;  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins, 
D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  West  Chester,  and  St.  Paul's 
Church,  East  Chester ;  Rev.  Ralph  Williston,  Rector  of  Zion 
Church,  New  York. 

The  following  Clergy,  entitled  to  seats  in  the  Convention,  were 
absent : 

The  Rev.  Amos  G.  Baldwin,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Utica ; 
Rev.  Joseph  Perry,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church,  Milton ;  Rev. 
William  B.  Lacey,  Missionary ;  Rev.  Adam  Empie,  West  Point ; 
Rev.  William  A.  Clark,  Missionary ;  Rev.  Mr.  Welton,  Mis- 
sionary, Ontario  county ;  Rev.  Dr.  Bowden,  Professor  of  Moral 
Philosophy,  &c.,  in  Columbia  College. 

The  Lay  Delegates  exhibited  certificates  of  their  appointment, 
and  the  following  Delegates  took  their  seats : 

From  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island,  George  Barnes, 
James  Guion,  Joseph  Bedell ;  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Orange 
county,  Thomas  Colden ;  St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn,  William 
Grigg,  John  Cornell,  J.  B.  Clarke  ;  Christ  Church,  Poughkeep- 
sie,  Henry  Davis ;  Christ  Church,  New  York,  George  Dominick, 
Edward  Hitchcock,  T.  S.  Townsend,  Israel  Horsefield ;  Du  St. 
Esprit,  New  York,  John  Pintard ;  St.  James'  Church,  Hamilton 
Square,  Peter  Schermerhorn ;  St.  James'  Church,  North  Salem, 

Jarvis ;  Grace  Church,  New  York,  Archibald  Bruce,  John 

Slidell ;  Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  John  Skidmore ;  Grace  Church, 
Waterford,  John  Vibbard,  Henry  Fanning ;  St.  John's  Church, 
Yonkers,  Benjamin  Fowler;  St.  George's  Church,  New  York, 
Gerrit  H.  Van  Wagenen,  Harry  Peters,  Isaac  Carow ;  St.  James' 
Church,  Newtown,  John  Ebbitts,  John  Alsop ;  St.  James'  Church, 
Hyde  Park,  Samuel  Bard,  John  Johnston ;  St.  Mark's  Church, 
Bowery,  New  York,  WiUiam  Ogden,  Edward  Lyde ;  St.  Stephen's 
Church,  New  York,  John  Drake ;  Harmony  Church,  Buttemutts, 
John  C.  Morris  J  St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany,  James  Daniel  j 


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Trinity  Church,  New  York,  Richard  Harison,  David  M.  Clark- 
son,  Robert  Troup,  Thomas  L.  Ogden;  Trinity  Church.  Fishkill, 
Greenleaf  Street,  Sylvanus  Pine,  James  Wood  ;  Caroline  Church, 
Brookhaven,  Richard  Smith ;  Zion  Church,  New  York,  Lazarus 
Beach. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell  was  elected  Secretar}-  of  the  Conven- 
tion. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Moore,  of  the  Diocese 
of  Virginia,  be  invited  to  a  seat  in  this  Convention. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  the  ministers  of  this  Church,  not  regularly 
entitled  to  seats,  be  admitted  to  the  sittings  of  the  Convention. 

On  motion, 

Resolved  unanimously,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Convention  be 
returned  to  the  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss  for  his  sermon  preached 
before  them  this  day,  and  that  he  be  requested  to  furnish  a  copy 
for  pubhcation. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Henshaw  obtained  leave  of  absence. 

The  Convention  adjourned  until  10  o'clock  to-morrow  morn- 
ing. 

Wednesday  Morning,  October  5th,  1814. 

The  Convention  met,  and  Di^-ine  ser^nce  was  celebrated  by  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Butler,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy. 

Certificates  of  the  appointment  of  Lay  Delegates  from  St. 
Paul's  Church,  Troy ;  Parish  of  Rye  and  White  Plains ;  St, 
George's,  Flushing ;  Trinity-  Church,  Fairfield ;  and  St.  Michael's, 
Bloomingdale,  were  read  and  approved,  and  the  following  gentle- 
men took  tkeir  seats : 

From  St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  Stephen  Warren ;  from  the 
Parish  of  Rye  and  White  Plains,  John  P.  Delancey ;  from  St. 
George's,  Flushing,  James  Bloodgood ;  from  Trinity  Church, 
Fairfield,  Andrew  Bartow ;  and  from  St.  Michael's  Church, 
Bloomingdale,  Valentine  Nutter,  and  Isaac  Jones. 

The  Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
Rochelle,  appeared,  and  took  his  seat 


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The  Rev.  John  Kewley,  M.D.,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church, 
New  York,  appeared,  and  took  his  seat. 

Agreeabjy  to  the  resokition  passed  yesterday,  in  relation  to 
ministers  not  regularly  entitled  to  seats,  the  Rev.  David  Moore, 
officiating  at  St.  Andrew's  Church,' Staten  Island;  the  Rev.  John 
Croes,  of  the  Church  in  New  Jersey;  the  Rev.  Dr.  William 
Smith,  of  the  Church  in  Connecticut ;  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Creighton, 
of  New  York,  took  their  seats. 

Agreeably  to  the  45th  canon  of  the  General  Convention, "  pro- 
viding for  an  accurate  view  of  the  state  of  the  Church  from  time 
to  time,"  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Hobart  delivered  the  following 
address : 

MV  CLERICAL  AND  LAY  BRETHREN, 

In  calling  your  attention  to  the  aSaiis  of  this  Diocese,  since  the  last  meetinj 
of  the  Convention,  it  is  proper  thai  I  should  notice,  as  having  an  important 
relation  to  them,  the  late  meeting  of  the  General  Convention  of  our  Church. 
It  is  not  my  design  to  present  to  you  a  detail  of  their  proceedings;  which  will 
be  found  in  their  printed  journals.  The  view  of  the  state  of  the  Church  pre- 
sented to  the  House  of  Bishops  by  the  House  of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies, 
affords  cause  of  regret,  that  our  Church,  from  peculiar  circumstances,  is  greatly 
depressed  in  many  places  where,  in  former  days,  she  flourished ;  while  macv 
facts  are  stated  highly  flattering  and  encouraging,  as  it  respects  her  increasing 
prosperit}-  in  many  parts  of  the  Union,  and  her  ceyival  in  others. 

On  this  view  of  the  state  of  the  Church  was  founded  a  pastoral  letter  of  the 
House  of  Bishops ;  for  which,  as  well  as  the  letters  issued  at  preceding  meet- 
ings of  the  Convention,  that  House  is  indebted  to  its  venerable  presiding 
Bishop.  This  pastoral  letter  contains  such  spiritual  counsel  as  the  situation 
of  the  Church  seemed  to  require ;  and  will,  I  trust,  evidence  the  solicitude  of 
the  Bishops,  in  their  capacity  as  the  spiritual  guardians  of  the  Church,  to 
promote  the  diffusion  of  evangelical  piety,  as  professed  in  her  Articles  and 
LitiiTgy;  and,  at  the  same  time,  to  guard  against  all  methods  of  effecting  this 
desirable  end,  which  are  not  agreeable  to  the  spirit  of  her  apostolic  and  primi- 
tive institutions,  and  which  uniform  experience  proves  is  ultimately  injurious 
to  those  sacred  interests  which  it  is  the  professed  ciim  of  those  who  may  be 
inclined  to  these  irregularities  to  advance. 

While  a  review  of  this  instrument,  and  of  the  proceedings  of  the  late  Con- 
vention generally,  will  indicate  the  solicitude  of  that  body  for  the  revival  and 
prfservation  of  evangelical  doctruie  in  our  Church,  there  are  some  acts  which 
more  particularly  respect  the  correctness  of  her  discipline,  and  the  decency  of 
her  worship.  On  this  subject  there  has  long  appeared  in  many  congregations 
an  inconsistency  in  the  minister.^  and  people  sitting  during  the  acts  of  praise 
and  adoration  in  the  Psalms  in  metre,  while  in  the  Psalms  usually  styled  the 
reading  Psalms,  the  appropriate  and  comely  posture  of  standing  has  been 


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always  practised.  It  is  certainly  desirable  to  introduce  this  posture  in  both 
cases,  particularly  as  some  ministers  and  congregations  having  already  adopted 
it,  a  diversity  of  custom  prevails  destructive  of  that  uniformity  in  v\?orship 
which  is  one  of  the  beautiful  characteristics  of  our  Church.  On  this  subject 
there  is  a  recommendation  of  the  General  Convention,  in  regard  to  which  I 
have  delayed  taking  any  measures  until  I  had  this  opportunity  of  calling  the 
attention  of  my  brethren  of  the  Clergy  generally  to  it. 

It  is  proper  also  that  on  the  subject  of  the  proceedings  of  the  General  Con- 
vention I  should  remark,  that  the  opposition  from  the  deputation  of  the  Church 
in  New  York  to  the  establishment  of  a  general  Theological  Seminary,  by  an 
act  oftlmt  body,  did  not  arise  from  disaffection  to  a  measure  of  vital  importance 
to  the  Church,  but  from  an  opinion  that  the  same  object  could  be  accomplished 
on  the  most  correct  and  enlarged  principles  and  views,  by  private  concert  and 
co-operation  among  the  influential  friends  of  the  Church  in  various  parts  of 
the  Union,  without  encountering  many  difficulties  to  which  the  measure  would 
be  liable  if  taken  up  under  present  circumstances  by  the  General  Convention. 
At  the  next  meeting  of  that  body  they  will  doubtless  be  in  possession  of  such 
facts  as  will  enable  them  to  come  to  a  decision  on  this  important  subject. 

Another  event  which  took  place  at  the  last  General  Convention  it  is  proper 
I  should  notice,  the  consecration  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Richard  C.  Moore,  late  Rector 
of  St.  Stephen's  Church  in  this  city,  to  the  oflice  of  Bishop,  having  been  elected 
thereto  by  the  Convention  of  the  Church  in  Virginia;  in  consequence  of  which 
he  removes  from  this  Diocese.  And  I  received  great  pleasure  in  being  recently 
associated  with  him  and  the  venerable  Bishop  of  the  Church  in  Pennsylvania, 
in  consecrating  to  the  office  of  Bishop  the  Rev.  Dr.  Kemp,  of  Maryland,  to  act 
as  Suffragan  Bishop  of  the  Church  in  that  State,  to  which  he  had  been  elected 
by  the  Convention  thereof. 

The  Rev.  Bethel  Judd,  who  had  been  elected  Principal  of  the  Academy  at 
Fairfield,  Herkimer  county,  has  returned  to  the  Diocese  of  Connecticut ;  and 
the  Rev.  William  E.  Wyatt  has  removed  from  St.  James'  Church,  Newtown, 
to  St.  Paul's  Parish,  Baltimore.  . 

Since  the  last  Convention  the  Rev.  Virgil  H.  Barber  has  removed  from  the 
Diocese  of  Connecticut  to  the  charge  of  the  Academy  and  the  Church  in  Fair- 
field, Herkimer  county;  the  Rev.  Daniel  M'Donald,  from  the  same  Diocese,  to 
St.  Peter's  Church,  Auburn ;  the  Rev.  Russel  Wheeler,  from  the  same  Dio- 
cese, to  Unadilla,  Otsego  county,  where,  and  in  the  neighbouring  country,  he 
acts  as  a  Missionary ;  the  Rev.  Charles  Seabury,  from  the  same  Diocese,  to 
Caroline  Church,  Brookhaven;  the  Rev.  Parker  Adams,  from  Vermont,  to 
Trinity  Church,  Lansingburgh,  and  Grace  Church,  Waterford ;  the  Rev.  John 
p.  K.  Henshaw,  Deacon,  from  Massachusetts,  to  St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn ; 
the  Rev.  Adam  Empie,  from  North  Carolina,  to  West  Point ;  and  the  Rev. 
Evan  Malbone  Johnson,  Deacon,  from  the  Diocese  of  Connecticut,  who  ofii- 
ciated  for  some  time  in  Grace  Church,  New  York,  has  lately  removed  to  St. 
James'  Church,  Newtown.  The  Rev.  John  M'Vickar  has  been  instituted  to 
the  Rectorship  of  St.  Jamea'  Church,  Hyde  Park ;  the  Rev.  Henry  J.  Feltus, 


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to  the  Rectorship  of  St.  Stephen's  Church,  New  York;  and  the  Rev.  Samuel 
F.  Jarvis,  to  the  Rectorship  of  St.  James'  Church,  Hamilton  Square;  the  Rev 
Benjamin  T.  Onderdonk,  Deacon,  has  been  elected  an  Assistant  Minister  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York.  During  the  same  period,  William  B.  Lacey,  Harry 
Croswell,  John  Brown,  William  Creighton, George  Boyd,  of  this  Diocese;  and 
Alpheus  Geer,  Eli  Wheeler,  Alanson  W.  Welton,  of  the  Diocese  of  Connecti- 
cut, have  been  admitted  to  the  holy  order  of  Deacons.  The  two  last  named 
gentlemen  immediately  removed  into  this  Diocese ;  the  former  to  North  Hemp- 
stead, and  the  latter  to  the  Western  Disti-ict,  where  he  acts  as  a  Missionary; 
and  William  Creighton  officiates  as  an  Assistant  in  Grace  Church. 

Timothy  Clowes  and  James  Thompson,  Deacons,  have  been  admitted  to  the 
holy  order  of  Priests;  and  the  former  clergyman  has  been  instituted  to  the 
Rectorship  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany. 

At  the  request  of  the  Standing  Committee  of  New  Jersey,  I  visited  the 
church  at  Perth  Amboy,  and  admitted  George  Morehouse  to  the  order  of 
Deacons. 

There  are  at  present  fourteen  candidates  for  Holy  Orders  in  this  Diocese. 

My  attendance  at  the  General  Convention,  and  at  the  subsequent  consecra- 
tion of  Bishop  Kemp,  has  prevented  me  from  extending  my  visits  through  the 
Diocese  during  the  last  season,  as  far  as  I  had  proposed. 

The  holy  rite  of  Confirmation  was  administered,  however,  during  the  last 
winter,  in  St.  Stephen's  Church,  New  York;  Caroline  Church,  Setauket;  St. 
John's  Church,  Islip;  St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead;  and  Christ  Church, 
North  Hempstead ;  and,  in  the  course  of  the  spring  and  summer,  at  St.  Ann's 
Church,  Brooklyn;  St.  Mark's  Church,  in  the  Bowery;  Grace  Church, 
Jamaica;  St.  Peter's  Church,  West  Chester;  St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers; 
St  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island ;  St.  James'  Church,  Hyde  Park ;  St. 
Matthew's  Church,  Unadilla;  Trinity  Church,  Athens;  St.  Michael's  Church, 
Bloomingdale ;  St.  James'  Church,  Hamilton  Square.  At  these  administra- 
tions above  800  persons  received  Confirmation. 

I  derived  high  gratification,  particularly  on  some  of  these  occasions,  from 
perceiving  the  great  advantages  of  this  apostolic  rite,  considered  even  in  the 
more  subordinate  view  of  affording  the  minister  of  every  congregation  a  most 
favourable  opportunity-,  which  fidelity  to  his  charge  calls  on  him  to  embrace, 
of  impressing  upon  his  people  generally,  and  especially  upon  the  young,  the 
concerns  of  their  salvation,  and  the  obligations  and  privileges  of  that  holy 
covenant  into  w^hich  they  were  admitted  by  Baptism.  In  St.  Andrew's  Church, 
Staten  Island,  140  persons  received  Confirmation.  In  St.  John's  Church, 
Yonkers,  I  beheld  the  interesting  spectacle  of  near  80  young  people,  appa- 
rently between  the  ages  of  14  and  20,  coming  forward  to  renew  their  baptismal 
vows,  and  to  devote  themselves  to  their  God  and  Saviour ;  and  I  perceived  in 
their  attendance,  and  in  the  devotion  and  seriousness  which  they  manifested, 
the  blessijig  which  had  followed  the  labours  of  their  respectable  Rector,  who, 
for  several  weeks  previous  to  the  administration  of  this  rite,  had  been  occupied 
in  visiting  every  family  of  an  extensive  parish,  with  the  view  of  addressing 

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them  on  the  nature  and  obligation  of  this  sacred  ordinance,  and  of  preparing 
them  for  it.  The  congregation  of  St.  James',  Hyde  Park,  which  originally 
consisted  of  a  few  .select  families,  has  been  greatly  increased  in  number,  by 
the  assiduous  labours  of  its  rector,  who  has  been  particularly  attentive  to 
catechetical  instruction,  not  merely  in  the  Church,  but  in  his  parochial  visits 
to  the  families  and  the  schools  in  his  parish.  The  same  methods  I  am  con- 
fident have  been  pursued  in  other  instances,  which  could  be  enumerated ;  and 
they  are  an  evidence  of  the  blessing  which  will  attend  the  regular  and  faithful 
labours  of  a  minister. 

I  have  consecrated  St.  Matthew's  Church,  Unadilla,  and  Trinity  Church, 
Athens.  The  former  place,  pleasantly  situated  on  the  banks  of  the  Susque- 
hanna,  but  little  more  than  20  years  since  was  a  wilderness.  The  building 
erected  for  worship  is  neat  and  commodious ;  and  there  is  now  every  appear- 
ance of  a  flourishing  congregation.  Under  God,  this  flattering  prospect  is 
owing  to  a  few  individuals,  who,  though  from  the  scarcity  of  clergymen  of 
our  Church,  they  but  rarely  enjoyed  her  ministrations,  persevered  in  their 
attachment  to  her,  and  in  their  exertions,  finally  successful,  for  her  establish- 
mei^t  among  them. 

The  church  at  Athens,  particularly  in  its  interior,  is  finished  in  a  style  of 
great  neatness,  convenience,  and  elegance ;  and  is  exceedingly  well  adapted 
ior  the  impressive  performance  of  the  various  offices  appropriate  to  the  read- 
ing-desk, the  pulpit,  and  the  chancel.  A  new  church  at  Manlius  Square, 
Onondaga  county,  is  in  readiness  for  consecration  ;  one  at  Rensselaerville  in  a 
considerable  state  of  forwardness;  and  one  is  erecting  principally,  I  am  inform- 
ed, at  the  expense  of  a  very  few  individuals,  in  a  recently  organized  congrega- 
tion, at  New  Berlin,  Chenango  county.  A  congregation  has  been  lately  incor- 
porated at  Oxford,  in  the  same  county ;  and  in  other  places  there  is  a  prospect 
of  our  Church  being  established. 

In  the  discharge  of  their  arduous  duties,  the  missionaries,  I  have  every  reason 
to  believe,  from  their  official  communications  to  me,  and  from  my  own  observ- 
ation, are  exceedingly  zealous  and  faithful ;  and  they  enjoy  the  gratification  of 
witnessing  the  success  of  their  labours  in  the  increasing  attachment  to  the 
Church,  of  the  people  among  whom  they  minister,  and  in  the  revival  of  the 
spirit  of  piety.  Too  much  value  cannot  be  placed  on  missionary  services ; 
and  there  is  no  object  of  more  importance  to  the  general  interests  of  religion, 
and  to  the  prosperity  of  our  Church,  and  no  duty  more  strongly  demanded  by 
the  spirit  and  the  precepts  of  the  Gospel,  than  the  encouragement  of  missionary 
labours.  We  have  still  to  lament  that  the  Missionary  Fund  is  not  adequate 
to  the  employment  of  a  sufficient  number  of  missionaries,  or  to  the  adequate 
remuneration  of  those  whose  services  are  exerted  with  so  much  zeal  and  so 
many  sacrifices.  I  must,  therefore,  continue  to  impress  upon  the  Clergy,  the 
duty  of  attending  to  the  annual  collections  for  missionary  purposes,  prescribed 
by  the  canon,  and  of  endeavouring  to  call  forth,  on  these  occasions,  the  libe- 
rality of  their  congregations.  Several  clergymen,  settled  in  stated  parishes, 
have,  as  opportunity  offered,  performed  the  duties  of  missionaries,  by  organiz- 


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ing  and  visiting  new  congregations ;  and  among  them  none  have  been  more 
successful  than  the  Rev.  Daniel  Nash,  of  Otsego  county. 

But,  my  Clerical  and  Lay  Brethren,  I  should  enjoy  little  satisfaction  in  con- 
gratulating you  on  the  increasing  attachment  to  the  distinctive  principles  of  our 
Church,  and  veneration  for  her  institutions,  if  I  could  not  also  congratulate 
you  on  the  increase  of  that  evangelical  piety  which  these  principles  and  insti- 
tutions, when  faithfully  observed  and  practised,  are  calculated  to  produce. 
He  indeed  must  entertain  very  inferior  and  erroneous  notions  of  the  nature  and 
design  of  the  ordinances  of  the  Church,  and  of  the  high  objects  of  the  ministe- 
rial calling,  who  does  not  extend  their  influence  to  the  excitement  and  pre- 
servation of  the  power  of  godliness;  of  that  vital  and  productive  faith  which, 
through  the  agency  of  the  divine  Spirit,  renewing  the  soul,  and  conforming 
the  life  to  the  holy  standard  of  Christian  morals,  can  alone  authorize  the 
elevated  hope,  that  we  are  the  subjects  of  God's  favour,  and  in  a  state  of  pre- 
paration for  His  kingdom  of  glory. 

That  your  ministi-ations,  my  Clerical  Brethren,  may  produce  these  exalted 
effects  in  the  present  holiness  and  eternal  salvation  of  the  people  committed  to 
your  charge,  is,  I  am  confident,  the  subject  of  your  earnest  solicitude  and  con- 
stant prayers.  To  endeavour  to  produce  these  effects  by  any  other  means 
than  those  which  our  Church  authorizes,  and  which  the  piety  and  wisdom  of 
ages  have  sanctioned,  would  be  a  departure  from  the  most  solemn  obligations 
of  duty,  and  would  not  ultimately  produce  that  fervent,  and,  at  the  same  time, 
that  humble,  that  unassuming,  that  con.sistent,  that  pennanent  piety,  equally 
remote  from  the  extremes  of  lukewarmness  and  enthusiasm,  which  alone  the 
real  friend  to  our  Church,  and  to  the  substantial  interests  of  religion,  would 
wish  to  see  prevail. 

It  is  cause  both  of  gratitude  and  of  boast,  that  what  are  considered  by  some 
tiie  dull  round  of  Church  observances,  in  the  hands  of  a  faithful  and  zealous 
minister,  prove,  by  the  blessing  of  God,  effectual  in  converting  sinners,  and  in 
establishing  believers  in  the  holy  faith  of  the  Gospel.  I  could  point  to  districts 
in  which,  since  the  period  of  little  more  than  twenty  years,  the  praises  of 
those  who  have  experienced  the  power  and  the  consolations  of  redeeming 
mercy,  have  cheered  the  wilderness  and  the  solitary  place.  I  could  point  there 
to  many  whom  the  truth,  as  it  is  in  Jesus,  has  made  free  from  the  bondage  of 
sin,  and  His  grace  adorned  with  the  Christian  virtues.  And  these  blessed 
effects  have  been  produced  by  the  regular  and  faithful  use  of  the  forms  of  our 
Church,  (God  by  His  Spirit  accompanying  them,)  and  of  these  forms  only.  I 
have  seen  the  minister  of  our  Church,  faithful  to  those  vows  which  he  made 
at  her  altar,  when  he  devoted  himself  to  the  service  of  his  divine  Master,  with 
holy  ardour  offering  the  prescribed  service  of  the  sanctuary ;  and  in  the  family, 
and  the  private  circle,  animating  and  exalting  their  devotions  by  the  fervent 
language  of  the  Liturgy.  I  have  seen  him  training  up  the  lambs  of  his  fold, 
by  instructing  them  in  the  simple  and  evangelical  formularies  which  the 
Church  has  provided.  I  have  seen  him  teaching  from  house  to  house ;  and 
exhorting  his  people  to  maintain  communion  with  God,  not  only  in  his  public 


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orimances,  but  in  the  exercises  of  pious  reading  and  meditation,  and  of  secret 
and  constant  prayer.  To  these  important  parochial  labours  I  have  seen  him 
add  fidelity,  affection,  and  fervour  in  preaching  the  sacred  word.  In  times  of 
more  than  usual  seriousness,  and  more  than  common  attention  to  Divine  things, 
he  has  increased  his  attention  to  these  private  and  public  meauis  of  giace. 
And  they  have  been  blessed  in  the  revival  of  a  spirit  of  piety,  congenial  with 
the  scriptural  and  apostolic  doctrines  and  ordinances  of  the  Church,  and  which, 
therefore,  we  may  trust  would  not  have  disgraced  her  purest  days. 

My  Reverend  Brethren,  such  means  of  grace,  and  such  only  do  I  exhort 
you,  and  pray  that  I  may  not  be  unmindful  of  the  force  of  the  exhortation  as  it 
respects  myself,  to  continue  with  diligence  and  fidelity  to  employ.  And  these 
means,  my  Brethren  of  the  Laity,  it  is  my  duty  to  impress  upon  you,  if  they 
do  not  prove  to  you  the  "savour  of  life,"  will  certainly  prove  to  you,  in  the 
strong  language  of  an  inspired  apostle,  "  the  savour  of  death."  May  we  all 
then,  Clergy  and  Laity,  in  our  respective  stations,  so  adorn  the  doctrine  of 
God  our  Saviour  in  all  things,  that  we  may  bring  honour  to  His  name  and  to 
His  holy  Church,  and  finally  save  our  own  souls. 

JOHN  HENRY  HOBART. 
New  York,  October  5,  1814. 

The  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Hobart,  from  the  Committee  for  Pro- 
pagating the  Gospel  in  the  State  of  New  York,  reported, 

That  the  following  missionaries  are  at  present  employed  in 
this  Diocese : — The  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller,  in  Albany  and  Greene 
counties  ;  the  Rev.  AYilliam  A.  Clark,  Onondaga  county,  and 
parts  adjacent ;  the  Rev.  James  Thompson,  principally  in  Greene 
and  Delaware  counties ;  the  Rev.  Wilhaiu  B.  Lacey,  principally 
in  Chenango  and  Broome  counties ;  the  Rev.  Russel  WTieeler, 
Unadilla,  and  parts  adjacent ;  the  Rev.  Alanson  W.  Welton, 
principally  in  Ontario  count)-. 

There  can  be  no  doubt  that  the  services  of  the  missionaries 
have  been  faithful,  and,  by  the  blessing  of  God,  eminently  useful. 
Their  number  is  not  adequate  to  the  wants  of  the  congregations, 
and  of  the  Episcopalians  scattered  throughout  various  parts  of  the 
State.  These  look  for  those  ministrations  of  our  Chmxh,  which 
from  education  and  from  principle  they  revere,  almost  solely,  to 
the  missionaries  whom  the  benevolence  of  their  more  wealthy 
brethren  sends  among  them. 


The  Bishop  stated  to  the  Convention  the  substance  of  the  re- 
port of  the  missionaries  made  to  him  as  follows  : 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller,  for  the  year  past,  has  divided  his 
time  as  usual  betwixt  Rensselaerville  and  Durham ;  except  two 
Sundays  at  Stamford,  two  at  |\Vindham,  one  at  Greenville,  and 


1814.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE    OF    NEW   YORK.  279 

one  at  Athens  and  Cattskill,  by  exchange.  He  has  also  officiated, 
on  week  days,  besides,  at  Rensselaerville,  and  Durham,  at  Green- 
ville, and  Windham,  and  once  at  Lexington,  and  once  at  Catts- 
kill. 

Baptisms:  Rensselaerville,  children,  11;  Durham,  children,  8 ; 
Greenville,  adults  2,  children  3 — 5 ;  Stamford,  children,  4 ; — 28. 

The  foimdation-stone  of  the  church  in  Rensselaerville  was  laid 
August  1st ;  and  the  same  week  the  building,  which  is  of  wood, 
was  raised.  It  is  now  nearly  enclosed ;  and,  by  contract  is  to  be 
finished  in  about  one  year  from  this  time.  The  Holy  Communion 
of  the  Lord's  Supper  has  been  duly  administered  in  the  places 
where  he  has  officiated ;  and  the  worship  of  the  Church  has  been 
attended  with  order  and  propriety.  He  made  the  Missionary 
collection. 

The  Rev.  William  A.  Clark,  in  his  letter  to  the  Bishop,  re- 
ports, that  for  the  year  past  he  has  confined  his  labours,  as  he 
was  authorized,  principally  to  the  village  of  Manlius,  and  its 
vicinity,  and  that  the  growth  of  the  Church  in  this  place  has  ex- 
ceeded his  expectations. 

Christ  Church,  Manlius.  Communicants,  40  ;  baptisms,  in- 
fants 19,  adults  5 — 24;  deaths,  11;  marriages,  2. 

One  Sunday  he  has  performed  Divine  service  in  Auburn,  and 
once  by  exchange  in  Geneva.  In  different  parts  of  Pompey  on 
six  Sundays  he  has  given  a  third  ser\-ice,  after  performing  service 
morning  and  evening  in  the  village.  Twice  also  at  Jamesville, 
and  twice  in  Cazenovia,  and  once  in  Eagle  Village.  Also  at  the 
funerals  which  he  has  been  called  to  attend  he  has  most  commonly 
preached.  The  remainder  of  his  time  has  been  employed  \nth 
the  church  and  people  of  Manlius.  When  not  called  to  perform 
a  third  service,  he  has  almost  invariably,  on  Sundays,  catechised 
the  children. 

The  building,  which  was  begun  in  1813,  was  finished  early  in 
the  present  year,  and  now  only  waits  consecration. 

The  Rev.  James  Thompson,  in  his  letter  to  the  Bishop,  reports, 
that  he  has  performed  Divine  service  at  Stamford,  twenty  Sun- 
days, at  Windham  eleven  Sundays,  at  Greenville  ten  Sundays,  at 
Harpersfield  three  Sundays,  at  Unadilla  one  Sunday,  at  Chenango 
Point  one  Sunday,  at  Durham  one  Sunday,  one  Sunday  at  Una- 
dilla, at  the  consecration  of  the  church.  There  have  been  but 
two  Sundays  in  which  he  has  not  performed  Divine  service,  since 
he  retm-ned  home  in  October,  1813,  once  by  reason  of  sickness, 
and  once  by  reason  of  rain. 

Commuriicants :  Windham,  23 ;  Greenville,  26  ;  Stamford  and 
Harpersfield,  32;— 81. 


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Seven  communicants  have  been  added  at  Greenville,  five  at 
Stamford,  and  three  at  Windham,  the  year  past.  The  congrega- 
tion at  Greenville  is  the  remnant  of  Christ  Church,  Coxsackie. 
The  flock  has  been  scattered  for  want  of  a  pastor  to  feed  them. 
There  have  been  some  additions  to  this  congregation  the  year 
past,  and  an  increase  of  vital  piety ;  numbers  here  attended  wor- 
ship, who  were  before  unacquainted  Avith  the  service  of  the 
Church.  The  congregation  at  Harpersfield  is  not  yet  organized, 
but  probably  will  be  soon;  when  there  is  not  Divine  service 
there,  the  people  attend  Church  at  Stamford.  He  preached  lec- 
tures in  the  congregation  several  times  this  year,  nineteen  lectures 
at  Stamford  and  Harpersfield,  two  at  Greenville,  two  at  Wind- 
ham, and  six  at  Durham.  He  states  to  the  Bishop,  that  accord- 
ing to  direction,  he  visited  the  congregations  at  Unadilla,  Windsor, 
Chenango  Point,  and  Franklin,  and  was  absent  four  weeks  and 
four  days ;  during  which  time  he  performed  Divine  service  thirty- 
three  times.  In  some  of  those  places  the  congregations  attended 
public  worship  several  days  together.  There  appeared  to  be  a 
great  solicitude  to  hear  the  Gospel  preached,  and  a  holy  desire 
for  the  Divine  ordinances.  He  remarks,  that  piety,  and  a  zealous 
attachment  to  the  Church,  are  increasing  in  the  Episcopal  con- 
gregations which  he  visited.  He  states,  that  he  has  visited  great 
numbers  of  families  in  the  course  of  the  year,  and  instructed  them 
in  Gospel  doctrines,  and  explained  to  them  the  Liturgy  ard  Arti- 
cles of  Religion  of  our  Church,  and  has  catechised  many  children 
at  Greenville,  Durham,  Stamford,  and  Harpersfield ;  several 
Common  Prayer  Books  have  been  distributed,  and  about  40  have 
been  purchased  by  the  different  congregations,  and  they  are  now 
so  far  supplied,  that  the  service  is  performed  with  decency  and 
fervour  of  devotion.  The  Companion  to  the  Prayer  Book,  and 
other  religious  tracts  which  he  distributed,  have  been  useful  to  the 
congregations ;  but  many  Prayer  Books  are  still  wanting. 

He  states,  that  the  congregation  at  Stamford  are  finishing  their 
church  ;  and  observes  that  there  is  an  awakened  zeal  in  this 
congregation.  He  has  baptised  twenty  infants,  and  attended 
four  funerals ;  he  preached  the  Missionary  and  Episcopal  sermons, 
and  made  the  Episcopal  and  Missionary  collections. 

The  Rev.  William  B.  Lacey  reports  to  the  Bishop,  that  since 
the  7th  of  October,  1813,  (the  time  he  received  Deacons'  orders,) 
he  has  performed  Divine  service  twenty-six  Sundays  in  St.  Paul's 
Church,  Paris ;  two  Sundays  in  Trinity  Church,  Utica,  during  the 
absence  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Baldwin,  last  autumn ;  nine  Sundays  in 
Christ  Church,  Eaton ;  two  Sundays  in  Waterville,  county  of 
Oneida ;  two  Sundays  in  St.  Luke's  Church,  Windsor ;  eight 
Sundays  in   St.  Luke's  Church,  Richfield;    one  Sunday  in  St. 


1814.]  OF   THE    DIOCESE    OF   NEW   YORK.  281 

John's  Church,  Otsego ;  and,  besides,  has  given,  at  different 
places,  seventy-seven  lectures ;  attended  twelve  funerals,  and 
performed  thirty-one  baptisms  ;  nine  at  St.  Paul's  Church,  Paris ; 
seven  at  Christ  Church,  Eaton ;  eight  at  St.  Paul's  Church,  Ox- 
ford ;  and  seven  at  St.  Luke's  Church,  Windsor. 

In  the  counties  of  Chenango  and  Broome,  where  he  has  per- 
formed Missionary  services,  prospects  are  highly  auspicious. 

The  Rev.  Russel  Wheeler  reports  to  the  Bishop,  that  he  enter- 
ed on  his  services  in  the  village  of  Unadilla,  the  first  of  May,  and 
humbly  hopes  that  his  labours  have  been  in  some  measure  instru- 
mental in  quickening  and  strengthening  the  people,  and  advanc- 
ing the  interests  of  the  Church.  The  congregation  is  increasing, 
and  the  people  generally  are  brought  to  prize  the  Church  and  her 
sacraments  more  than  they  ever  have  done  before. 

June  22,  1814,  visited  the  village  of  New  Berhn,  Chenango 
county,  in  company  with  the  Rev.  Mr.  Nash.  He  spent  one  day 
with  the  people,  and  preached  to  a  very  respectable  congregation. 
The  Church-people,  he  observes,  appear  to  be  filled  with  joy  and 
gratitude  in  hearing  the  glad  tidings  of  the  Gospel,  and  in  having 
the  doctrines  of  their  faith  elucidated  and  explained. 

They  were  organized  into  a  church  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Nash  ; 
and,  while  he  was  there,  laid  the  foundation  of  a  handsome  build- 

July  1,  1814,  he  visited  the  town  of  Franklin,  Delaware  county ; 
in  which  place  he  found  a  considerable  number  of  Episcopal 
families,  and  of  high  respectability.  He  performed  Divine  service 
twice,  and  spent  some  time  in  conversation. 

There  is  a  flattering  prospect  of  increase  to  the  Church  in  this 
place. 

September  24th,  1814,  he  visited  the  congregation  at  the 
Ochquaga  Hills.  The  Church-people  here,  he  observes,  are  truly 
animated  and  alive.  The  services  which  have  been  received  from 
the  missionaries  of  the  Church,  are  not  in  vain  ;  the  congregation 
is  increasing ;  he  never  found  so  much  attention  to  religion 
among  any  people :  and  he  never  saw  the  service  of  the  Church, 
and  the  word  preached,  have  a  more  percetible  effect  on  the 
heart. 

Mr.  W^heeler  has  devoted  the  rest  of  his  time  to  the  congrega- 
tions at  the  Unadilla  and  at  Butternutts. 

The  Rev.  Alanson  W.  Welton,  from  Geneva,  under  date  of 
Sept.  19,  writes  to  the  Bishop,  that  agreeably  to  his  directions, 
he  repaired  to  this  part  of  the  diocese,  as  soon  as  circumstances 
would  permit  after  his  ordination,  in  May  last.  He  found  the 
congregations  much  in  want  of  the  services  of  a  clergyman.     He 


282  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1814. 

has  performed  Divine  service  three  Sundays  at  Honeyoye,  three 
at  Victor,  (formerly  Bloomfield,)  two  at  Clifton  Springs,  two  at 
Pulteneyville,  one  at  Sheldon,  and  one  at  Catharine.  He  has 
exchanged  with  the  Rev.  0.  Clark  three  times,  who  has  officiated 
for  him  at  Honeyoye,  Victor,  and  Chfton  Springs.  Besides  offi- 
ciating on  Sundays,  he  has  officiated  on  week  days,  and  given 
several  lectures  in  the  different  places.     Baptisms,  12. 

He  has  performed  Divine  service  in  no  place  where  the  con- 
gregation does  not  appear  to  be  in  a  tolerably  flourishing  con- 
dition. Considerable  additions  are  making,  and  are  likely  to  be 
made,  to  several  of  them.  At  Honeyoye  a  church,  on  a  hand- 
some plan,  has  been  erected  the  summer  past,  and  is  now  fast 
completing :  at  Victor  they  are  collecting  materials,  out  of 
which  they  calculate  to  erect  one  at  the  opening  of  spring. 
Everywhere  a  zeal  and  love  for  the  Church  seem  to  be  increas- 
ing, and  the  congregations  appear  disposed  to  do  every  thing  in 
their  power  for  its  support.  At  several  places,  where  there  are 
now  none,  congregations  might  be  formed,  if  there  were  two  or 
three  more  missionaries. 

Of  the  labour  and  fatigue  he  is  obliged  to  undergo  in  visiting 
so  many  societies,  scattered  over  so  large  a  tract  of  country,  he 
observes,  that  he  does  not  complain.  But  it  is  much  to  be  fear- 
ed, that  unless  Divine  service  can  be  performed  in  each  of  the 
congregations  more  frequently  than  it  hitherto  has  been,  the  peo- 
ple will  soon  grow  cold  and  indifferent  to  it,  and  will  be  in  danger 
of  being  drawn  away  from  the  Church. 


The  Clergy  who  were  absent  at  the  last  Convention  were 
called  on  for  the  reasons  of  their  absence,  agreeably  to  the  canon 
enjoining  their  attendance,  which  reasons  were  accepted. 

Resolved,  That  it  be  recommended  to  the  Clergy  and  Lay 
readers  of  the  Church  in  this  State,  to  read  to  the  congregations, 
the  pastoral  address  of  the  House  of  Bishops,  and  the  address  of 
the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Hobart  to  this  Convention,  at  such  time 
as  they  shall  deem  proper. 

A  certificate  of  the  incorporation  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Oxford, 
was  read  and  approved,  and  the  same  was  received  into  union 
with  this  Church. 

The  Clergy  were  called  on  for  theh  parochial  reports,  required 
by  the  45th  canon  of  the  General  Convention,  which  were  pre- 
sented and  read,  and,  as  required  by  the  said  canon,  inserted  on 
the  Journals. 


1814.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE    OF   NEW   YORK.  283 

St.  Peter^s  Church,  West  Chester,  and  St.  Paul's  Church,  East 
Chester;  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  D.  D.,  Rector. — Baptisms,  11; 
marriages,  4 ;  funerals,  10. 

St.  Peter's  Church,  Mbany  ;  Rev.  Timothy  Clowes,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  adults  7,  infants  89 — 96  ;  marriages,  20  ;  communi- 
cants, about  120. 

Parish  of  Rye  and  White  Plains  ;  Rev.  Samuel  Haskell,  Rec- 
tor.— Marriages,  13;  baptisms,  18;  funerals,  13;  communicants, 
between  50  and  60. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island ;  Rev.  David  Moore, 
Rector. — Families,  320 ;  funerals,  41 ;  marriages,  12  ;  baptisms, 
52 ;  communicants,  259. 

St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn  ;  Rev.  J.  P.  K.  Henshaw,  Dea- 
con, officiating  Minister. 

On  the  15th  of  June,  a.  d.  1814,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Feltus  resigned 
the  charge  of  this  parish  ;  at  which  time  there  were  communi- 
cants, 123.  Baptisms,  recorded  since  the  last  Convention,  24  ; 
marriages,  7.  On  the  9th  of  July  he  was  elected  Rector  of  St. 
Ann's  Church,  since  which  time  there  have  been  baptisms,  8 ; 
communicants  added,  1;  funerals,  3. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Charlton  ;  Rev.  David  Huntington,  Dea- 
con, officiating  Minister. — Baptisms,  adults  6,  infants  20 — 26  ; 
marriages,  4 ;  deaths,  3  ;  communicants,  30  ;  families,  50. 

Two  Sundays  he  performed  Divine  service  in  the  vacant  church 
at  Stillwater,  and  once  in  that  at  Duanesburgh. 

Trinity  Church,  Geneva ;  Rev.  Orin  Clark,  Rector. — Bap- 
tisms— infants,  15 ;  communicants,  25 ;  funerals,  5. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  and  Trinity  Church,  Lansingburgh  ; 
Rev.  David  Butler,  Rector. — St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy.  Bap- 
tisms, adults  11,  infants  28 — 39;  marriages,  23 ;  funerals,  12; 
communicants,  86. 

Trinity  Church,  Lansingburgh.  Baptisms,  adult  1,  infants 
6 — 1 ;  funeral,  1. 

Grace  Church,  Waterford.  Baptisms,  adult  1,  infants  3 — 4; 
funeral,  1. 

Sandy  Hill.     Baptisms — children,  3. 


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St.  Andrew's  Church,  Orange  county  ;*  Rev.  William  Powell, 
officiating  Minister. — Baptisms,  12;  communicants,  48;  marri- 
ages, 3  ;  funerals,  9. 

St.  James'  Church,  Goshen  ;  Rev.  William  Powell,  officiating 
Minister. — Baptisms,  10 ;  communicants,  8 ;  marriages,  3 ;  fune- 
rals, 3. 

St.  James''  Church,  JVewtoum,  Long  Island  j  Rev.  E.  M.  John- 
son, Deacon,  officiating  Minister. — Marriages,  6  ;  funerals,  2  ; 
baptisms,  4 ;  communicants,  24. 

St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers ;  Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  adults  16,  children  26 — 42 ;  conmiunicants,  54 ;  mar- 
riages, 8 ;  funerals,  4. 

St.  James'  Chiirch,  Hyde  Park ;  Rev.  John  M' Vickar,  Rec- 
tor.— Baptisms,  adults  3,  children  17 — 20 ;  funerals,  3 ;  com- 
municants, 34. 

Trinity  Church,  JYew  Rochelle ;  Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  5,  infants  6 — 11;  marriages,  10; 
funerals,  7  ;  communicants,  20. 

Trinity  Church,  Athens,  and  St.  Luke's  Church,  Cattskill ; 
Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss,  Rector. — Baptisms,  78 ;  funerals,  16 : 
marriages,  18  ;  communicants,  60. 

Parish  of  Trinity  Church,  containing  Trinity  Church,  and  St. 
Paul's,  and  St.  John's  Chapels,  JYew  York  ;  Right  Rev.  John 
Henry  Hobart,  D.  D.,  Assistant  Rector. — Baptisms,  139  ;  mar- 
riages, 42;  funerals,  431;  communicants,  about  700.t 

Trinity  Church,  Fairfield  ;  Rev.  V.  H.  Barber,  Rector. — Bap- 
tisms, 2  ;  marriage,  1 ;  burial,  1 ;  communicants,  27. 

St.  George's  Church,  Schenectady ;  Rev.  Cyrus  Stebblns, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  2,  children  62 — 64  ;  marriages,  29  ; 
funerals,  2 ;  communicants,  60. 

Christ  Church,  JYew  York  ;  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  76 ;  marriages,  40 ;  communicants,  240. 

*  This  report  was  transmitted. 

t  The  separation  of  St.  George's  Chr.pel,  and  the  establismcnt  of  new  congrega- 
tions in  the  city,  have  diminished  the  number  of  communicants  in  this  parish. 


1814.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE    OF   NEW    YORK.  285 

St.  George's  Church,  Flushing ;  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rec- 
tor.— Bapisms,  5  ;  marriages,  5 ;  burials,  7  ;  communicants,  45. 

St.  George's  Church,  JYew  York  ;  Rev.  John  Kewley,  Rec- 
tor.— Marriages,  13  j  baptisms,  33 ;  funerals,  10. 

iS^^.  George's  Parish,  Hempstead  ;  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector. — 
Marriages,  28  ;  baptisms,  27 ;   burials,  18 ;  communicants,  130. 

Grace  Church,  Jamaica  ;  Rev.  Gilbert  H.  Sayres,  officiating 
Minister. — Baptisms,  17 ;  marriages,  4  ;  funerals,  9  ;  communi- 
cants, 36. 

Grace  Church,  JVew  York ;  Rev.  Nathanael  Bowen,  D.  D., 
Rector. — Marriages,  11;  baptisms,  26 ;  communicants,  140. 


The  Clergy  were  called  on  for  an  account  of  the  collections 
made  in  their  respective  congregations  for  the  Episcopal  and 
Missionary  Funds,  which  account  was  accordingly  rendered. 

In  addition  to  the  Clergy  previously  mentioned  on  the  Journnls, 
the  following  Clergy,  not  entitled  to  seats,  were  admitted  to  the 
sittings  of  the  Convention : 

Henry  Moscrop,  of  New  York ;  George  Boyd,  Deacon ;  Charles 
Seabury,  of  Brookhaven ;  Eli  Wheeler,  of  North  Hempstead. 

The  following  persons  were  chosen,  by  ballot.  Deputies  to  the 
General  Convention : 

Rev.  Dr.  Wilkins,  Rev.  Dr.  How,  Rev.  Mr.  Cooper,  Rev.  Dr. 
Kewley ;  Hon.  Rufus  King,  Hon.  P.  S.  Van  Rensselaer,  Dr.  John 
Onderdonk,  Mr.  William  Ogden. 

The  following  persons  were  chosen,  by  ballot,  Members  of  the 
Standing  Committee : 

Rev.  Dr.  Bowden,  Rev.  Dr.  Harris,  Rev.  Dr.  Bowen,  Rev.  Mr. 
Lyell ;  Richard  Harison,  Esq.,  Gen.  M.  Clarkson,  Robert  Troup, 
Esq.,  Mr.  William  Ogden. 

The  following  persons  were  chosen,  by  ballot,  Members  of  the 
Committee  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  for  Propagating 


286  JOURNALS   OF   THE   CONVENTIONS  [1814. 

the  Gospel  in  the  State  of  New  York,  the  Bishop  being  a  member 

ex'officio : 

■   Rev.  Dr.  Bowden,  Rev.  Dr.  Bowen,  Rev.  Mr.  Williston  ;  Mr. 

G.  H.  Van  Wagenen,  Mr.  David  M.  Clarkson,  Dr.  John  Onder- 

donk. 

The  following  report  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  Convention,  stating 
the  amount  of  the  Episcopal  Fund/  was  read : 

"  The  Treasurer  of  this  Convention  respectfully  submits  the 
following  report,  viz. : 

"  That  he  has  at  present  out  at  interest,  secured  by  bond  and 
mortgage,  belonging  to  the  Episcopal  Fund  in  the  State  of  New 
York,  the  sum  of  ten  thousand  nine  hundred  dollars  and  eighty- 
four  cents  ;  and  that  there  is  outstanding  for  interest  not  yet  col- 
lected, three  hundred  and  thirty -two  dollars  and  fifty  cents ;  and 
cash  remaining  in  his  hands,  two  hundred  and  two  dollars  and 
one  cent ;  making  together  eleven  thousand  four  hundred  and 
thirty-five  dollars  and  thirty-five  cents. 

"  GERRIT  H.  VAN  WAGENEN, 

"  Treasurer  of  the  Convention." 

The  thanks  of  the  Convention  were  returned  to  the  Treasurer 
for  the  faithful  discharge  of  the  duties  of  his  office. 

Mr.  Gerrit  H.  Van  Wagenen  was  re-elected,  by  ballot,  the 
Treasurer  of  the  Convention. 

Agreeably  to  the  canon  of  the  Church  in  this  State,  providing 
for  the  supply  of  vacant  parishes,  the  Bishop  appointed  the  fol- 
lowing Clergy  to  supply  the  vacant  congregations  annexed  to 
their  names  respectively,  at  such  times  as  they  may  deem  most 
convenient  and  proper : 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Seabury,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Hart,  and  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Onderdonk,  Huntington  and  Islip. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Cooper,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Haskell,  Bedford  and 
Northcastle,  Salem  and  Patterson. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Empie,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Brown,  Peekskill  and 
PhilUpstown. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Powell,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Brown,  Newburgh. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Reed,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  M'Vickar,  the  vacant 
congregations  in  Dutchess  county. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Prentiss,  Stillwater. 

*  The  Episcopal  Fund,  which  is  formed  of  the  annual  collections  for  the  purpose 
in  the  congregations,  is  to  be  permitted  to  accumulate,  without  diminution,  until  the 
annual  profits  of  the  fund  become  adequate  to  the  support  of  a  Bishop. 


1814,]  OF    THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  287 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Stebbins,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Clowes,  Duanes- 
borough. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Perry,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Huntington,  Johns- 
town. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Butler,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Adams,  Stillwater  and 
Sandy  Hill. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Jewett,  Sandy  Hill. 

The  other  congregations  which  have  not  settled  Clergymen, 
are  supplied  by  Missionaries. 


The  Convention  adjourned 
JO 

Assistant  Bishop  of  the  P.  E.  Church  in  th€ 

THOMAS  LYELL,  Secretary  of  the  Convention. 


JOHN  HENRY  HOBART,  D.  D., 

Assistant  Bishop  of  the  P.  E.  Church  in  the  State  of  New  York,  and  President  of  the  Convention. 


APPENDIX 


EXTRACTS 
From  the  Journal  of  tlm  Proceedings  of  tfie  Bishops,  Clergy,  and  Laity  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  United  States  of  America,  in  a  General 
Convention,  Iield  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  from  May  nth  to  May  24th, 
1814,  inclusive. 

House  of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies,  ) 
Saturday,  May  21,  1814.  ] 

The  House  of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies,  in  compliance  with 
the  requisitions  of  the  45th  canon,  have  taken  a  general  view  of 
the  state  of  the  Church,  and  respectfully  offer  to  the  House  of 
Bishops  the  result  of  their  inquiries.  From  these  observations, 
and  the  accompanying  doccuments,  it  is  hoped,  that  the  House 
of  Bishops  will  be  able  to  comply  with  the  requisition  of  the  above 
mentioned  canon,  in  regard  to  a  Pastoral  Letter. 

J\rew  Hampshire. 

The  Church  in  this  State  appears  to  be  stationary ;  no  mate- 
rial alteration  having  taken  place  for  several  years  past.  The 
congregations,  though  not  numerous,  are  attached  to  the  worship 
of  the  Church,  and  perform  their  devotional  exercises  with  order 
and  regularity. 


288  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS         [1814, 

Massachusetts. 

In  this  State  the  general  appearance  of  the  Church  is  highly 
flattering.  Two  new  church  edifices  have  been  erected  ;  new 
congregations  have  been  formed ;  and  some  of  the  former  ones 
considerably  enlarged.  A  growing  zeal  for  the  cause  of  religion, 
and  an  attachment  to  the  interests  of  the  Church  are  visible  in 
many  parts  of  the  State,  and  promise  increasing  prosperity. 
Though  some  instances  have  occurred,  in  which  the  rubrics  and 
canons  have  not  been  regarded,  it  is  believed  that  such  instances 
are  less  frequent  than  on  former  occasions,  and  that  an  attach- 
ment to  the  prescribed  order  and  worship  of  the  Church,  is  daily 
increasing. 

Rhode  Island. 

The  state  of  the  Church  in  this  part  of  the  Eastern  Diocese  is 
also  flourishing.  The  congregations  are  all,  except  one,  large 
and  prosperous.  Some  have  much  increased,  both  in  the  number 
of  families  and  the  number  of  communicants;  order  and  regularity 
generally  prevail,  and  every  deviation  from  the  established  regu- 
lations of  the  Church  meets  with  decided  disapprobation. 

Vermont 

The  great  question,  in  regard  to  the  Church  lands  in  this  State, 
yet  remains  undecided  ;  consequently  the  difficulty  of  providing 
support  for  a  sufficient  number  of  pious  and  active  clergymen, 
presents  an  insuperable  obstacle  to  the  growth  of  the  Church  here. 
The  labours  however  of  those  two  or  three  clergymen  who  have 
officiated  here,  have,  in  general,  been  crowned  with  success,  and 
several  congregations  formed,  which  are  zealous  and  flourishing. 

Eastern  Diocese, — Generally. 

From  the  returns  made  by  the  Bishop  of  the  Eastern  Diocese, 
composed  of  the  above  mentioned  States,  it  appears  that  there 
have  been,  since  the  last  General  Convention,  the  following  ordi- 
nations, viz. :  the  Rev.  Parker  Adams,  Rev.  Charles  Burroughs, 
Rev.  Nathaniel  Huse  (for  Connecticut),  Priests.  Aaron  Hum- 
phrey, John  P.  K.  Henshaw,  Evan  Malbone  Johnson  (for  Con- 
necticut), and  Titus  Strong,  Deacons. 

The  number  of  confirmations  in  three  years,  have  been  1504. — 
The  Rev.  Joab  G.  Cooper  has  been  instituted  Rector  of  the 
Church  in  Hanover,  and  the  Rev.  Charles  Burroughs,  Rector  of 
the  Church  in  Portsmouth,  (N.  H.) — Six  persons  have  been 
admitted  as  candidates  for  Holy  Orders. 


1814.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE    OF   NEW   YORK.  289 

Connecticut. 

.  Tlie  Church  in  this  State  appears  to  be  increasing  in  numbers, 
and  in  vital  religion.  Though  frowned  upon  in  the  removal  of 
her  venerable  Bishop,  by  death  ;  yet  the  Diocese  continues  regu- 
lar in  holding  Conventions,  and  in  a  due  attention  to  the  canons 
of  the  Church.  The  Clergy  are  zealous  in  the  discharge  of  their 
duties.  The  vacancy  of  the  Episcopate,  it  is  believed,  will  be 
filled  as  soon  as  provision  is  made  for  its  support.  This  desirable 
object  is  in  a  train  favourable  to  its  accomplishment,  in  the  estab- 
lishment of  a  permanent  fund.  Several  new  church  edifices  have 
been  erected  since  the  last  General  Convention ;  there  is  also  an 
increased  solicitude,  on  the  part  of  the  Laity,  to  provide  means  for 
the  support  of  the  Clergy,  and  to  have  the  places  for  public 
worship  kept  in  decent  repair. 

The  number  of  confirmations  in  the  last  two  years  of  the 
Bishop's  life  was  464. 

During  the  year  1811  (since  which  there  appear  no  return's  of 
ordination),  the  Rev.  Samuel  F.  Jarvis  was  ordained  Priest ; 
and  Frederick  Holcombe,  Stephen  Jewett,  and  Orin  Clark, 
Deacons. 

JVew  York. 

The  congregations  in  this  Diocese  are  very  numerous  and 
respectable,  and  supplied  with  the  constant  or  occasional  services 
of  stated  clergymen  or  missionaries. 

The  parochial  reports  are  regularly  exhibited.  In  1812,  the 
Right  Rev.  Bishop  Hobart  visited  thirty-seven  congregations,  in 
various  parts  of  the  State,  and  administered  the  rite  of  Confirma- 
tion in  twenty-one  congregations,  to  500  persons. 

In  the  year  1813,  thirty-two  congregations  were  visited,  and 
the  rite  of  Confirmation  administered  in  sixteen  congregations,  to 
1100  persons. 

Since  the  last  General  Convention,  in  May,  1811,  and  until 
the  State  Convention,  in  October,  1813,  six  persons,  John  Brady, 
John  M'Vickar,  David  Huntington,  Benjamin  T.  Onderdonk, 
Lewis  P.  Bayard  (of  New  Jersey),  and  James  Thompson,  have 
been  admitted  to  the  holy  order  of  Deacons ;  and  fifteen  Dea- 
cons, David  Moore,  Adam  Empie,  Ralph  Williston,  William 
Berrian,  Gilbert  H.  Sayres,  William  A.  Clark,  John  M'Vickar, 
Orin  Clark,  John  Brady,  Timothy  Clowes,  John  Croes  (of  New 
Jersey),  William  Powell,  Isaac  Jones  (of  Connecticut),  William 
E.  Wyatt,  and  Stephen  Jewett,  have  been  admitted  to  the  holy 
order  of  Priests.  Several  persons  have  been  admitted  as  candi- 
dates for  Deacons'  orders. 

During  the  period  above  mentioned,  the  following  institutions 
have  taken  place :  the  Rev.  William  Berrian,  an  Assistant  Min^ 


290  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1834 

ister  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York  ;  the  Rev.  Joseph  Perry,  Rec- 
tor of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Ballston  Spa,  and  St.  James'  Church, 
Milton ;  the  Rev.  John  Kewley,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church, 
New  York ;  the  Rev.  John  Brady,  Assistant  Minister  of  the  same ; 
the  Rev.  Ralph  Williston,  Rector  of  Zion  Church,  New  York ; 
and  the  Rev.  Timothy  Clowes,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 
Albany.  During  the  same  period,  the  Rev.  Jonathan  Judd,  and 
the  Rev.  Reuben  Hubbard,  removed  to  the  Diocese  of  Connecti- 
cut ;  the  Rev.  Adam  Empie,  to  North  Carolina ;  and  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Abraham  Beach,  to  New  Jersey. 

The  following  churches  have  been  consecrated :  St.  James'' 
Church,  Hyde  Park,  Dutchess  county ;  St.  James'  Church,  Milton, 
Saratoga  county ;  St.  Peter's  Church,  Auburn,  Cayuga  county ; 
St.  Luke's  Church,  Richfield,  Otsego  county  ;  St.  James'  Church, 
Goshen ;  Grace  Church,  Waterford  ;  and  Christ  Church,  Hamp- 
ton. 

The  following  missionaries  have  also  been  employed  in  the 
part  of  the  State  west  of  Albany,  viz. :  the  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller, 
the  Rev.  WiHiam  A.  Clark,  the  Rev.  Orin  Clark,  and  the  Rev. 
Davenport  Phelps,  lately  deceased,  who  is  justly  regarded  as  the 
founder  of  the  congregations  in  the  most  western  counties  of  the 
State,  whom  he  attached,  not  merely  to  his  personal  ministiations, 
but  to  the  doctrines,  the  order,  and  liturgy  of  our  Church. 

On  the  whole,  there  is  every  reason  to  believe,  that  in  this 
Diocese  the  canons  of  the  Church  are  faithfully  observed,  and  the 
Clergy  regular  and  zealous  in  their  ministrations  ;  and  in  conse- 
quence, under  the  Divine  blessing,  the  congregations  increase,  not 
only  in  numbers,  but  in  attachment  to  the  principles  of  the  Church, 
and  in  the  spirit  of  evangelical  piety,  as  exhibited  in  her  Articles 
and  Liturgy. 

JVeio  Jersey. 

From  the  Journals  and  Reports  of  the  Convention  in  this  State, 
it  appears  that  the  number  of  congregations,  duly  organized,  is 
twenty-seven.  Of  this  number,  only  seven  enjoy  the  constant 
services  of  the  ministry ;  four  or  five  others  have  their  churches 
regularly,  though  but  a  part  of  the  time  opened  on  Sundays,  by 
clergymen.  To  provide  the  remaining  congregations,  which  are 
unable  to  maintain  clergymen  for  themselves,  with  the  adminis- 
tration of  the  word  and  ordinances,  a  fund  has  been  raised  by  the 
Convention,  which  is  always  in  a  state  of  gradual  augmentation. 
There  are  in  the  Diocese  six  instituted  rectors ;  the  whole  number 
of  officiating  ministers  is  nine. 

An  Episcopal  Society  has  been  recently  established  in  the 
Diocese,  principally  in  the  northern  part,  for  the  purpose  of  gra- 
tuitously distributing  Bibles,  Prayer  Books,  and  religious  Tracts  j 


1814.]  OP   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW    YOEK.  1^91 

and  if  the  funds  admit  of  it,  giving  aid  to  young  men  designed 
for  the  ministry. 

The  congregations  belonging  to  this  Convention  appear  to  be, 
in  general,  strongly  attached  to  the  services  and  usages  of  the 
Church,  and,  in  the  management  of  their  affairs,  to  be  actuated 
by  a  strict  and  sincere  regard  to  the  rubrics  and  canons.  Since 
the  last  General  Convention,  there  has  been  an  increased  atten- 
tion to  the  concerns  of  religion  and  the  Church,  which  has  mani- 
fested itself,  particularly  in  repairing  and  improving  the  places  of 
public  worship  ;  and,  it  is  believed,  that  the  number  of  picjis 
Churchmen  has  been  considerably  enlarged. 

Pennsylvania. 

There  is  every  reason  to  believe,  that  there  is  an  increased 
attention  to  the  concerns  of  the  Church  in  this  State.  The  Con- 
ventions have  of  late  been  well  attended,  and  the  Clergy  have  in 
a  great  measure  been  punctual  in  presenting  their  parochial 
reports.  From  these  reports  it  appears,  that  the  number  of  com- 
municants in  the  several  congregations  throughout  the  State, 
have  considerably  augmented,  particularly  in  those  in  the  city  of 
Philadelphia.  It  is  highly  gratifying  to  find,  that  since  the  last 
General  Convention,  exertions  have  been  made  for  the  establish- 
ment of  an  Episcopal  Fund.  A  Society  has  been  formed  for  the 
advancement  of  Christianity,  which  at  present  promises  extensive 
usefulness  to  the  Church  in  this  State.  "  Most  of  the  vacant 
churches,"  says  the  Bishop,  in  one  of  his  addresses,  "  have  been 
visited  under  the  direction  of  this  Society,  and  from  the  satisfaction 
given,  we  may  hope,  that  under  the  Divine  blessing,  there  will  he 
an  increasing  usefulness  of  the  institution."  The  venerable  Head 
of  this  Diocese  has  been  enabled  to  visit,  during  the  two  last  years, 
some  of  the  country  congregations.  The  happy  effects  of  these 
visits,  are  forcibly  illustrated  by  the  fact,  that  in  1811,  he  reported 
to  the  Convention,  that  during  the  past  year,  sixty-one  persons 
had  been  Confirmed  ;  in  1812  he  reported,  that  three  hundred  and 
six  had  received  this  holy  rite ;  in  1813  he  announced,  that  during 
the  last  year,  the  number  amounted  to  five  hundred  and  eighty- 
one.  These  circumstances  are  auspicious ;  it  is  hoped  they  will 
be  followed  by  a  rapid  increase  of  vital  godliness  among  all  the 
members  of  our  Apostolic  Church  in  this  quarter, — and  in  general 
the  rubrics  are  duly  observed.  Since  the  last  General  Conven- 
tion, until  the  present  time,  five  persons,  Samuel  Halbert  Turner, 
Jackson  Kemper,  Charles  Blair  Snowden  (of  South  Carolina), 
Richard  D.  Hall,  and  Jehu  Curtis  Clay,  have  been  admitted  to 
the  holy  order  of  Deacons ;  and  seven  Deacons  ,Daniel  Higbee 
(of  New  Jersey),  John  Barnwell  Campbell  (of  South  Carolina), 


292  JOURNALS   OF   THE    COrJVENTIONS  [1814. 

Charles  Blair  Snowden  (of  South  Carolina),  William  King  (of 
Virginia),  Samuel  Halbert  Turner  (of  Maryland),  Jackson  Kem- 
per, and  Richard  D.  Hall,  have  been  admitted  to  the  holy  order 
of  Priests. 

Delaware. 

The  conditron  of  the  Church  in  this  State  is  truly  distressing, 
and  the  prospect  gloomy.  Of  the  eleven  congregations  in  Dela- 
ware, two  are  supplied  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Clay,  and  one  by  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Davis,  from  Maryland.  It  is,  however,  gratifying  to 
learn,  that  there  is  an  increasing  anxiety  manifested  for  obtaining 
clergymen.  Some  of  the  vacant  congregations  have  the  service 
performed  on  Sundays,  by  laymen.  Where  the  Sacrament  of  the 
Lord's  Supper  has  been  administered  by  visiting  clergymen,  the 
communicants  have  been  numerous.  Could  the  Church  in  this 
State  be  supplied  with  zealous  and  pious  ministers,  there  is  every 
reason  to  believe  that  their  labours  would  be  crowned  with  suc- 
cess, in  advancing  the  interests  of  the  Church  and  vital  godliness. 

Maryland. 

The  Church  in  Maryland  still  continues  in  a  state  of  depres- 
sion ;  many  parishes  are  without  ministers,  and  a  considerable 
number  of  the  churches  are  in  a  decayed  condition ;  the  Clergy 
are  so  ill  provided  for,  that  except  in  Baltimore  and  Georgetown, 
their  livings  are  quite  insufficient  for  the  support  of  their  families, 
and  of  course  they  are  obliged  to  resort  to  some  other  means. 
In  these  cities  the  Clergy  are  well  supported,  and  the  churches 
kept  in  good  repair,  and  there  appear  to  be  evident  symptoms  of 
the  increase  of  piety ;  in  some  parts  of  the  State,  by  the  exertions 
of  pious  and  zealous  ministers,  there  seems  to  be  a  revival  of 
religion — churches  have  been  repaired,  and  some  built ;  the  pre- 
vailing vices  have  been  checked,  and  greater  attention  to  Divine 
worship  has  appeared ;  besides,  there  is  an  increasing  disposition 
to  relish  the  fine  service  of  our  Church,  and  to  comply  with  her 
ordinances,  so  that  if  it  should  please  God  to  raise  up  pious,  en- 
lightened, and  zealous  ministers,  who  would  continue  to  labour  in 
this  part  of  our  divine  Master's  vineyard,  the  Church  in  Maryland 
might  still  be  raised,  and  prove  a  nursery  for  good  principles,  en- 
lightened devotion,  and  pure  piety.  As  the  charges  and  returns 
of  the  Bishop  are  but  partially  inserted  on  the  Journals  of  the 
Convention,  and  as  no  account  of  his  proceedings  during  the  last 
year  has  been  received,  it  is  impossible  to  state  the  number  of 
churches  consecrated,  oar  clergymen  ordained,  since  the  last  Gene- 
ral Convention. 


18 14. J  or  THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW    YORK.  293 

Virginia. 

From  a  variety  of  causes,  not  necessary,  and  perhaps  not 
proper  to  detail  here,  the  Church  in  this  State  has  jfallen  into  a 
deplorable  condition  ;  in  many  places  her  ministers  have  thrown 
off  their  sacred  profession  ;  her  Liturgy  is  either  contemned  or 
unknown,  and  her  sanctuaries  are  desolate.  It  would  rend  any 
feeling  heart,  to  see  spacious  temples,  venerable  even  in  their 
dilapidation  and  ruins,  now  the  habitations  of  the  wild  beast  of 
the  forest. 

But  amidst  this  gloomy  scene,  a  ray  of  light  breaks  in  upon 
the  prospect,  cheering  the  hearts  of  the  friends  of  the  Church. 
Her  members  in  Virginia  have  been  taught,  by  a  dreadful  ex- 
perience, the  value  of  their  peculiar  institutions.  They  look  back 
with  regret,  and  sigh  when  they  talk  of  former  days,  when  they 
were  wont  to  go  with  joy  into  the  courts  of  Zion  ;  they  are  ready 
and  desirous  to  return  to  that  fold  from  which  they  have  wan- 
<lered  so  long,  as  sheep  having  no  shepherd.  They  anxiously 
seek  the  restoration  of  their  primitive  and  apostolical  form  of 
worship,  and  sound  doctrine,  and  pray  that  ministers  of  zeal  and 
piety  may  come  and  help  them.  Perhaps  no  place  in  the  United 
States  presents  a  more  extensive  field  for  the  faithful  labourer. 
Here  are  the  best  of  materials,  and  here  are  the  noblest  induce- 
ments of  duty,  of  honour,  and  reward. 

The  dispositions  of  the  people,  and  especially  of  some  eminent 
laymen,  who  have  come  forward,  with  interest  and  zeal,  afford 
pleasing  pledges  of  those  good  fruits,  which  their  active  exertions 
will  not  fail  to  produce.  A  magnificent  church  has  sprung  up  in 
Richmond,  from  the  ashes  of  the  theatre ;  it  has  the  patronage 
and  support  of  men  of  the  greatest  talents,  and  highest  rank  in 
Virginia.  They  have  chosen  as  their  pastor,  the  Rev.  R.  C.  Moore, 
D.  D.,  who  is  now  the  Bishop  of  the  Diocese,  and  under  whose 
auspices  there  is  reason  to  hope  for  the  most  favourable  results. 

The  corner-stone  of  a  large  and  respectable  church  has  been 
laid  in  Fredericksburgh,  on  the  site  of  the  old  building,  which  has 
gone  to  decay.  For  Leesburgh  also,  they  have  obtained  a  sub- 
scription, adequate  to  the  expense  of  erecting  a  respectable  church. 
And  in  the  counties  of  Frederick  and  Spottsylvania,  and  perhaps 
in  other  places,  from  which  reports  have  not  been  received,  the 
state  of  the  Church  is  improving.  In  Alexandria  there  are  two 
large  and  respectable  congregations.  From  the  present  excite- 
ment, which  is  manifest  throughout  the  State,  nothing  more  seems 
wanting,  under  the  blessing  of  God,  than  faithful  ministers,  to 
realize  the  hopes  which  are  entertained  of  the  future  prosperity  of 
this  important  part  of  our  Zion.  Let  all  who  wish  her  well,  pray 
the  Lord  of  the  harvo^t  to  ''?nd  forth  labourers  into  His  harvest. 


294  JODBNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1814. 

South  Carolina. 

There  is  cause  of  rejoicing  to  the  friends  of  the  Church  in  this 
Diocese.  There  is  an  evident  revival  of  rehgion,  and  a  visible 
growth  in  piety.  From  various  causes,  not  necessary,  and  per- 
haps not  expedient  to  state,  the  Church  in  this  State  had  sunk 
very  low  ;  but,  through  the  blessing  of  the  Almighty  on  the  zeal- 
ous exertions  of  the  visible  Head  of  it,  much  has  been  done  for  its 
good,  and  more  is  to  be  confidently  expected. 

The  various  parishes  are  making  exertions  to  provide  for  their 
ministers,  and  to  re-establish  Divine  service  in  the  vacant  churches. 
A  resolution  has  also  been  entered  into  by  the  Clergy,  to  supply 
the  services  and  ordinances  of  the  Church,  as  often  as  possible,  to 
the  vacant  parishes.  It  appears  from  the  Bishop's  address,  in 
1812,  that  two  new  Episcopal  congregations  were  collected  and 
organized ;  one  at  Columbia,  the  seat  of  government,  and  one  at 
Camden ;  and  that  for  the  former,  a  lay  reader  was  provided  by 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  Society  for  the  Advancement  of  Chris- 
tianity in  South  Carolina.  It  appears  also,  from  the  same  address, 
that  Dr.  Frederick  Dalcho,  of  Charleston,  had  been  received  as  a 
candidate  for  Holy  Orders,  and  the  Rev.  Christian  Hankie,  for- 
merly of  Burlington,  New  Jersey,  had  been  admitted  to  the  order 
of  Deacon. 

In  the  year  1813-14,  Episcopal  visitations  were  made,  and  516 
persons  confirmed.  Two  candidates  for  Holy  Orders,  viz. : 
Maurice  Harvey  Lance,  and  Albert  Muller,  were  received ;  and 
Dr.  Frederick  Dalcho  was  admitted  to  the  order  of  Deacon.  The 
Parish  of  St.  George,  Winyaw,  was  deprived,  by  death,  of  its 
rector,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Hailing. 

The  state  of  the  Church  in  this  Diocese  will  appear  from  the 
following  extract  from  the  last  address  of  the  Bishop  :  "  In  the 
view,"  says  he,  "  which  I  am  required,  by  a  useful  canon  of  the 
Church,  to  give  you  of  the  affairs  of  the  Diocese,  since  the  last 
meeting  of  the  Convention,  it  will  fall  within  the  scope  of  the 
regulation,  to  congratulate  you  on  the  degree  of  concord  and 
Christian  fellowship  with  which  our  churches  are  blessed.  It  is 
hardly  possible,  that  in  any  society,  composed  of  many  parts,  and 
all  the  parts  of  frail  and  fallible  beings,  there  should  exist  such 
an  entire  unity  of  opinion,  and  community  of  feelings,  as  to  pro- 
duce always  a  perfectly  harmonious  co-operation  towards  an 
accomplishment  of  the  same  ends ;  as  near  an  approach  to  this 
happy  state  as  is  compatible  with  the  condition  and  infirmities  of 
man,  is,  through  the  good  blessing  of  Gou,  at  present  enjoyed  by 
us  in  this  Diocese.  In  a  degree,  which  is  gratifying  to  me  to 
remark,  as  it  has  doubtless  been  pleasing  to  you  to  notice,  the 
Clergy  of  the  Diocese  are  kindly  afiectioned  one  to  another,  with 


1814.]  OF   THE    DIOCESE    OF    NEW   YORK.  295 

brotherly  love ;  and  their  respective  parishes  being  knit  together, 
and  compacted  by  that,  which  every  joint  supplieth,  are,  it  is 
humbly  hoped,  making  some  increase  of  the  body,  to  the  edifying 
of  itself  in  love.  Thus  far  there  is  unity,  and  all  will  ever  be 
concerned  for  the  interests  and  feelings  of  all,  if  we  be  actuated 
by  the  genuine  spirit  of  the  religion  of  Jesus  Christ." 

It  ought  to  be  mentioned,  that  in  South  Carolina  a  Society  has 
been  instituted  for  the  advancement  of  Christianity,  which  has 
met  with  great  success,  and  been  instrumental  in  establishing  two 
churches  in  a  section  of  the  country  where  our  worship  was  never 
before  held.  This  Society,  by  distributing  books,  illustrative  of 
the  distinctive  principles  of  our  Church,  and  by  assisting  a  young 
man  of  genius  and  piety,  a  candidate  for  the  ministry,  has  done 
much  to  advance  the  interests  of  our  religion,  and  of  our  excel- 
lent Church. 

It  is  also  to  be  stated,  that  the  rubrics  and  canons  are  here 
conscientiously  and  strictly  observed. 

The  house  of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies,  in  laying  the  preced- 
ing statement  before  the  venerable  House  of  Bishops,  pray  for 
themselves  and  the  Church,  their  counsel,  and  the  blessing  of 
Almighty  God. 

Signed  by  order  of  the  House  of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies. 

JOHN  CROES,  President. 
May  21st,  1814. 

The  said  report  having  been  read  and  considered,  was  adopted, 
directed  to  be  signed  by  the  President,  and  sent  to  the  House  of 
Bishops ;  which  were  accordingly  done. 

The  following  resolution  was  proposed,  and  adopted : 

Whereas  the  mode  heretofore  adopted,  for  making  known  the 
Constitution  and  Canons  of  the  Church,  has  fallen  short  of  that 
desirable  end ;  and  in  order  that  the  interest  of  the  Church  may 
be  advanced  by  a  more  general  knowledge  of  the  said  Constitu- 
tion and  Canons,  and  also  that  the  proceedings  of  the  General 
Convention  may  be  promulgated  to  the  members  of  the  Church 
at  large ; 

Resolved,  That  it  be  recommended  to  the  ecclesiastical  author- 
ities in  the  several  Dioceses,  to  cause  the  same  to  be  made  known 
in  the  congregations  respectively  within  their  bounds,  by  such 
measures  as  may  be  deemed  expedient,  and  accommodated  to 
local  circumstances. 

The  said  resolution  was  sent  to  the  House  of  Bishops  for  their 
concurrence,  and  was  concurred  in  by  them. 


296  JOURNALS   OF    THE    CONTENTIONS  [1814. 

The  following  message  was  received  from  the  House  of  Bishops, 
together  with  a  pastoral  letter,  prepared  by  said  House  : 

The  House  of  Bishops  having  examined  and  considered  the 
report  of  the  House  of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies,  presented 
agreeably  to  the  provisions  of  the  45th  canon,  transmit  to  them 
agreeably  to  the  same  canon,  a  pastoral  letter,  founded  on  the 
report.  The  House  of  Bishops,  reciprocating  the  affectionate 
sentiments  of  the  House  of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies,  accompany- 
ing their  report,  request  their  aid  in  all  proper  measures  of  the 
Episcopacy,  for  the  extending  of  the  influence  of  religion,  and 
the  increase  of  the  Church ;  imploring  the  Divine  blessing  on 
them  individually,  and  on  the  churches  which  they  respectively 
represent. 

The  resolution  sent  to  the  House  of  Bishops,  on  the  subject  of 
the  preparation  and  transmission  of  reports,  from  each  State  Con- 
vention, on  the  state  of  the  Church,  was  returned  with  an  amend- 
ment, in  which  this  House  concurred.  The  resolution,  as  amended 
and  finally  agreed  to,  is  as  follows : 

Resolved,  That  it  be  recommended,  that  the  ecclesiastical  au- 
thority of  the  Church,  in  every  State  or  Diocese,  prepare  a  report 
on  the  state  of  the  Church,  in  their  State  or  Diocese,  previously 
to  the  meeting  of  every  General  Convention,  for  the  purpose  of 
aiding  the  Committee  on  the  State  of  the  Church,  appointed  by 
the  House  of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies,  in  drafting  their  report. 

Tuesday,  May  24th,  1814. 

The  joint  Committee  of  the  two  Houses,  on  the  question  of  a 
copy-right  for  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer,  reported  as  follows : 

That  they  are  informed  on  credible  authority,  that  the  same 
object  was  contemplated  in  the  year  1789,  on  the  editing  of  the 
book,  as  it  is  now  established  by  the  authority  of  this  Church ;  but 
was  relinquished,  in  consequence  of  perceiving  that  complaints 
were  likely  to  arise  from  the  apprehension  that  the  price  would  be 
thereby  enhanced.  The  objection  was,  that  an  appropriation  of 
the  proceeds,  to  a  purpose  both  religious  and  charitable,  would 
not  reconcile  the  members  of  this  Church  to  a  tax,  which,  it  was 
alleged,  was  thus  imposed ;  the  book  being  of  a  character,  which 
it  was  a  duty  to  possess.  Whether  the  objection  may  not  be 
guarded  against  by  a  contract,  in  which  the  prices  of  books  should 
be  fixed  agreeably  to  their  different  sizes ;  and  whether  in  this 
case  there  ought  to  be  regarded  the  complaints,  which  would  still 
be  made  of  an  alleged  unreasonableness  of  price,  the  Committee 
submit  to  the  consideration  of  the  Convention.     The  Committee 


1814.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW    YORK.  297 

are  not  sufficiently  informed  of  the  operation  of  law,  on  the  present 
subject,  so  as  to  judge  of  the  practicability  of  the  measure  pro- 
posed ;  nor  have  they  had  either  time,  or  the  authority  of  the 
Convention,  to  take  advice  thereon, — but,  they  propose  that  law- 
advice  should  be  taken,  before  further  progress.  Further,  it  has 
not  occurred  to  the  Committee,  how  the  copy-right  may  be  so 
contrived,  as  to  be  made  consistent  with  the  Sth  article  of  the 
Ecclesiastical  Constitution.  That  some  alteration  must  be  made 
in  the  present  book,  to  bring  it  under  the  exclusive  claim  of 
a  copy-right  is  evident.  If  the  alteration  should  affect  the 
book,  as  described  by  its  known  name,  the  difficulty  here  noticed 
must  present  itself.  But  if  the  alteration  should  be  made  in  any 
of  the  instruments  of  this  Church,  which  are  usually  bound  up 
with  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer,  it  would  seem  that  the  latter 
might  be  still  published,  without  legal  interference.  On  the 
ground  of  the  premises,  the  Joint  Committee  propose  to  the  two 
Houses  as  follows : 

Resolved,  That  it  be  referred  to  the  Bishops  to  consider  of  the 
propriety  of  granting  a  copy-right,  in  the  Book  of  Common 
Prayer;  to  inquire  in  their  respective  'dioceses,  and  elsewhere,  as 
circumstances  may  permit,  whether  the  said  measure  can  be 
adopted,  consistently  with  law,  and  the  approbation  of  the  Con- 
ventions in  the  different  Dioceses,  and  to  report  to  the  next  Gene- 
ral Convention. 

The  foregoing  report  having  been  adopted  in  the  House  of 
Bisbops,  on  motion,  this  House  concurred  in  the  adoption  of  the 
same.] 

The  following  resolution  was  proposed,  and  adopted  : 
Resolved,  That  this  Convention  contemplate  with  much  plea- 
sure the  rise  and  progress  of  institutions  for  the  advancement  of 
Christianity,  in  several  of  the  dioceses  in  the  United  States,  and 
that  they  recommend  such  institutions  to  the  patronage  of  all  the 
friends  of  our  Chm-ch.* 


House  of  BisHOPS,t  I 

Friday  Morning,  May  20, 1814.  ) 

The  followng  declaration  was  proposed,  and  agreed  to  : 

It  having  come  to  the  knowledge  of  this  House,  that  some 
doubts  have  arisen  in  certain  districts,  in  reference  to  the  sense 

*  This  resolution  was  concurred  in  by  the  House  of  Bishops. 

t  The  House  of  Bishops  consisted  of  the  Right  Kev.  Bishop  White,  of  Pennsyl- 
vania;  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Hobart,  of  New  York;  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Gris- 
wold,  of  the  Eastern  Diocese  ;  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Dehon,  of  South  Carobna  ; 
the  Right  Kev.  Bishop  Moore,  of  Virginia. 


JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1814. 

of  some  of  the  provisions  of  the  19th  canon,  they  hold  it  expe- 
dient to  make  the  following  declaration,  to  record  it  on  their 
minutes,  and  to  communicate  it  to  the  House  of  Clerical  and 
Lay  Deputies. 

So  far  as  concerns  regulations,  in  reference  to  the  place  of  offi- 
ciating and  to  ministerial  dress,  the  Bishops  suppose,  that  the 
prohibitions  of  the  canon  were  grounded  merely  on  the  propriety 
of  guarding  against  popular  mistakes;  which  might  otherwise 
rank  among  the  number  of  the  Clergy,  a  person  not  ordained. 
Accordingly  they  conceive  that  the  design  of  the  canon  reaches 
every  circumstance  of  position  and  of  dress,  which  the  custom  of 
the  Church  and  the  habits  of  social  life  may  render  liable  to  mis- 
conception in  the  premises.  On  this  ground,  the  House  of  Bishops 
consider  it  as  contrary  to  the  design  of  the  canon  for  candidates  to 
read  sermons  from  the  places  usually  considered  as  appropriated 
to  ordained  ministers,  or  to  appear  in  bands,  or  gowns,  or  sur- 
plices. 

The  Secretary  communicated  the  above  declaration  to  the 
House  of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies. 

The  following  declaration  was  proposed,  and  agreed  to  : 

It  having  been  credibly  stated  to  the  House  of  Bishops,  that  on 
questions,  in  reference  to  property  devised,  before  the  revolution, 
to  congregations  belonging  to  "  the  Church  of  England,"  and  to 
uses  connected  with  that  name,  some  doubts  have  been  entertained 
in  regard  to  the  identity  of  the  body  to  which  the  two  names  have 
been  applied,  the  House  think  it  expedient  to  make  the  declara- 
tion, and  to  request  the  concurrence  of  the  House  Clerical  and 
Lay  Deputies  therein — "  That  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church 
in  the  IJnited  States  of  America"  is  the  same  body  heretofore 
known  in  these  States  by  the  name  of  "  the  Church  of  England ;" 
the  change  of  name,  although  not  of  religious  principle  in  doctrine 
or  in  worship,  or  in  discipline,  being  induced  by  a  characteristic  of 
the  Church  of  England,  supposing  the  independence  of  the  Chris- 
tian Churches,  under  the  different  sovereignties,  to  which  respec- 
tively their  allegiance  in  civil  concerns  belongs.  But  that  when 
the  severance  alluded  to  took  place,  and  ever  since,  this  Church 
conceives  of  herself,  as  professing  and  acting  on  the  principles  of 
the  Church  of  England,  is  evident  from  the  organization  of  our 
Conventions,  and  from  their  subsequent  proceedings,  as  recorded 
on  the  Journals  ;  to  which,  accordingly,  this  Convention  refer  for 
satisfaction  in  the  premises.  But  it  would  be  contrary  to  fact, 
were  any  one  to  infer,  that  the  discipline  exercised  in  this  Church, 
or  that  any  proceedings  therein  are  at  all  dependant  on  the  will 
of  the  civil  or  of  the  ecclesiastical  authority  of  any  foreign  country. 


1814.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW    YORK.  299 

Tiie  above  declaration  having  been  communicated  to  the  House 
of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies,  they  relumed  for  answer,  that  they 
concurred  therein. 

A  canon,  altering  and  explaining  the  29th  canon,  concerning 
the  election  and  institution  of  ministers,  was  proposed  and  agreed 
to,  and  sent  to  the  other  House  for  their  concurrence.* 

The  following  resolution  concerning  the  Book  of  Homilies,  was 
proposed  and  adopted,  and  sent  to  the  House  of  Clerical  and  Lay 
Deputies  for  their  concmTence.f 

The  House  of  Bishops,  taking  into  consideration,  that  the  two 
Books  of  Homilies  are  referred  to  in  the  35th  article  of  this 
Church,  as  containing  a  body  of  sound  Christian  doctrine  ;  and 
knowing,  by  their  respective  experience,  the  scarcity  of  the  vol- 
ume, rendering  it  difficult  for  some  candidates  in  the  ministry  to 
possess  opportunities  of  studying  its  contents,  propose  to  the 
House  of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies,  to  make  it  a  standing 
instruction  to  every  Bishop  and  to  the  ecclesiastical  authority  in 
every  State  destitute  of  a  Bihsop,  to  be  furnished  (as  soon  as  may 
be)  with  a  copy  or  copies  of  said  work,  and  to  require  it  to  be 
studied  by  all  candidates  for  the  ministry  within  their  respective 
bounds  ;  under  the  expectation,  that  when  offering  for  ordination 
the  knowledge  of  its  contents  will  be  indispensably  required. 

A  canon,  concerning  the  alms  and  contributions  at  the  Holy 
Communion,  was  proposed,  and  adopted.! 

Saturday  Morning,  ^lay  21st,  1814. 

A  communication  was  made  to  this  House  by  the  President, 
respecting  two  matters  committed  to  him  by  the  last  triennial 
Convention. 

Whereupon, 

Resolved,  That  information  of  the  same  be  transmitted  to  the 
House  of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies  j  to  be  returned  to  this  House 
and  entered  on  their  Journal. 

The  communication  is  as  follows  : 

The  President  requests  the  attention  of  the  House  to  those 
passages  in  the  Journal  of  1811,  where  it  appears,  that  there 

*  Thi3  c:inon  was  concurred  in  by  that  House. 

t  Tliis  resolution  was  concurred  in  by  that  House. 

*  This  canon  was  concurred  in  by  the  House  of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies. 


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were  laid  on  him  two  acts  of  duty,  which  consequent  circum- 
stances have  prevented  from  being  carried  into  effect. 

The  President,  and  the  Bishop  of  this  Church  in  Virginia,  were 
requested  "to  devise  means  for  supplying  the  congregations  of 
this  Church  west  of  the  Allegany  mountains,  with  the  ministra- 
tion and  worship  of  the  same,  and  for  organizing  the  Church  in 
the  Western  States."  In  consequence  of  this  request,  the  Presi- 
dent had  begun  a  correspondence  with  Bishop  Madison  ;  but  all 
further  progress  was  arrested  by  the  decease  of  the  said  Right 
Rev.  Brother.  This  did  not  hinder  the  President  from  submitting 
to  the  Convention  of  this  Church  in  Pennsylvania,  a  proposal, 
which  was  complied  with,  designed  so  far  to  meet  the  desires  of 
some  members  of  this  Church  in  the  western  country,  as  that  in 
the  event  of  a  settlement  of  a  Bishop  therein,  the  congregations 
in  the  western  counties  of  the  State  might  be  under  his  superin- 
tendence ;  on  such  a  plan  as  would  not  affect  the  integrity  of  the 
Church  in  the  State  of  Pennsylvania,  as  a  component  member  of 
the  body  of  this  Church  throughout  our  union,  in  contrariety  to 
the  Constitution. 

The  President  was  further  requested  to  address  a  letter,  in 
behalf  of  the  Convention,  to  the  venerable  Society  in  England  for 
Propagating  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts,  in  reference  to  certain 
lands  held  by  them  in  the  State  of  Vermont,  and  intended  in  the 
original  grant  for  the  benefit  of  the  Episcopal  Church  therein.  It 
was  necessary  to  the  execution  of  this  commission,  that  the  Presi- 
dent should  have  been  furnished  with  certain  documents.  These 
were  delayed  by  some  circumstances  not  under  his  control,  until 
the  occurrence  of  the  present  war ;  which  rendered  a  correspond- 
ence in  the  premises  improper. 

The  above  information  was  carried  to  the  House  of  Clerical  and 
Lay  Deputies  by  the  Secretary. 

The  following  recommendation  was  proposed,  and  adopted  : 

The  House  of  Bishops  propose  to  the  House  of  Clerical  and 
Lay  Deputies,  the  following  recommendation  to  be  considered  of 
by  the  House,  and  if  agreeable,  to  be  returned  to  this  House  and 
entered  on  their  Journal : 

Whereas  a  diversity  of  custom  has  of  late  years  prevailed  in 
the  posture  of  ministers  and  of  the  people,  during  the  act  of  sing- 
ing the  psalms  and  the  hymns  in  metre  ;  the  former  practice  of 
sitting  during  this  part  of  the  service  gradually  giving  way  to  the 
more  comely  posture  of  standing  ;  it  is  hereby  recommended  by 
this  Convention,  that  it  be  considered  as  the  duty  of  the  ministers 
of  this  Church,  to  encourage  the  use  of  the  latter  posture,  and  to 


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induce  the  members  of  their  congregations,  as  circumstances  may 
permit,  to  do  the  same:  allowance  to  be  made  for  cases,  in  which 
it  may  be  considered  inconvenient  by  age,  or  by  infirmity.  Practice 
under  this  recommendation  is  to  begin  from  the  time  when  suitable 
information  shall  have  been  given  by  the  Clergy  to  their  respec- 
tive flocks.  And  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  minister  to  give 
notice  of  this  recommendation  to  his  congregation  at  such  time 
as  in  his  discretion  may  be  the  most  proper. 

The  carrying  into  effect  of  the  contemplated  change,  may  be 
delayed  by  the  Bishop  of  any  Diocese,  or,  w^here  there  is  no 
Bishop,  by  the  ecclesiastical  authority  therein,  until  there  shall 
have  been  time  and  opportunity  of  explaining  satisfactorily  the 
grounds  of  the  measure. 

This  recommendation  was  taken  by  the  Secretary  to  the  House 
of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies.* 

The  following  proposition  was  submitted  and  agreed  to,  and 
communicated  to  the  House  of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies  : 

The  House  of  Bishops  communicate  to  the  House  of  Clerical 
and  Lay  Deputies,  the  following  resolve,  and  the  following  rule 
of  the  House  of  Bishops,  to  be  entered  on  their  Journal  after 
being  returned  by  the  House  of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies. 

There  was  laid  before  the  House,  an  address  from  the  Rev.  Dr. 
William  Smith,  of  Connecticut,  together  with  sundry  anthems 
selected  from  Holy  Scripture,  and  adapted  to  certain  fasts  and 
feasts  of  the  Church.  The  object  of  the  address  is  to  induce  the 
establishment  of  the  said  anthems  as  part  of  the  Liturgy. 

Whereupon, 

Resolved,  That  it  is  not  expedient,  during  this  Convention,  to 
go  into  a  review,  either  in  whole  or  in  part,  of  the  Book  of 
Common  Prayer.  It  could  not,  how^ever,  but  give  satisfaction 
to  the  Bishops  to  recollect,  that  anthems  taken  from  Scripture, 
and  judiciously  arranged,  may,  according  to  the  known  allowance 
of  this  Church,  be  sung  in  congregations  at  the  discretion  of  their 
respective  ministers.  On  this  occasion,  a  question  arose,  how  far 
it  may  be  proper  at  any  meeting  of  the  Convention,  to  give  their 
sanction,  or  that  of  this  House  in  particular,  to  any  work,  however 
tending  to  religious  instruction,  or  to  the  excitement  of  pious  affec- 
tions. In  reference  to  this  subject,  it  is  the  unanimous  opinion  of 
the  Bishops  present,  that  no  such  sanction  should  be  given.  And 
it  is  hereby  made  a  rule  of  the  House,  that  if  any  application 
should  be  made  tending  to  such  effect,  it  shall  not  be  considered 
as  regularly  brought  before  them. 

*  The  recommendation  was  concurred  in  by  that  Home. 


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The  House  of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies  returned  to  the  House 
of  Bishops  their  communications  concerning  anthems,  with  the 
thanks  of  said  House  for  the  course  adopted  by  the  House  of 
Bishops. 

The  House  of  Bishops  transmit  to  the  House  of  Clerical  and 
Lay  Deputies  the  following  opinions,  the  result  of  attention  to  an 
application  of  the  Clerical  Deputies  from  Connecticut.  If  ap- 
proved of,  it  will  be  entered  on  the  Journal  of  the  former  House. 

The  Clerical  Deputies  from  the  Diocese  of  Connecticut,  by 
direction  of  the  Convention  of  the  same,  requested  the  opinions  of 
the  Bishops  present,  on  the  meaning  of  two  passages  of  the 
canons:  1st,  Of  this  phrase  in  the  9th  canon — "  In  consideration 
of  certain  other  qualifications  of  the  candidates  ;"  and,  2dly^  Of 
this  phrase  in  the  40th  canon — "  or  by  some  other  joint  act  of  the 
parties,  and  of  a  minister  of  this  Church." 

In  explanation  of  the  former  phrase,  the  Bishops  are  of  opinion, 
that  if  a  candidate  should  possess  extraordinary  strength  of  natural 
understanding,  a  considerable  extent  of  theological  erudition,  al- 
though not  derived  through  the  medium  of  the  original  languages 
of  Scripture,  a  peculiar  aptitude  to  preach,  and  a  large  share  of 
prudence ;  those  qualifications  may  be  a  ground  of  ihe  dispensa- 
tion here  referred  to. 

In  reference  to  the  phrase  in  the  40th  canon,  it  would  perhaps 
be  difficult  to  define  the  various  ways  in  which  the  consent  spoken 
of  may  be  satisfactorily  evinced.  But  the'' Bishops  are  of  opinion, 
that  any  person  duly  laaptised  in  any  religious  society  extraneous 
to  this  communion,  joining  himself  to  any  congregation  of  this 
communion,  and  possessing  an  interest  in  its  concerns,  in  conse- 
quence of  express  or  implied  permission,  may  be  properly  entered 
by  the  minister  on  the  list  of  the  names  of  persons  under  his 
parochial  care.  But  the  Bishops  do  not  consider  themselves  as 
now  called  on  to  consider,  whether  it  may  not  be  expedient  to 
make  provision  for  a  more  definite  mode,  for  the  receiving  into 
this  Church  of  persons  not  baptised  within  its  pale,  but  joining  it 
on  conviction,  and  with  fair  characters. 

A  message  was  received  from  the  House  of  Clerical  and  Lay 
Deputies,  by  their  Secretary,  signifying  their  approbation  of  the 
opinions  with  respect  to  the  9th  and  40th  canons. 

A  pastoral  letter  was  proposed  and  adopted,  and  sent  to  the 
House  of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies. , 

Resolved,  That  to  the  volume  of  Journals  already  directed  to 
be  re-printed,  there  be  added  a  second  appendix,  containing  the 


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two  pastoral  letters  read  in  the  last  two  preceding  Conventions, 
and  the  pastoral  letter  read  in  this  Convention. 

This  resolution  was  taken  to  the  House  of  Clerical  and  Lay 
Deputies,  and  returned  with  their  concurrence. 

Resolved,  That  it  be  referred  to  the  Bishops,  and,  in  those 
Dioceses  in  which  there  are  no  Bishops,  to  the  Standing  Com- 
mittees therein,  to  inquire  in  the  respective  Dioceses  or  States, 
and  to  consider  for  themselves,  concerning  the  expediency  of 
establishing  a  Theological  Seminary,  to  be  conducted  under  the 
general  authority  of  this  Church ;  and  to  report  to  the  next 
General  Convention. 

The  House  of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies  concurred  in  the  above 
resolution. 

The  House  agreed  with  the  House  of  Clerical  and  Lay  Depu- 
ties in  appointing  the  next  General  Convention  to  be  held  at 
New  York. 

A  canon,  repealing  part  of  the  45th  canon  of  1808,  was  adopted, 
and  sent  to  the  House  of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies,  in  which 
they  concurred. 

This  House  returned  for  answer  to  the  resolve  of  the  House  of 
Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies,  requesting  the  House  of  Bishops  to 
appoint  one  of  their  own  order  to  preach  a  sermon  at  the  opening 
of  the  next  General  Convention  : — 

The  Bishops  concur  in  the  above  resolve ;  hoping  that  it  may 
be  consistent  with  the  state  of  health  of  their  brother  the  Right 
Rev.  Bishop  Clagget,  to  be  present,  and  to  preach  ;  and  in  the 
case  of  his  absence,  resolving,  that  the  next  Bishop  in  seniority, 
who  may  not  already  have  preached  at  the  opening  of  a  Conven- 
tion, be  requested  to  perform  the  duty. 


CANONS 

Adopted  in  General  Convention,  1814. 

CANON  I. 
Concerning  the  Alms  and  Contributions  at  the  Holy  Communion. 

Whereas  it  appears,  that  no  direction  has  been  made,  as  to  the 
mode  in  which  the  alms  and  contributions  at  the  administration  of 
the  Holy  Communion  are  to  be  applied ;  it  is  hereby  declared, 


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that  they  shall  be  deposited  with  the  minister  of  the  parish,  or 
with  such  Church  officer  as  shall  be  appointed  by  him,  to  be 
applied  by  the  minister,  or  u^der  his  superintendence,  to  such 
pious  and  charitable  uses  as  shall  be  thought  fit. 

House  of  Bishops,  adopted  May  20th,  18 14. 

JACKSON  KEMPER,  Secretary. 

Adopted  in  House  of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies,  May  21st,  1814. 
ASHBEL  BALDWIN,  Secretary. 

CANON  11, 

Altering  and  Explaining  the  29th  Canon,  concerning  the  Election  and  Inslitv- 
tion  of  Ministers. 

So  much  of  the  29th  canon  of  1808,  as  requires  the  institution 
of  an  assistant  minister  in  order  to  his  being  considered  as  a  regu- 
larly admitted  and  settled  parochial  minister  in  any  Diocese  or 
State,  and  his  having  a  voice  in  the  choice  of  a  Bishop,  in  con- 
sequence of  his  not  having  been  instituted,  and  as  excludes  a 
Deacon  from  a  seat  and  vote  in  any  Convention  where  he  is  not 
excluded  by  the  Constitution  and  Canons  of  the  Church  in  any 
diocese,  is  hereby  repealed.  It  is  also  declared,  in  explanation  of 
the  said  canon,  that  the  provision  concerning  the  use  of  the  Office 
of  Institution,  is  not  to  be  considered  as  applying  to  any  congre- 
gation destitute  of  a  house  of  worship.^ 

House  of  Bishops,  adopted  May  20th,  1814.J 

JACKSON  KEMPER,  Secretary, 

Adopted  in  House  of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies,  May  21st,  1814. 
ASHBEL  BALDWIN,  Secretary 

CANON  III. 

Repealing  part  of  the  45th  Canon  of  1808. 

That  part  of  the  45th  canon  of  1808  which  requires  that  the 
parochial  reports  inserted  on  the  Journals  of  each  State  or  Dio- 
cesan Convention,  shall  be  read  in  the  House  of  Clerical  and  Lay 
Deputies  in  General  Convention,  is  hereby  repealed.] 

House  of  Bishops,  adopted  May  24th,  1814. 

JACKSON  KEMPER,  Secretary. 

Adopted  in  House  of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies,  May  24th,  1814. 
ASHBEL  BALDWIN,  Secretary. 


THIRTIETH   CONVENTION. 


JOURNAIi 

OF    THE 

PROCEEDINGS 

OF  THE 

ANNUAL   CONVENTION 

OP 
THE  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH^ 

IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK ; 

HELD    IN    TRINITY   CHURCH,    NEW    YORK, 

October  3d,  and  4th,  A.  D.  1815. 


jUist  of  tlje  Clcvfl^j  anH  3lnjf  JBelegateS' 

WHO  ATTENDED  THE  CONVENTION. 
CLEEG Y. 

The  Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.  D.,  Assistant  Bishop 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State  of  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Amos  G.  Baldwin,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Utica, 

The  Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
Rochella 

The  Rev.  WiUiam  Berrian,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  John  Bowden,  D.  D.,  Professor  of  Rhetoric  and 
Moral  Philosophy  in  Columbia  College. 

The  Rev.  Nathanael  Bowen,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  Grace  Church, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  John  Brady,  Assistant  Minister  of  St.  George's 
Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  G.  T.  Bedell,  Deacon,  officiating  in  Christ  Church, 
Hudson. 

The  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Churchy 
Flushing. 


306  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1815. 

The  Rev.  William  A.  Clark,  Missionary  at  Manlius,  Onondaga 
county,  and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  Orin  Clark,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Geneva. 

The  Rev.  Timothy  Clowes,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 
Albany. 

The  Rev.  William  Creighton,  Deacon,  oihciating  in  Grace 
Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Abiel  Carter,  Deacon,  officiating  in  Christ  Church, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Adam  Empie,  Chaplain,  and  Professor  in  the  Mili- 
tary Academy,  West  Point. 

The  Rev.  Henry  J.  Feltus,  Rector  of  St.  Stephen's  Church, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller,  Missionary,  Rensselaerville,  and  parts 
adjacent. 

The  Rev.  Wilham  Harris,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's  Church, 
Bowery,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Haskell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Rye. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Y.  How,  D.  D.,  an  Assistant  Minister  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  John  P.  K.  Henshaw,  Deacon,  officiating  in  St.  Ann's 
Church,  Brooklyn. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  F.  Jarvis,  Rector  of  St.  Michael's  Church, 
Bloomingdale,  and  St.  James'  Church,  Hamilton  Square,  New 
York. 

The  Rev.  William  B,  Lacey,  Deacon,  Missionary  in  Chenango 
county,  and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  John  M'Vickar,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church,  Hyde 
Park. 

The  Rev.  Benjamin  T.  Onderdonk,  an  Assistant  Minister  of 
Trmity  Church,  New  York., 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Athens, 
and  St.  Luke's  Church,  Cattskill. 

The  Rev.  John  Reed,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie. 

The  Rev.  Charles  Seabury,  Rector  of  Carohne  Church,  Brook- 
haven. 

The  Rev.  Cyrus  Stebbins,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church, 
Schenectady. 

The'  Rev.  James  Thompson,  Missionary,  in  Greene  and  Dela- 
ware coimties. 

The  Rev.  Alanson  W.  Welton,  Missionary  in  Ontario  county, 
and  the  counties  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  Russel  Wheeler,  Missionary  at  Unadilla,  Otsego 
county,  and  parts  adjacent. 


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The  Rev.  Eli  Wheeler,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Johnstown. 
The  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 
West  Chester,  and  St.  Paul's  Church,  East  Chester. 

The  Rev,  Ralph  Williston,  Rector  of  Zion  Church,  New  York. 

The  following  Clergy,  not  regularly  entitled  to  seats,  were 
admitted  to  the  sittings  of  the  Convention  : 

The  Rev.  Edmund  D.  Barry,  Principal  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Academy,  New  York,  and  officiating  in  New  Jersey. 

The  Rev.  John  Croes,  D.  D.,  Bishop  elect  of  the  Diocese  of 
New  Jersey. 

The  Rev.  William  Hawley,  of  Virginia. 

The  Rev.  David  Huntington,  of  St,  Paul's  Church,  Charlton. 

The  Rev.  Stephen  Jewett,  of  Christ  Church,  Hampton. 

The  Rev.  David  Moore,  of  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island. 

The  Rev.  William  Powell,  of  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Coldenham, 
and  St.  James'  Church,  Goshen. 

The  Rev.  Gilbert  H.  Sayres,  of  Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  L.  I. 

LAY    DELEGATES. 

Bedford  and  Northcastle,  William  Jay,  Samuel  H.  Miller. 

Caroline  Church,  Brookhaven,  William  W.  Mills. 

Christ  Church,  Hudson,  Jacob  R.  Van  Rensselaer. 

Christ  Church,  New  York,  George  Dominick,  Israel  Horsefield, 
Robert  Gill,  Edward  Hitchcock. 

Christ  Church,  Hampton,  Washington  county,  Pliny  Adams. 

Christ  Church,  Cooperstown,  James  Cooper. 

Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie,  James  Emott,  George  P.  Oakley. 

Christ  Church,  Rye,  Thomas  Purdy,  Peter  J.  Munro. 

Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York,  John  Pintard,  Thomas  Hamersley. 

Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  John  Skidmore. 

Grace  Church,  New  York,  Archibald  Bruce,  John  Slidell, 
William  Cutting. 

Grace  Church,  Waterford,  Hezekiah  Ketchum. 

South  Salem,  James  Church. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Orange  county,  J.  T.  Walden. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island,  Nathaniel  Britton,  Joseph 
Taylor. 

St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn,  Theodosius  Hunt,  Fanning  C. 
Tucker. 

St.  George's  Church,  Flushing,  Thomas  Marston,  Thomas 
Philips. 

St.  George's  Church,  Newburgh,  Charles  Ludlow,  David 
Fowler. 

St.  George's  Church,  New  York,  Gerrit  H.  Van  Wagenen, 
Harry  Peters. 


308  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1815. 

St.  James'  Church,  North  Salem,  Joshua  Purdy. 

St.  John's,  Church,  Yonkers,  Hem-y  White,  Elijah  Valentine. 

St.  Mark's  Church,  Bowery,  Dirck  Ten  Broeck,  Nicholas  Fish, 
George  Turnbull. 

St.  Michael's  Church,  Bloomingdale,  Valentine  Nutter. 

St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead,  John  Kissam. 

St.  George's  Church,  Schenectady,  Thomas  C.  Brownell. 

St.  George's  Church,  Newburgh,  Thomas  Ellison,  George 
Ludlow,  Samuel  Floyd,  David  Fowler. 

St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany,  John  Van  Ness  Yates,  Thomas  W. 
Ford,  James  Gibbons. 

St.  Peters  Church,  West  Chester,  Abijah  Hammond. 

St.  James'  Church,  Hyde  Park,  John  Johnston. 

St.  James'  Church,  Newtown,  Long  Island,  David  Moore, 
James  Blackwell,  Gilbert  Van  Mater. 

Trinity  Church,  Granville,  Martin  Lee. 

Trinity  Church,  Fairfield,  Andrew  A.  Bartow. 

Trinity  Church,  New  Rochelle,  James  Harvey. 

Trinity  Church,  New  York,  Thomas  L.  Ogden,  Nehemiah 
Rogers. 

Trinity  Church,  Rensselaerville,  Apollos  Moore. 

Zion  Church,  New  York,  John  Graff,  Thomas  Gibbon. 

New  York,  October  3d,  1815. 

This  being  the  day  appointed  for  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
Convention  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State  of 
New  York ;  and  the  city  of  New  York  having  been  appointed 
by  the  Bishop  as  the  place  of  meeting,  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop 
Hobart,  and  several  of  the  Clergy  and  Lay  Delegates  attended,  at 
10  o'clock  A.  M.,  in  Trinity  Church. 

Divine  service  was  performed  by  the  Rev.  William  Harris, 
D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's  Church,  Bowery,  and  a  charge  to 
the  Clergy,  delivered  by  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Hobart. 

Divine  service  being  ended,  the  Convention  assembled,  and  a 
list  of  the  Clergy  being  called  over,  agreeably  to  the  second  canon 
of  this  Church  of  1803,  the  following  Clergy  answered  to  their 
names,  and  took  their  seats : 

The  Rev.  Amos  G.  Baldwin,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Utica ; 
Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New  Rochelle ; 
Rev.  William  Berrian,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church, 
New  York;  Rev.  John  Bowden,  D.  D.,  Professor  of  Rhetoric  and 
Moral  Philosophy  in  Columbia  College  j  Rev.  Nathanael  Bowen, 


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D.  D.,  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  John  Brady, 
Assistant  Minister  of  St.  George's  Church,  New  York;  Rev.  G. 
T.  Bedell,  Deacon,  officiating  in  Christ  Church,  Hudson ;  Rev. 
Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Flushing;  Rev. 
William  A.  Clark,  Missionary  at  Manlius,  Onondaga  county,  and 
parts  adjacent ;  Rev.  Orin  Clark,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church, 
Geneva;  Rev.  Timothy  Clowes,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 
Albany ;  Rev.  WiUiam  Creighton,  Deacon,  officiating  in  Grace 
Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  Abiel  Carter,  Deacon,  officiating  in 
Christ  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  Adam  Empie,  Chaplain,  and 
Professor  in  the  Military  Academy,  West  Point ;  Rev.  Henry  J. 
Feltus,  Rector  of  St.  Stephen's  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  Samuel 
Fuller,  Missionary,  Rensselaerville,  and  parts  adjacent ;  Rev. 
William  Harris,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's  Church,  Bowery, 
New  York;  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Churchj 
Hempstead ;  Rev.  Samuel  Haskell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church, 
Rye ;  Rev.  Thomas  Y.  How,  D.  D.,  an  Assistant  Minister  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  John  P.  K.  Henshaw,  Deacon, 
officiating  in  St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn ;  Rev.  Samuel  F.  Jarvis, 
Rector  of  St.  Michael's  Church,  Bloomingdale,  and  St.  James' 
Church,  Hamilton  Square,  New  York ;  Rev.  William  B.  Lacey, 
Deacon,  Missionary  in  Chenango  county,  and  parts  adjacent ;  Rev. 
Thomas  Lyell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  John 
M'Vickar,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church,  Hyde  Park ;  Rev.  Ben- 
jamin T.  Onderdonk,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church, 
New  York ;  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church, 
Athens,  and  St.  Luke's  Church,  Cattskill ;  Rev.  John  Reed,  Rec- 
tor of  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie ;  Rev.  Charles  Seabury, 
Rector  of  Caroline  Church,"Brookhaven ;  Rev.  Cyrus  Stebbins, 
Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Schenectady  ;  Rev.  James 
Thompson,  Missionary  in  Greene  and  Delaware  counties ;  Rev. 
Russel  Wheeler,  Missionary  at  Unadilla,  Otsego  county,  and  parts 
adjacent ;  Rev.  Eli  Wheeler,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Johns- 
town ;  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 
West  Chester,  and  St.  Paul's  Church,  East  Chester ;  Rev.  Ralph 
Williston,  Rector  of  Zion  Church,  New  York. 

The  following  Clergy,  entitled  to  seats  in  the  Convention,  were 
absent : 

The  Rev.  Daniel  Nash,  Rector  of  the  churches  in  Otsego 
county ;  Rev.  David  Butler,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy  j 
Rev.  Joseph  Perry,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church,  Milton ;  Rev. 
Parker  Adams,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Lansingburgh,  and 
Grace  Church,  Waterford ;  Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  Rector  of  St. 
John's  Church,  Yonkers ;  Rev.  Evan  Malbone  Johnson,  Deacon, 


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St.  James'  Church,  Newtown,  Long  Island ;  Rev.  John  Brown, 
Deacon,  Trinity  Church,  Fishkill ;  Rev.  John  Kewley,  M.  D., 
Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  Ezekiel  Gear, 
Missionary,  Onondaga  county,  and  counties  adjacent ;  Rev.  Virgil 
H.  Barber,  Principal  of  the  Academy,  and  Minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  Fairfield,  Herkimer  county. 

The  Lay  Delegates  exhibited  certificates  of  their  appointment, 
and  the  following  Delegates  took  their  seats : 

From  Caroline  Church,  Brookhaven,  William  W.  Mills;  Christ 
Church,  Hudson,  Jacob  R.  Van  Rensselaer ;  Christ  Church,  New 
York,  George  Dominick,  Israel  Horsefield,  Robert  Gill,  Edward 
Hitchcock  ;  Christ  Church,  Cooperstown,  James  Cooper  ;  Christ 
Church,  Poughkeepsie,  James  Emott,  George  P.  Oakley ;  Du  St. 
Esprit,  New  York,  John  Pintard ;  Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  John 
Skidmore;  Grace  Church,  New  York,  Archibald  Bruce,  John 
Slidell ;  Grace  Church,  Waterford,  Hezekiah  Ketchum ;  St. 
Andrew's  Church,  Orange  county,  J.  T.  Walden ;  St.  Andrew's 
Church,  Staten  Island,  Nathaniel  Britton,  Joseph  Taylor;  St. 
Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn,  Theodosius  Hunt ;  St.  George's  Church, 
Flushing,  Thomas  Marston,  Thomas  Philips ;  St.  George's  Church, 
Newburgh,  Charles  Ludlow,  David  Fowler ;  St.  George's  Church, 
New  York,  Gerrit  H.  Van  Wagenen,  Harry  Peters  ;  St.  James' 
Church,  Hyde  Park,  John  Johnston ;  St.  James'  Church,  New- 
town, Long  Island,  David  Moore,  James  Blackwell,  Gilbert  Van 
Mater ;  St.  James'  Church,  North  Salem,  Joshua  Purdy ;  St. 
John's  Church,  Yonkers,  Henry  V^^hite,  Elijah  Valentine ;  St. 
Mark's  Church,  Bowery,  New  York,  Dirck  Ten  Broeck,  Nicholas 
Fish,  George  Turnbiill ;  St.  Michael's  Church,  Bloomingdale, 
New  York,  Valentine  Nutter ;  Trinity  Church,  New  York,  Thos. 
L.  Ogden,  Nehemiah  Rogers ;  Trinity  Church,  Rensselaerville, 
Apollos  Moore ;  Zion  Church,  New  York,  John  Graff,  Thomas 
Gibbon ;  Bedford,  and  Northcastle,  William  Jay,  Samuel  H. 
Miller ;  South  Salem,  James  Church ;  Christ  Church,  Hampton, 
Washington  county,  Pliny  Adams  ;  Trinity  Church,  Fairfield, 
Andrew  A.  Bartow,  Samuel  Nichols;  St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany, 
John  Van  Ness  Yates,  Thomas  W.  Ford,  James  Gibbon ;  Trinity 
Church,  New  Rochelle,  James  Harvey ;  St.  George's  Church, 
Hempstead,  John  Kissam ;  St.  George's  Church,  Schenectady, 
Thomas  C.  Brownell ;  St.  George's  Church,  Newburgh,  Thomas 
Ellison,  George  Ludlow,  Samuel  Floyd,  David  Fowler;  St. 
Peter's  Church,  West  Chester,  Abijah  Hammond. 

The  Rev.  Thos.  Lyell  was  elected  Secretary  of  the  Convention. 

The  Convention  adjourned  until  to-morrow  morning,  10  o'clock. 


IS  15.]  OF    THE    DIOCESE    OF   NEW    YORK.  3ll 

Wednesday  Morning,  October  4th,  1815. 

The  Convention  met,  and  Divine  service  was  celebrated  by  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Bulkley,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Flushing. 

The  Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
Rochelle,  and  the  Rev.  Alanson  W.  Welton,  Missionary  in 
Ontario  comity,  and  the  counties  adjacent,  appeared,  and  took 
their  seats  in  the  Convention. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  the  Rev.  John  Croes,  D.  D.,  Bishop  elect  of  the 
Diocese  of  New  Jersey,  now  in  this  city,  be  admitted  to  the  sittings 
of  this  Convention. 

On  motion. 

Resolved,  That  the  ministers  of  this  Church  not  regularly 
entitled  to  seats,  be  admitted  to  the  sittings  of  this  Convention. 

The  following  Clergy  took  their  seats  agreeably  to  the  fore- 
going resolution : 

The  Rev.  David  Moore,  of  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island ; 
the  Rev.  Gilbert  H.  Sayres,  of  Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  Long 
Island ;  the  Rev.  Mr.  Powell,  of  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Colden- 
ham,  and  St.  James'  Church,  Goshen ;  the  Rev.  Mr.  Jewett,  of 
Chi'ist  Church,  Hampton ;  the  Rev.  Edmund  D.  Barry,  Principal 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Academy,  New  York,  officiating  in 
New  Jersey  ;  the  Rev.  William  Hawley,  of  Virginia  ;  the  Rev. 
David  Huntington,  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Charlton. 

William  Cutting,  a  Lay  Delegate  from  Grace  Church,  New 
York  ;  Peter  J.  Munro,  and  Thomas  Purdy,  Lay  Delegates  from 
Christ  Church,  Rye ;  Fanning  C.  Tucker,  a  Lay  Delegate  from 
St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn ;  and  Thomas  Hamersley,  a  Lay 
Delegate  from  the  church  Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York,  appeared, 
and  took  their  seats. 

Certificates  of  the  incorporation  of  Trinity  Church,  in  the  town 
of  Coventry,  and  county  of  Chenango ;  St.  Paul's  Church,  in  the 
towns  of  Tully  and  Preble ;  and  Trinity  Church,  Granville, 
Washington  county ;  were  read,  and  the  said  churches  received 
into  union  with  the  Church  in  this  State. 

A  certificate  of  the  appointment  of  a  Lay  Delegate  from  Trinity 
Church,  Granville,  was  read,  and  Martin  Lee  appeared,  and  took 
his  scat,  as  Lay  Delegate  from  the  said  church. 


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Agreeably  to  the  45th  canon  of  the  General  Convention,  pro- 
viding for  an  accurate  view  of  the  state  of  the  Church  from  time 
to  time,  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Hobart  delivered  the  following 
address. 

MY  CLERICAL  AND  LAY  BRETHREN, 

Agreeably  to  the  requisition  of  the  canons,  I  lay  before  the  Convention  the 
proceedings  in  this  Diocese  since  the  last  Annual  Convention. 

Since  that  time  the  following  persons  have  received  Holy  Orders :  Gregory 
T.  Bedell,  William  Hawley,  William  H.  Hart,  Abiel  Carter,  of  this  Diocese, 
and  William  Josephus  Bulkley,  of  the  Diocese  of  Connecticut,  have  been 
admitted  to  the  order  of  Deacons;  and  the  following  Deacons,  David  Hunting- 
ton, Eli  Wheeler,  Benjamin  T.  Onderdonk,  and  Alanson  W.  Welton,  of  this 
Diocese,  and  Lewis  P.  Bayard,  of  New  Jersey,  to  the  order  of  Priests.  The 
ordination  of  Lewis  P.  Bayard  and  Benjamin  T.  Onderdonk  took  place  in 
Newark,  New  Jersey,  where  I  was  invited  to  hold  an  ordination  by  the 
Standing  Committee  of  that  Diocese. 

The  Rev.  Charles  Seabury  has  been  instituted  to  the  Rectorship  of  Caroline 
Church,  Setauket;  and  the  Rev.  Eli  Wheeler  to  the  Rectorship  of  St.  John's 
Church,  Johnstown. 

The  Rev.  William  Hawley  and  the  Rev.  William  H.  Hart  have  removed  to 
the  Diocese  of  Virginia.  The  Rev.  Gregory  T.  BedelJ,  Deacon,  has  been  elected 
Minister  of  Christ  Church,  Hudson;  and  the  Rev.  Abiel  Carter,  Deacon,  acts 
as  an  Assistant  in  Christ  Church,  in  this  city.  The  Rev.  Ezekiel  G.  Gear, 
Deacon,  has  removed  from  the  Diocese  of  Connecticut  into  this  Diocese,  and 
acts  as  a  Missionary. 

In  regard  to  the  affairs  of  the  Diocese,  it  is  proper  I  should  state,  that  the 
sentence  of  suspension  on  the  Rev.  Cave  Jones,  in  consequence  of  his  refusing 
to  submit  to  the  requisitions  of  Bishop  Moore  and  his  presbyters,  to  relinquish 
his  title  to  the  office  of  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  was  removed,  on 
his  submitting  to  the  terms  of  their  requisitions,  and  an  official  instrument  of 
the  removal  transmitted  to  him. 

In  the  city  of  New  York,  St.  George's  Church,  which  was  destroyed  by 
lire,  has  been  rebuilt,  and  is  ready  for  consecration.  But  we  have  to  lament 
the  recent  destruction,  by  fire,  of  the  edifice  of  Zion  Church.  This  event  is 
calculated  to  excite  peculiar  sensibility,  from  the  very  limited  means  which  the 
congregation  possess  of  repairing  their  loss,  there  being  among  them  few 
individuals  of  much  wealth.  The  corporation  of  Trinity  Church  do  not 
possess  the  means  of  aiding  them  to  any  considerable  amount ;  and  their  only 
resource,  therefore,  is  the  benevolence  of  individual  Episcopalians.  It  is  not 
to  be  supposed  that  this,  their  only  hope,  will  fail  them ;  that  Episcopalians 
will  refuse  to  aid  a  sister  congregation  in  circumstances  of  peculiar  distress; 
or  that  they  will  incur  the  stigma  of  making  no  efforts  to  raise  from  its  ashes, 
one  of  the  temples  of  their  God  ;  to  reinstate  their  exiled  brethren  in  those 
saered  courts  where  they  rejoiced  to  worship ;  and  to  comfort  the  heart  and 


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strengthen  the  hands  of  the  exemjilary  and  respectable  servant  of  the  altar  who 
now  mourns  its  desolation  and  ruin. 

The  Right  Reverend  Bishop  Provoost  has  very  recently  departed  this  life. 
To  the  benevolence  and  urbanity  that  marked  all  his  intercourse  with  his 
Clergy,  and  indeed  every  social  relation,  there  is  strong  and  universal 
testimony:  and  with  respect  to  the  manner  that  marked  his  official  inter- 
course, there  can  be  no  testimony  more  interesting  than  that  of  the  venerable 
Bishop  of  our  Church  in  Pennsylvania,  who,  on  a  public  occasion,  several 
years  since,  referring  to  the  intimate  relation  between  himself  and  Bishop 
Provoost,  introduced  the  sentiment,  that  "  delegation  to  the  same  civil  office  is 
a  ground  on  which  benevolence  and  friendly  offices  may  be  expected ;"  and 
then  remarked,  "  how  much  more  sacred  is  a  relation  between  two  persons, 
who,  under  the  appointment  of  a  Christian  Church,  had  been  successfully 
engaged  together  in  obtaining  for  it  the  succession  to  the  apostolic  office  of  the 
Episcopacy;  who,  in  the  subsequent  exercise  of  that  Episcopacy,  had  jointly 
laboured  in  all  the  ecclesiastical  business  which  has  occurred  among  us ;  and 
who,  through  the  whole  of  it,  never  knew  a  word,  or  even  a  sensation, 
tending  to  personal  dissatisfaction  or  disunion."* 

In  the  month  of  November  last,  I  visited  the  congregations  at  Bedford  and 
North  Salem,  in  West  Chester  county ;  and  also  a  small  congregation  of 
Episcopalians  in  Franklin,  in  Putnam  county. 

In  the  months  of  June  and  July  I  made  the  [following  visitations :  St. 
James'  Church,  Newtown,  and  administered  Confirmation  to  44  persons ;  St. 
George's  Church,  Flushing,  administered  Confirmation  to  15  persons,  and 
admitted  William  J.  Bulkley  to  the  order  of  Deacon;  Christ  Church,  Stratford 
(Connecticut),  at  the  request  of  the  Standing  Committee  of  that  Diocese,  and 
administered  Confirmation  to  130  persons;  Trinity  Church,  Trumbull,  in  the 
same  Diocese,  and  administered  Confirmation  to  30  persons ;  Christ  Church, 
Rye,  West  Chester  county,  and  admmistered  Confirmation  to  12  persons;  St. 
Peter's  Church,  Albany,  confirmed  60  persons;  Charlton,  Saratoga  county, 
confirmed  24  persons ;  St.  John's  Church,  Johnstown,  Montgomery  county, 
confirmed  10  persons,  and  instituted  the  Rev.  Mr.  Wheeler;  Christ  Church, 
Balltown,  confirmed  8  persons;  the  congregations  at  Ballston  Spa  and  Milton, 
and,  at  the  latter  place,  confirmed  13  persons;  Trinity  Church,  Fishkill,  and 
confirmed  17  persons. 

In  the  month  of  August  and  part  of  September,  I  visited  the  following 
congregations,  principally  in  the  western  district  of  the  State  :  Utica  and  Paris, 
Oneida  county;  Fairfield,  Herkimer  county;  Manlius,  Onondaga  county; 
TuUy  Flats,  Cortlandt  county;  Auburn,  Cayuga  county;  Clifton  Springs, 
Geneva,  Victor,  Richmond  (formerly  Honeyoye),  Avon,  Pulteneyville,  and 
Canandaigua,  Ontario  county;  Sheldon  and  Batavia,  both  near  the  western 
frontier,  Genesee  county.  In  the  principal  part  of  these  congregations  Confir- 
mations were  held;  and  since  the  last  Convention,  the  whole  number  of  persons 
confirmed  is  about  400. 

*  Bishop  White,  in  his  Sermon  at  the  consecration  of  Bishop  Moore. 


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At  my  visitation  of  the  congregation  at  Manlius,  the  church  in  that  village, 
which  is  a  very  neat  and  commodious  building,  was  consecrated  by  the  name 
of  Christ  Church,  and  44  persons  were  confirmed.  The  congregation  is 
increasing,  and  owes  much  to  the  labours  of  the  Rev.  William  A.  Clark. 
There,  are  two  other  churches  ready  for  consecration  in  Rensselaei-ville, 
Albany  county,  and  in  Stamford,  Delaware  county,  which  I  expect  shortly  to 
consecrate ;  and  it  gives  me  great  pleasure  to  state,  that  congregations,  in 
various  other  parts  of  the  Diocese,  are  erecting  churches.  In  this  pious  work, 
and  in  general  to  the  support  of  the  Ministry,  many  of  the  congregations  in 
the  country,  and  especially  in  its  more  remote  districts,  display  a  zeal  which 
is  worthy  of  high  commendation.  There  have  been  instances  of  individuals, 
possessing  only  moderate  wealth,  who  have  given  the  tenth,  and  the  eighth 
part  of  their  property  to  the  building  of  churches,  besides  liberal  contributions, 
in  the  same  proportion,  to  the  support  of  the  Clergy.  The  congregations  of 
our  Church,  it  should  be  recollected,  in  the  new  settlements  particularly,  are 
not  large ;  and,  therefore,  the  erection  of  buildings,  and  the  support  of  public 
worship,  fall  heavily  upon  them.  But  for  the  aid  that  they  received  from 
other  quarters,  and  particularly,  as  it  respects  the  support  of  clergymen,  from 
the  Missionary  Fund,  the  scattered  Episcopalians  in  many  parts  of  the  State, 
would  have  been  unable  to  establish  congregations,  and  to  obtain  permanently 
the  worship  of  our  church.  I  mention  these  facts,  in  order  to  excite  their 
more  wealthy  and  favoured  brethren,  particularly  in  the  cities,  from  the 
example  of  their  liberality,  to  contribute,  in  generous  proportion  to  the  means 
with  which  Providence  has  blessed  them,  to  the  diffusion  and  support  of  that 
Gospel  which  is  the  only  security  for  man's  happiness  in  this  life,  and  his 
only  pledge  of  felicity  in  the  life  which  is  to  come. 

It  affords  me  the  highest  gratification  to  bear  testimony  to  the  zeal  and  to 
the  fidelity  of  my  brethren  of  the  Clergy  in  the  discharge  of  their  duties.  In 
many  places,  particularly  in  the  more  distant  parts  of  the  State,  and  where  the 
scene  of  ministerial  duty  is  much  extended,  it  is  not  to  be  discharged  but  with 
much  self-denying  and  laborious  exertion.  But,  in  the  older  and  more  com- 
pact congregations,  I  have  every  reason  to  believe  that  there  is  no  failure  of 
exertion  and  diligence  on  the  part  of  the  Clergy,  in  the  oversight  of  the  flocks 
committed  to  their  charge.  I  cannot  avoid  mentioning  the  exertions  of  a  young 
brother  in  the  ministry  at  Fishkill,  who,  while  in  the  capacity  of  a  lay  reader 
in  that  place,  was  very  instrumental  in  exciting  the  piety  and  zeal  of  the 
people,  and  whose  labours,  shice  his  admission  to  Deacons'  orders,  have  been 
very  diligent  and  persevering,  and  followed  by  much  good. 

I  ought  not  to  omit  to  mention,  that  the  congregation  at  Johnstown  have 
repaired  and  beautified  their  house  of  worship,  which  is  a  large  stone  edifice, 
erected  before  the  American  Revolution,  in  what  was  then  considered  a  frontier 
settlement.  Under  the  very  active  labours  of  their  present  minister,  there  is 
every  prospect  of  the  increase  and  prosperity  of  the  congregation. 

An  opportunity  presented  itself  of  attempting  to  extend  the  blessings  of 
religious  instruction  among  the  Indian  tribes,  through  the  instrumentality  of 


1815.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE    OF   NEW    YORK.  3l6 

Mr.  Eieazar  Williams,  who  was  born  among  them,  and  has  been  liberally 
educated.  He  is  employed  by  the  Missionary  Committee,  as  a  catechist  and 
schoolmaster  among  them.  An  appeal  was  made  to  Episcopalians  for  their 
contributions  towards  the  pubhshing  of  portions  of  the  Bible  and  the  Common 
Prayer  in  the  language  of  the  Indian  tribes.  The  money  collected  is  placed 
in  the  hands  of  G.  H.  Van  Wagenen,  Esq.,  the  Treasurer  of  this  Convention, 
subject  to  my  order,  for  the  above  purposes ;  and  Mr.  Williams  is  engaged  in 
preparing  the  portions  of  Scripture  and  the  Liturgy  for  publication. 

The  missionaries  continue,  as  usual,  faithful  and  diligent  in  their  important 
work. 

It  is  impossible  to  appreciate  too  highly  the  importance  of  missionary 
exertions.  I  visited,  for  the  second  time,  this  summer,  the  missionary  district 
to  the  westward,  extending  from  Manlius  on  the  east,  to  Sheldon,  about  25 
miles  from  Lake  Erie,  on  the  west;  and  from  Catharine  Town,  Tioga  county, 
on  the  south,  to  Pulteneyville,  on  Lake  Ontario,  on  the  north.  This  district, 
comprising  a  circumference  of  country  more  than  a  hundred  miles  in  diameter, 
was  the  scene  of  the  missionary  labours  of  our  deceased  brother,  the  Rev.  D. 
Phelps.  To  him  succeeded  the  Rev.  William  A.  Clark,  and  the  Rev.  Orin 
Clark ;  and,  more  recently,  the  Rev.  Alanson  W.  Welton ;  whose  first  labours 
in  their  ministry  were  devoted  to  this  district,  with  the  same  piety,  prudence, 
and  laborious  zeal  which  distinguished  their  venerable  predecessor.  In  this 
district,  in  which,  fifteen  years  since,  it  is  believed  there  was  not  one  congre- 
gation of  our  Church  which  could  be  considered  as  permanently  established, 
there  are  now  14  or  15,  which  have  fair  prospects  of  permanency  and  prosperity. 
Indeed,  such  is  the  ardent  and  zealous  attachment  of  the  Episcopalians  scattered 
through  that  country,  to  the  doctrine,  the  ministry,  and  the  worship  of  our 
Church  ;  and  such  the  increasing  estimation  in  which  these,  in  proportion  as 
Ihey  are  known,  are  regarded  by  others,  that  we  only  want  a  greater  number 
of  missionaries,  in  order  to  ensure  the  increase  and  establishment  of  our 
Church  in  various  parts  of  the  State.  As  a  most  important  auxiliary  to  this 
object,  must  be  considered  the  distribution  of  Prayer  Books.  The  Clergy  and 
Missionaries  are  uniform  in  the  declaration,  that  they  find  no  method  of 
increasing  our  Church  more  effectual  than  the  distribution  of  the  Book  of 
Common  Prayer.  It  gives  me,  therefore,  great  pleasure  to  notice  the  increase 
of  Bible  and  Common  Prayer  Book  Societies  in  this  State.  In  addition  to 
those  in  New  York  and  Albany,  there  have  been  recently  established  Bible 
and  Common  Prayer  Book  Societies  on  Long  Island,  in  Dutchess  county,  and 
in  Columbia  and  Greene  counties ;  in  the  institution  of  which,  many  distin- 
guished lapnen  of  our  Church  have  cordially  co-operated.  In  common  with 
my  brethren  of  the  Clergy,  I  feel  it  a  duty  to  acknowledge  how  much  we  owe, 
on  various  occasions,  to  the  zealous  co-operation  of  our  brethren  of  the  Laity ; 
and  to  notice,  with  the  highest  pleasure,  their  increasing  zeal  for  the  advance- 
ment of  the  interests  of  our  Church.  An  evidence  of  this  is  to  be  found  in 
their  attendance  at  these  annual  Conventions ;  one  great  object  of  which  is,  by 
bringing  together,  at  stated  periods,  the  Clergy  and  the  Laity,  from  various 


316  JOURNALS  OF  THE   CONVENTIONS  [1815. 

parts  of  the  State,  to  strengthen  the  bonds  of  union  among  the  members  of  our 
Church,  and  mutually  to  animate  and  to  direct  their  zeal  in  her  cause,  and 
their  exertions  for  her  increase  and  prosperity.  May  these  exertions  be 
attended  with  the  blessing  of  Almighty  God.* 

JOHN  HENRY  HOBART. 
New  York,  October  4,  1815. 

The  Clergy  who  were  absent  at  the  last  Convention  were 
called  on  for  the  reasons  of  their  absence,  agreeably  to  the  canon 
enjoining  their  attendance  j  which  reasons  were  accepted. 

The  Bishop,  from  "  the  Committee  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  for  Propagating  the  Gospel  in  the  State  of  New  York," 
reports,  that  the  following  missionaries  are  at  present  employed 
in  this  Diocese : 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller,  in  Albany  and  Greene  counties ;  the 
Rev.  Wilham  A.  Clark,  in  Onondaga  county,  and  the  adjacent 
counties ;  the  Rev.  James  Thompson,  in  Delaware  and  Greene 
counties ;  the  Rev.  Wilham  B.  Lacey,  principally  in  Chenango 
county  ;  the  Rev.  Russel  Wheeler,  Unadilla,  and  parts  adjacent ; 
the  Rev.  Alanson  W.  Welton,  in  Ontario  county,  and  the  adja- 
cent counties ;  the  Rev.  Ezekiel  G.  Gear,  in  Onondaga  and  Cort- 
landt  counties,  and  parts  adjacent ;  the  Rev.  Daniel  Nash  is 
engaged,  part  of  his  time,  as  a  missionary;  and  Mr.  Eleazar 
Williams  as  a  catechist  and  lay  reader  among  the  Indians. 


The  Bishop  stated  to  the  Convention  the  substance  of  the 
reports  of  the  missionaries  made  to  him,  as  follows : 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Fuller,  missionary  at  Rensselaerville,  and  parts 
adjacent,  in  his  letter  to  the  Bishop,  reports,  that  he  has  officiated 
the  year  past,  two-thirds  of  the  time  in  Rensselaerville,  and  one- 
third  in  Durham ;  except  one  Sunday  in  Windham,  one  in  Green- 
ville, and  one  in  Athens  and  Cattskill.  The  Church  at  Rensselaer- 
ville is  completed ;  and  it  is  the  wish  of  the  Vestry,  that  it  may 
be  consecrated  as  soon  as  conveniently  may  be.  There  has  been 
some  special  attention  to  religion ;  and  five  young  persons  have 
received  baptism,  and  seven  have  been  added  to  the  communion. 
The  house  for  worship  has  been  built  by  contract,  for  2,900 
dollars ;  but  the  subscriptions  amount  to  little  more  than  2,000 
dollars,  and  not  even  that  sum  will  ever  be  collected.  Three  or 
four  men,  however,  stand  responsible  for  the  deficiency,  which, 
probably,  they  must  pay. 

*  In  enumerating  the  Bible  and  Common  Prayer  Book  Societies,  in  the  above 
Address,  there  is  an  inadvertent  omission  of  the  "  Auxiliary  Bible,  and  Common 
Prayer  Book  Society  of  the  Western  District." 


1815.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  317 

In  raising  up  the  Episcopal  Society  in  RensselaerviUe,  be  states, 
that  they  have  had  to  struggle  against  prejudices,  and  poverty, 
and  the  reviling  of  its  enemies ;  they  had  flattered  themselves, 
however,  that  these  difficulties  were  principally  surmounted ;  and, 
as  matters  now  are,  every  exertion  in  their  power  will  be  made 
for  its  preservation  and  prosperity.  The  late  additions  to  the 
Communion,  though  small,  have  contributed  to  revive  the  droop- 
ing spirits  of  the  friends  of  Zion,  and  the  attachment  to  the  Church 
generally ;  and  a  trust  in  the  ultimate  enlargement  and  success 
of  that  particular  part  of  it,  is  evidently  increasing. 

He  has  attended  funerals,  and  the  festivals  and  fasts  of  the 
Church,  and  other  fasts,  besides  some  other  meetings  on  week 
days.  He  has  administered  the  Communion  regularly,  and  cate- 
chised the  children.  The  whole  number  of  baptisms  is  five  adults, 
and  five  children. 

The  Rev.  William  A.  Clark,  Missionary  at  Manlius,  and  parts 
adjacent,  in  his  letter  to  the  Bishop,  reports,  that  most  of  his 
services  have  been  given  to  the  village  of  Manlius  and  its  vicinity. 
Besides  performing  Divine  service  on  Sundays,  by  preaching  on 
other  days,  and  by  lecturing  both  publicly  and  privately,  from 
house  to  house,  no  pains  have  been  spared  to  impress  the  people 
with  a  sense  of  the  importance  of  the  things  which  belong  to 
their  eternal  peace,  a  knowledge  of  the  Church,  and  the  way  of 
salvation. 

The  number  of  communicants  in  Christ  Church,  Manlius,  is  at 
present  more  than  sixty,  with  a  fair  prospect,  in  a  short  time,  of 
more  than  a  hundred,  by  the  ordinary  blessing  of  Almighty  God. 
The  village  contains  upwards  of  one  hundred  families,  of  whom 
the  greater  part  make  the  welfare  of  the  Church  a  matter  of 
common  interest. 

Besides  attention  to  this  place,  he  has  occasionally  performed 
Divine  service  in  Lenox,  Madison  county ;  Pompey,  Tully,  and 
Preble,  Cortlandt  county ;  and  in  the  latter  place,  in  March  last, 
organized  a  church,  by  the  name  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Tully  and 
Preble.  In  September,  he  administered  the  Holy  Communion  to 
twelve  persons,  and  thinks,  from  the  Christian  disposition  of  many 
more,  that  shortly  the  communicants  of  that  Church  may  be 
numerous ;  the  number  of  families  who  have  attached  themselves 
to  it,  are  not  less  than  fifty. 

In  Lenox  a  society  will  be  organized  within  the  present  month  j 
and  in  many  other  places,  of  Onondaga,  Madison,  and  Cortlandt 
counties.  Episcopalians  are  sufficiently  numerous  to  form  societies. 
He  thinks  it  of  the  utmost  importance,  that  there  should  be  an  as- 
sistant missionary  for  this  part  of  the  country  ;*  or  that  the  Rev. 

*  The  Rev.  Mr.  Gear  is  appointed  for  this  purpose. 


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Mr.  Gear,  may  be  permitted  to  continue  his  labours  in  conjunction 
with  his  own. 

The  church  in  the  village  of  Eaton  requires  attention — the 
place  is  important.     Skaneateles,  too,  is  an  important  place. 

With  these  places,  taking  Paris  into  the  account,  which  ought 
not  to  be  forgotten,  together  with  Onondaga,  Pompey,  and  Caze- 
novia,  there  are,  or  shortly  will  be  formed,  seven  or  eight  churches, 
which  must  afford  abundant  employment  for  both  Mr.  Gear  and 
himself. 

He  expresses  the  hope,  that,  by  God's  grace  and  blessing,  they 
will  be  able  to  give  a  good  account  of  the  future  growth  and 
prosperity  of  the  Church  in  this  quarter. 

In  the  course  of  this  year  he  has  administered  the  ordinance  of 
Baptism  to  seventy-two  persons ;  adults  16,  infants  56 — 72 ;  mar- 
riages, 3 ;  deaths,  2. 


The  Rev.  James  Thompson,  Missionary  in  Delaware  and  Greene 
counties,  in  his  letter  to  the  Bishop,  reports,  that  he  has  officiated 
at  Stamford  and  Harpersfield  one-half  of  the  time,  one-quarter  at 
Greenville,  and  one-quarter  at  Windham  and  Lexington.  It  is 
snpposed  double  the  number  of  people  attend  Church  at  Stamford 
this  year.  Finishing  the  church  has  been  of  great  advantage  to 
that  congregation;  seriousness  and  attention  to  religion,  with 
fervour  of  devotion,  have  generally  prevailed  in  the  congregation; 
thirteen  more  have  been  added  to  the  Communion  this  year; 
several  others  have  been  awakened  to  a  sense  of  their  duty,  and, 
he  trusts,  will  soon  be  prepared  publicly  to  profess  their  faith  in 
Christ,  by  coming  to  the  Communion. 

He  has  spent  much  time  in  religious  visits  with  the  people,  and 
has  laid  before  them  the  necessity  of  evangelical  repentance,  and 
a  living  faith  in  the  Son  of  God,  and  the  fruits  of  faith.  He  has 
done  the  same  at  Greenville,  Windham,  and  Lexington.  At 
Windham,  the  latter  part  of  August,  there  was  an  awakened 
attention  to  religion ;  several,  he  trusts,  will  be  added  to  the 
Communion ;  previous  to  this,  three  were  added  to  the  Commu- 
nion. The  old  professors  of  religion  feel  more  zeal  and  love  for 
the  Church,  and  have  resolved  to  build  a  church ;  and  subscrip- 
tions are  opened  to  raise  money  for  that  purpose,  and  a  consider- 
able sum  has  been  subscribed.  At  Greenville,  also,  there  are  some 
in  that  congregation  under  serious  impressions ;  but/  two  have 
been  added  to  the  Communion  this  year;  but,  he /trusts,  that, 
through  the  influence  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  others  Avill  soon  be 
prepared.  '*^ 

He  has  preached  frequently  three  times  on  Sunday,  has  preached 
25  lectures,  baptised  25  children  and  infants,  and  one  adult; 


1815.]  OF    THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  319 

catechised  many  children,  preached  the  missionary  sermon  in  his 
congregations. 

He  has  been  more  laborious  this  year  in  his  ministerial  duties 
than  the  last,  by  reason  of  the  increased  attention  to  religion. 
The  Church  is  increasing  in  this  part  of  the  Diocese.  Common 
Prayer  Books,  religious  Tracts,  &c.,  are  much  wanted.  Many 
Common  Prayer  Books  have  been  bought  this  year.  He  observes, 
that  good  Churchmen  cannot  be  made  without  Prayer  Books. 

St.  Peter^s  Church,  Stamford.  Communicants,  42  ;  families, 
about  40 ;  baptisms,  infants  19,  adult  1 — 20 ;  marriages,  4  ; 
funeral,  1.     One  communicant  died,  and  two  removed. 

Christ  Church,  Greenville.  Communicants,  28 ;  families, 
about  20. 

Trinity  Church,  Windham.  Communicants,  26 ;  families,  33 ; 
funeral,  (communicant,)  1.  \ 

The  Rev.  Russel  Wheeler,  officiating  Minister  and  Missionary, 
Butternutts,  Unadilla,  and  parts  adjacent,  reports,  that  the  con- 
gregation of  Butternutts,  for  the  year  past,  has  grown  in  numbers, 
and,  he  would  hope,  in  "  grace,  and  in  the  knowledge  of  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ."  The  audience  is  numerous  and  respectable, 
and  the  church  is  usually  crowded. 

Communicants,  about  70 ;  baptisms,  15. 

The  congregation  of  Unadilla  has  increased  the  year  past.  Pious 
people  appear  to  be  animated  and  encouraged  ;  and  the  prospect 
of  the  growth  of  the  Church  in  this  place,  to  a  very  respectable 
number,  is  very  flattering. 

Communicants,  24;  baptisms,  12. 

He  visited  the  church  at  Ochquaga  Hills  on  the  Lord's  day, 
and  on  other  days.  This  congregation,  which  has  been  distin- 
guished for  its  "  godly  simplicity  and  zeal,"  is  not  declining  in 
this  evangelical  spirit.  They  still  rejoice  in  the  extensive  spread 
which  the  Church  is  now  making  through  the  means  of  clerical 
exertion. 

Communicants,  22  ;  baptisms,  4. 

He  visited,  on  the  Lord's  day,  the  Church  at  New  Berlin.  He 
was  informed  by  the  people,  that  as  soon  as  the  building  which 
is  now  erecting  should  be  completed,  all  the  seats  would  probably 
be  occupied.  The  labours  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Lacey,  who  gives 
them  regular  service,  are  highly  useful  to  them. 

He  visited  on  the  Lord's  day,  and  on  other  days.  Episcopal 
families  in  Franklin.  Sunday,  March  5,  1815,  he  performed 
Divine  service  to  a  numerous  auditory.  The  real  friends  of  our 
Zion  in  this  place  usually  attend  Church  at  Unadilla. 

He  has  made  a  number  of  visits,  on  "missionary  duty,"  in 


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Corentry,  Chenango  county.  November  30,  1814,  a  church  v?as 
organized  under  his  direction. 

The  number  of  families,  were  17 ;  baptisms,  12. 

In  this  place  he  was  received  with  true  gratitude.  The  Epis- 
copalians were  animated  at  the  event  of  organization.  The 
prospect  of  doing  good  here  is  great.  The  friends  of  the  Church 
are  emigrants  from  congregations  in  Connecticut.  They  only 
want  quickening,  and  strengthening,  and  warning,  not  to  disho- 
nour the  Cathohc  faith. 

The  Rev.  Alanson  W.  Welton,  Missionary  in  Ontario  county, 
and  parts  adjacent,  reports — That  since  the  date  of  his  last  report, 
he  has  spent  his  time,  as  before,  in  visiting  the  several  churches, 
as  he  thought  expedient.  He  has  spent  eight  Sundays  at  Canan- 
daigua,  nine  at  Richmond  (formerly  Honeyoye),  seven  at  Victor, 
four  at  Clifton  Springs,  six  at  Avon,  three  at  Batavia,  two  at 
Sheldon,  four  at  Pulteneyville,  and  one  at  Catharine  Town.  He 
exchanged  with  the  Rev.  Orin  Clark,  who  has  performed  Divine 
service  for  him,  three  Sundays  at  Canandaigua,  one  at  Clifton 
Springs,  and  once  at  Pulteneyville.  One  Sunday  also,  he  was 
detained  at  Manlius  by  the  badness  of  the  roads,  when  on  a  visit 
to  that  place,  to  attend  a  meeting  of  the  "Auxiliary  Bible  and 
Common  Prayer  Book  Society  of  the  Western  District."  Besides 
performing  Divine  service  on  Sundays  and  holy-days,  he  has 
given  a  large  number  of  lectures  at  the  different  places. 

Baptisms,  adults  8,  infants  37 — 45. 

The  number  of  churches  is  rapidly  increasing;  many  more 
might  be  organized  within  a  short  time,  had  we  missionaries 
to  supply  them. 

The  Rev.  Wilham  B.  Lacey,  Missionary  in  Chenango  county, 
and  parts  adjacent,  reports  to  the  Bishop,  that  since  last  Conven- 
tion he  has  performed  Divine  service  four  Sundays  in  St.  Paul's 
Church,  Paris ;  four  Sundays  in  St.  Luke's  Church,  Richfield ; 
two  Sundays  in  Trinity  Church,  Eaton ;  one  Sunday  in  Lebanon ; 
twenty-five  Sundays  in  St.  Paul's  Church,  Oxford ;  one  Sunday 
in  St.  Luke's  Church,  Windsor  5  thirteen  Sundays  in  St.  Andrew's 
Church,  New  Berlin ;  one  Sunday  in  Binghamton,  and  one  in 
Norwich.  Besides  officiating  at  the  stated  times  in  the  churches 
in  Oxford  and  New  Berhn  on  the  Lord's  day,  he  has  given  lec- 
tures on  Sunday  evenings,  at  different  places  in  the  exterior  of 
those  towns;  and  has  performed  service,  on  week  days,  in  Sanger- 
jfield.  Lisle,  Windsor,  Coventry,  Norwich,  Preston,  and  Columbus ; 
has  attended  ten  funerals,  and  administered  baptism  to  four  adults, 
and  twenty  children. 


1815.]  OF  THE   DIOCfiSE  OF  NEW   YORK.  321 

In  the  places  he  has  visited,  the  prospects  of  the  Church  are 
encouraging :  the  congregations  are  large  and  attentive ;  and 
nothing  seems  wanting,  under  the  Divine  blessing,  to  attach  them 
truly  to  our  doctrine  and  method  of  worship  but  the  regular  min- 
istrations of  an  active  and  pious  ministry.  Two  church  edifices 
have  been  recently  erected  in  the  villages  of  Oxford  and  New 
Berlin ;  the  exterior  of  both  is  nearly  finished,  and  their  interior 
will  probably  be  completed  next  summer. 

The  Rev.  Ezekiel  G.  Gear,  Deacon,  Missionary  in  Onondaga 
county,  and  the  counties  adjacent,  writes  to  the  Bishop,  that, 
before  he  came  into  this  part  of  the  Diocese,  in  August  last,  he 
visited,  according  to  directions,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Jewett,  and  per- 
formed Divine  service  one  Sunday  at  Granville ;  one  at  Ticon- 
deroga,  in  Essex  county ;  one  at  Sandy  Hill ;  and  that  one  Sun- 
day he  exchanged  with  Mr.  Jewett,  who  officiated  for  him  at 
Granville ;  and  likewise,  that  he  assisted  Mr.  Jewett  in  laying 
the  corner  stone  of  a  new  church  in  Granville. 

He  has  preached  several  lectures  on  week  days,  since  he  enter- 
ed upon  the  duties  of  a  missionary.  Since  then,  he  has  performed 
Divine  service,  one  Sunday  at  Tully,  one  at  Eaton,  one  at  Skan- 
eateles,  one  at  Lenox ;  and  has  exchanged  with  the  Rev.  Mr.  O. 
Clark,  one  Sunday,  who  officiated  for  hun  at  Tully. 


The  Clergy  were  called  on  for  their  parochial  reports,  required 
by  the  45th  canon  of  the  General  Convention,  which  were  pre- 
sented and  read ;  and,  as  required  by  said  canon,  inserted  on  the 
Journals. 


Si.  George's  Church,  Hempstead,  and  Korth  Hempstead ;  the 
Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector. — Marriages,  51;  baptisms,  17;  burials, 
20 ;  communicants,  about  120. 

V-  St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn;  the  Rev.  John  P.  K.  Henshaw, 
Deacon,  officiating  Minister. — Baptisms,  adults  3,  infants  21 — 24; 
communicants,  removed  and  deceased  15,  added  since  last  report 
22, — present  number,  129 ;  marriages,  9 ;  funerals,  adults  10, 
infants  11—21. 

Trinity  Church,  JVew  Rochelle  ;  the  Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  9;  marriages,  4;  funerals,  4;  communi- 
cants, 20. 


322  JOURNALS   OF   THE   CONVENriONS  [1815. 

Trinity  Church,  Geneva,  Ontario  county  ;  the  Rev.  Orin  Clark, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  3,  infants,  15—18  ;  funerals,  5 ;  com- 
municants, 30. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island ;  the  Rev.  David  Moore, 
officiating  Minister. — Families,  320  ;  funerals,  28  ;  marriages, 
14;  baptisms,  44;  commmiicants,  260. 

St.  Stephen^ s  Church,  Jfew  York  ;  the  Rev.  Henry  J.  Feltus, 
Rector. — Communicants,  378 ;  baptisms,  adults  12,  children  109-^ 
121 ;  marriages,  37. 

Caroline  Church,  Brookhaven ;  the  Rev.  Charles  Seabury, 
Rector. — Marriages,  4 ;  funerals,  10 ;  communicants,  8. 

St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers;  the  Rev.  Ehas  Cooper,  Rec- 
tor.*— Baptisms,  adults  3,  children  16 — 19  ;  communicants,  59 ; 
marriages,  7 ;  burials,  9. 

I  have  visited  the  churches  of  Bedford  and  Salem  once. 

St.  Peter's  Church,  Auburn,  Cayuga  county;  Rev.  Daniel 
M'Donald.* — On  the  first  Sunday  after  Easter,  1814,  I  com- 
menced my  ministerial  labours  in  the  parish  of  St.  Peter's,  Aurelius. 
One-fourth  part  of  my  time  was  dedicated  to  Skaneateles,  imtil 
the  end  of  that  year.  During  the  current  year,  I  have  been  em- 
ployed in  St.  Peter's  Church,  Auburn,  as  a  settled  clergyman, 
having  received  from  the  Vestry,  an  invitation  to  be  instituted 
rector. 

On  the  2d  Sunday  of  Lent,  I  officiated  at  Canandaigua.  On 
the  15th  after  Trinity  of  the  present  year,  I  held  church  on  the 
Indian  Fields,  Genoa. 

On  the  4th  of  September,  I  organized  a  church,  by  the  name  of 
"  St.  Andrew's,"  on  the  Indian  Fields,  Genoa,  with  the  prospect 
of  a  flourishing  parish.  The  number  of  families  now  attached  to 
that  church,  is  from  fifteen  to  twenty,  ^with  a  fair  prospect  of 
additions,  whenever  they  can  have  the  ministrations  of  the  Church. 

Families,  40 ;  communicants,  30.  Baptisms :  Skaneateles, 
infants,  3 ;  Aurelius,  infants  13,  adults  2,  15 ;  Genoa,  infants  8, 
adults  2,  10 ; — 28.     Marriages,  4 ;  funerals,  10. 

I  have  the  pleasure  of  being  able  to  state,  that  the  parish  of  St. 
Peter's  is  increasing  in  numbers. 

Christ  Church,  Hudson  ;  the  Rev.  G.  T.  Bedell,  Deacon,  offi- 
ciating Minister. — He  began  his  services  in  this  church  last  spring ; 
since  when  there  have  been — baptisms,  4 ;  funerals,  2 ;  commu- 
nicants, 25. 

*■  This  report  was  sent  to  the  Ck>nvention. 


1815.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE    OF   NEW   YORK.  323 

St.  Paulas  Church,  Charlton;  the  Rev.  David  Huntington, 
officiating  Minister. — Baptisms,  adults  2,  infants  16 — 18  ;  mar- 
riages, 4 ;  deaths,  7  ;  there  has  been,  since  the  last  Convention, 
an  accession  to  the  number  of  communicants,  which,  at  present, 
is  about  40 ;  famihes,  50. 

I  have  performed  Divine  service  in  the  vacant  churches  at  Still- 
water and  Duanesburgh. 

iS"^.  James^  Church,  Hyde  Park;  the  Rev.  John  M'Vickar, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  9,  children  23 — 32;  deaths,  adults  4, 
children  6 — 10;  communicants,  53. 

St.  James'  Church,  JYewtown ;  [the  Rev.  E.  M.  Johnson, 
Deacon,  officiating  Minister.  —  Communicants,  38  ;  baptisms, 
adults  23,  infants  9 — 32  ;  funerals,  3  ;  marriages,  9. 

Parish  of  Trinity  Church,  containing  Trinity  Church,  and  St. 
Paul's,  and  St.  John's  Chapels,  JYew  York  ;  the  Right  Rev.  John 
H.  Hobart,  D.  D.,  Assistant  Rector. — Baptisms,  170 ;  marriages, 
53  J  burials,  535 ;  communicants,  about  700. 

Grace  Church,  JN'ew  York  ;  the  Rev.  Nathanael  Bowen,  D.  D., 
Rector. — Baptisms,  24 ;  marriages,  12 ;  communicants,  150. 

There  is  no  register  of  burials  at  this  church,  there  being  no 
cemeteiy  attached  or  belonging  to  it. 

St.  George's  Church,  JYew  York ;  the  Rev.  John  Kewley, 
M.  D.,  Rector. — Marriages,  21 ;  funerals,  16 ;  baptisms,  21. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy  ;  the  Rev.  David  Butler,  Rector.* — 
Baptisms,  infants  42,  adults  10 — 52 ;  marriages,  8 ;  burials,  18  ; 
communicants,  78  ;  deaths,  7. 

I  have  performed  Divine  service  in  the  church  at  Stillwater, 
where  I  baptised  one  infant,  and  administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion to  12  persons. 

Trinity  Church,  Athens,  and  St.  Luke's  Church,  Cattskill ; 
the  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss,  Rector. — Baptisms,  44;  marriages,  12; 
funerals,  14 ;  communicants,  62. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Orange  county;  the  Rev.  William 
Powell,  officiating  Minister. — Baptisms,  7 ;  communicants,  46 ; 
marriages,  4  ;  funerals,  5. 

St.  Mark's  Church,  Bowery,  JVew  York ;  the  Rev.  William 
Harris,  D.  D.,  Rector. — Communicants,  between  70  and  80; 
baptisms,^. 

*  This  report  yt&s  sent  to  the  Convention. 


324  JOURNALS  OF  THE   CONVENTIONS  [1816. 

Trinity  Church,  Lansinghurgh,  and  Grace  Church,  Water- 
ford  ;  the  Rev.  Parker  Adams,  Rector.* — Baptisms,  12 ;  mar- 
riages, 5 ;  funerals,  9 ;  communicants,  39. 

I  have  performed  Divine  service  one  Sunday  at  Stillwater,  and 
one  at  Sandy  Hill. 

Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie  ;  the  Rev.  John  Reed,  Rector. — 
Families,  about  100 ;  communicants,  120 ;  baptisms,  30 ;  mar- 
riages, 11. 

Christ  Church,  Rye;  the  Rev.  Samuel  Haskell,  Rector. — 
Communicants,  55;  baptisms,  14;  deaths,  11;  marriages,  17. 

St.  Peter'' s  Church,  West  Chester,  and  St.  Paul's  Church,  East 
Chester  ;  the  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  D.  D.,  Rector. — Baptisms, 
14 ;  marriage,  1 ;  deaths,  3  ;  communicants,  60. 

St.  George^s  Church,  Flushing ;  the  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  15 ;  marriages,  7 ;  burials,  9 ;  communicants, 
additions  8 ;  deaths  and  removals,  13. 

St.  John^s  Church,  Johnstovm  ;  the  Rev.  Eli  Wheeler,  Rector. 
— He  conmienced  his  ministerial  labours  in  this  church  on  Sunday, 
April  12, 1815 ;  since  virhich  time  there  have  been — ^baptisms,  15; 
funerals,  4 ;  communicants,  15. 

St.  George's  Church,  Schenectady  ;  the  Rev.  Cyrus  Stebbins, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  47 ;  marriages,  2Q ;  funerals,  10 ;  communi- 
cants, 64. 

I  have  performed  Divine  service  at  Duanesburgh,  and  baptised 
four  children. 

Trinity  Church,  Utica;  the  Rev.  A.  G.  Baldwin,  Rector. 
— Baptisms,  children  29,  adults  2 — 31 ;  communicants,  55;  mar- 
riages, 10. 

The  congregation  and  communicants  have  considerably  in- 
creased within  a  year  and  a  half.  I  have,  during  the  last  summer, 
performed  a  third  service  on  Sunday  evenings,  in  Deerfield,  two 
miles  from  Utica,  where  there  has  been  a  pretty  good  attendance. 
I  expect  to  continue  this  arrangement. 

St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany  ;  the  Rev.  Timothy  Clowes,  Rec- 
tor.— Baptisms,  adults  9,  infants  95 — 104 ;  marriages,  19 ;  com- 
municants, about  120. 

I  have  performed  Divine  service  in  the  church  at  Duanesburgh 
agreeably  to  appointment,  and  administered  the  Holy  Sacrament 
to  about  15  persons,  and  baptised  three  infants. 

*  This  report  was  sent  to  the  Convention. 


1815.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  326 

Grace  Church,  Jamaica ;  the  Rev.  Gilbert  H.  Sayres,  offi- 
ciating Minister. — Baptisms,  adults  3,  infants  11 — 14;  marriages, 
4  ;  funerals,  5 ;  communicants,  about  34. 

St.  PavTs  Church,  Ballston  Spa,  and  St,  James*  Church, 
Milton;  the  Rev.  Joseph  Perry,  Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  3, 
infants  48 — 51  j  increase  of  communicants,  4 ;  marriages,  6 ;  fu- 
nerals, 13. 

St.  James*  Church,  Goshen ;  the  Rev.  William  Powell,  offi* 
elating  Minister. — Baptisms,  infants  5,  adults  2 — 7j  communi- 
cants, 12 ;  marriages,  2 ;  funerals,  2. 

The  Rev.  Adam  Empie,  Chaplain  in  the  Military  Academy, 
West  Point,  reports, — That  in  compliance  with  the  appointments 
made  at  the  last  Convention,  he  has  performed  Divine  service, 
and  preached,  two  Sundays  at  Philipstown,  and  two  Sundays  at 
Peekskill ;  in  each  of  which  places  he  administered  the  Holy 
Communion ;  of  the  advantages  of  which,  they  had,  for  more  than 
two  years,  been  deprived. 

Christ  Church,  Hampton;  the  Rev.  Stephen  Jewett,  officiating 
Minister. — Baptisms,  adults  2,  children  13 — 15  ;  funerals,  7. 

In  the  vicinity  of  Hampton.  Baptisms,  adult  1,  children  9 — 10; 
funerals,  4 ;  marriages,  in  Hampton  and  vicinity,  7. 

Since  my  last  return,  six  communicants  have  died,  and  six 
have  removed.  Our  present  number  in  this  town  is  50 ;  to 
which  may  be  added,  between  20  and  30  more,  from  neighbour-- 
ing  towns.  An  increasing  attention  to  religion  is  discernible  in 
this  parish. 

In  Granville  and  its  vicinity.  Baptisms,  adults  8,  children 
13 — 21;  funerals,  5;  marriages,  3. 

The  number  of  communicants  who  consider  themselves  as  be- 
longing to  this  Society,  is  about  40,  and  more  than  half  of  whom 
live  in  the  town  adjoining  Granville. 

The  Society  in  Granville  has  been  organized  but  a  few  months. 
A  handsome  church  edifice  is  building,  and  will,  if  no  accident 
prevent,  be  ready  for  consecration  early  next  spring. 

It  is  but  justice  to  observe,  that  the  contributions  for  building 
this  church  have  been  liberal,  almost  beyond  a  parallel. 

In  this  parish,  primitive  truth,  and  practical  piety,  seem  to  be 
making,  if  not  rapid,  at  least  permanent  advances. 

Christ  Church,  Mw  York;  the  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector.— 
Marriages,  37  j  baptisms,  95 ;  communicants,  225. 


326 


JOURNALS   OF   THE   CONVENTIONS  [1815. 


The  united  Parishes  of  St.  Michael's,  Bloomingdale,  and  St. 
James\  Hamilton  Square,  JVeio  York;  the  Rev.  Samuel  F. 
Jaryis,  Rector.  — 5'^.  Michael's,  Bloomingdale.  Baptisms,  5; 
burial,  1 ;  marriages,  4 ;  communicants,  30. 

St.  James',  Hamilton  Square.  Baptisms,  4;  communicants, 
not  included  in  the  parochial  reports  of  other  churches,  10. 

Collection  for  the  Bishop's  Fund  in  the  two  churches,  $47  19. 
Collection  for  the  Missionary  Fund  in  the  two  churches,  $63  21; 
from  the  young  ladies  of  Mrs.  Brenton's  school,  since  the  collec- 
tion, $30— $93  21. 

Since  the  last  report  a  school  has  been  established  at  Bloom- 
ingdale, in  which  several  poor  children  are  educated  at  the  ex- 
pense of  the  parish.  A  school  has  also  been  recently  established 
in  the  neighbourhood  of  St.  James'  Church,  for  the  instruction  of 
blacks;  and  upwards  of  thirty,  most  of  whom  are  adults,  are 
already  enjoying  the  advantages  it  affords. 

While  the  parish  of  St.  Michael's  has  received  an  accession  of 
several  new  members,  it  has  been  deprived  by  death  and  removal 
of  about  an  equal  number.  The  parish  of  St.  James',  on  the  other 
hand,  has  been  constantly  increasing  in  numbers,  and  is  at  present 
in  a  very  flourishing  condition. 

The  Bishop  stated  to  the  Convention,  that  in  the  churches  at 
Bedford  and  South  Salem,  Mr  Weller  is  licensed  as  a  lay  reader, 
and  has  made  to  him  the  following  report  of  the  state  of  the  con- 
gregations : 

Bedford.  The  present  number  of  communicants  is  twenty-four, 
of  which,  eight  were  added  within  the  past  year.  Baptisms  by 
sundry  clergymen,  the  year  past,  twenty-eight ;  of  which  nine 
were  adults. 

South  Salem.  The  present  number  of  communicants  is  ten,  of 
which  three  were  added  within  the  past  year.  Baptisms  within 
the  past  year,  seven,  of  which  one  was  an  adult. 

This  congregation  is  small,  say  14  or  15  families,  and  cannot 
be  said  to  have  increased  much  within  the  year  past. 


The  following  report  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  Convention,  stating 
the  amount  of  the  Episcopal  Fund,*  was  read : 

"  The  Treasurer  to  this  Convention,  respectfully  submits  the 
following  report,  viz. : 

"That  he  has  at  present  out  at  interest,  on  bonds  and  mortgages, 
belonging  to  the  Episcopal  Fund  in  the  State  of  New  York,  the 

*  The  Episcopal  Fund,  which  is  formed  of  the  annual  collections  for  the  purpose 
m  the  congregations,  is  to  be  pernutted  to  accumulate,  without  diminution,  until  the 
taaual  prohts  of  the  fund  become  adequate  to  the  support  of  a  Bishop. 


1815.]  or   THE    DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  327 

sum  of  twelve  thousand  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars 
sixteen  cents ;  and  that  there  is  outstanding  for  interest,  thirty- 
eight  dollars  fifty  cents ;  and  cash  in  his  hands,  the  sum  of  four 
hundred  and  ninety-seven  dollars  and  thirty-three  cents;  making  in 
the  whole  together  twelve  thousand  six  hundred  and  sixty  dollars 
and  ninety-nine  cents. 

"GERRIT  H.  VAN  WAGENEN,  Treasurer. 
"  New  York,  October  2d,  1 8 1 5."  • 

On  motion, 

Resolved  unanimously,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Convention  be 
presented  to  .  the  Treasurer  for  his  faithful  services. 

Mr.  Gerrit  H.  Van  Wagenen  was  re-elected,  the  Treasurer  of 
the  Convention. 

The  following  persons  were  chosen,  by  ballot,  Deputies  to  the 
General  Convention : 

The  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  D.D.,  the  Rev.  Thomas  Y.  How,  D.D., 
the  Rev.  David  Butler,  the  Rev.  John  Kewley,  M.  D. ;  the  Hon. 
Rufus  King,  the  Hon.  Philip  S.  Van  Rensselaer,  Mr.  William 
Ogden,  Dr.  John  Onderdonk. 

The  following  persons  were  chosen,  by  ballot,  Members  of  the 
Standing  Committee : 

The  Rev.  John  Bowden,  D.  D.,  the  Rev.  William  Harris,  D.  D., 
the  Rev.  Nathanael  Bowen,  D.  D.,  the  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell ;  Richard 
Harison,  Esq.,  Gen.  Matthew  Clarkson,  Mr.  Wilham  Ogden, 
Robert  Troup,  Esq. 

The  following  persons  were  chosen,  by  ballot,  Members  of  the 
Committee  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  for  Propagating 
the  Gospel  in  the  State  of  New  York ;  of  which  Committee  the 
Bishop  is  President  ex-officio  : 

The  Rev,  John  Bowden,  D.  D.,  the  Rev.  Nathanael  Bowen, 
D.  D.,  the  Rev.  Ralph  Williston ;  Mr.  Gerrit  H.  Van  Wagenen, 
Dr.  John  Onderdonk,  Thomas  L.  Ogden,  Esq. 

The  following  proposed  amendment  to  the  first  article  of  the 
Constitution,  changing  the  time  of  meeting  of  the  Convention, 
was  agreed  to,  and,  agreeably  to  the  8th  article  of  the  Constitu- 
tion, must  be  also  adopted  at  the  next  Convention  before  it  is 
valid. 

Article  1.  There  shall  be  a  Convention  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Church  in  this  State,  on  the  third  Tuesday  in  October  in 
each  vear,  &c.  &c. 


328         JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS,  ETC.       [1815. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  in  future  the  names  of  the  Clergy  by  whom 
sermons  shall  be  preached  for  the  Episcopal  and  Missionary  Funds, 
and  the  amount  of  the  collections  respectively,  shall  be  published 
in  the  Journals  of  the  Convention. 

Agreeably  to  the  canon  of  the  Church  in  this  State,  providing 
for  the  supply^  of  vacant  parishes,  the  Bishop  appointed  the  fol- 
lowing Clergy  to  supply  the  vacant  congregations  annexed  to 
their  names  respectively,  at  such  times  as  they  may  deem  most 
convenient  and  proper : 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Seabury,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Hart,  and  the  Rev,  Mr. 
Onderdonk,  Huntington  and  Islip. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Cooper,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Haskell,  and  the  Rev. 
Mr.  M'Vickar,  Bedford,  Salem,  and  Patterson. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Jarvis,  Bedford. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Empie,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Brown,  Peekskill  and 
Phillipstown. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Powell,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Brown,  Newburgh 
and  New  Windsor. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Reed,  Peekskill,  Phillipstown,  and  Patterson. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Prentiss,  Stillwater. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Stebbins,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Clowes,  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Huntington,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Perry,  Duanesburgh. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Butler,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Adams,  Stillwater  and 
Sandy  Hill. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Jewett,  Sandy  Hill. 

The  other  congregations  which  have  not  settled  Clergymen,  are 
supphed  by  missionaries. 

The  Convention  adjourned. 

JOHN  HENRY  HOBART,  D.  D., 

Assistant  Bishop  of  the  P.  E.  Church  in  the  State  of  New  York,  and  Preaident  of  the  Convention. 

Attested, 
THOMAS  LYELL,  Secretary. 


THIRTY-FIRST   CONVENTION. 


JOURHAI. 

OF   THE 

PROCEEDINGS 

OF  THE 

ANNUAL   CONVENTION 

OF 
THE  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH, 

IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW    YORK  ; 

HELD  IN  TRINITY  CHURCH,  IN  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK, 

On  the  1st,  2d,  and  3d  days  of  October,  A.  D.  1S16. 


list  of  tl)c  €ler22  anlr  3laa?  3i9clcsat£S 

WHO  ATTENDED  THE  CONVENTION. 
CLERGY. 

The  Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Pro- 
testant Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State  of  New  York,  and  Rector 
of  Trinity  Church,  in  the  city  of  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Parker  Adams,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Lansbg- 
burgh,  Rensselaer  county,  and  Grace  Church,  Waterford,  Saratoga 
county. 

The  Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
Rochelle,  West  Chester  county. 

The  Rev.  Gregory  T.  Bedell,  Deacon,  Minister  of  Christ  Church, 
Hudson. 

The  Rev.  WilUam  Berrian,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  John  Bowden,  D.  D.,  Professor  of  Rhetoric  and 
Moral  Philosophy  in  Columbia  College,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Nathanael  Bowen,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  Grace  Church, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  John  Brown,  Minister  of  St.  George's  Church,  New- 
burgh,  Orange  county. 


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The  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church, 
Flushing,  Long  Island. 

The  Rev.  Abiel  Carter,  Deacon,  Assistant  Minister  of  Christ 
Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Timothy  Clowes,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany. 

The  Rev.  William  Creighton,  Deacon,  Assistant  Minister  of 
Grace  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Adam  Empie,  Chaplain,  and  Professor  in  the  United 
States  Military  Academy,  West  Point. 

The  Rev.  Henry  J.  Feltus,  Rector  of  St.  Stephen's  Church, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller,  Missionary,  at  Rensselaerville,  Albany 
county,  and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  Charles  W.  Hamilton,  Deacon,  Missionary  in  Wash- 
ington county,  and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  William  Harris,  D.  D.,- Rector  of  St.  Mark's  Church, 
Bowery,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead, 
Long  Island. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Haskell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Rye,  West 
Chester  county. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Y.  How,  D.  D.,  Assistant  Rector  of  Trinity 
Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  David  Huntington,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church, 
Charlton,  Saratoga  county. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  F.  Jarvis,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church, 
Hamilton  Square,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Evan  M.  Johnson,  Deacon,  Minister  of  St.  James* 
Church,  Newtown,  Long  Island. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Daniel  M' Donald,  Missionary  at  Auburn,  Cayuga 
county. 

The  Rev.  John  M'Vickar,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church,  Hyde 
Park,  Dutchess  county. 

The  Rev.  James  Milnor,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  New 
York. 

The  Rev.  David  Moore,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten 
Island. 

The  Rev.  Daniel  Nash,  Missionary,  and  Rector  of  the  churches 
in  Otsego  county. 

The  Rev.  Benjamin  T.  Onderdonk,  an  Assistant  Minister  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Perry,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church,  Milton, 
and  Christ  Church,  Ballstown,  Saratoga  county. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Athens, 
and  St.  Luke's  Church,  Cattskill,  Greene  county. 


1816.]  OF   THE  DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  331 

The  Rev.  John  Reed,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie, 
Dutchess  county. 

The  Rev.  Charles  Seabury,  Rector  of  Caroline  Church,  Brook- 
haven,  and  Missionary  to  Huntington  and  Islip,  Long  Island. 

The  Rev.  Cyrus  Stebbins,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church, 
Schenectady. 

The  Rev.  James  Thompson,  Missionary,  in  Greene  and  Dela- 
ware counties. 

The  Rev.  Alanson  W.  Welton,  Missionary  in  Ontario  and 
adjacent  counties. 

The  Rev.  Eli  Wheeler,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Johnstown, 
Montgomery  county. 

The  Rev.  Russel  Wheeler,  Missionary  at  Butternutts  and  Una- 
dilla,  Otsego  county,  and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 
West  Chester. 

The  Rev.  Ralph  Williston,  Rector  of  Zion  Church,  New  York. 

The  following  Clergy,  not  regularly  entitled  to  seats,  were 
admitted  to  the  sittings  of  the  Convention  : 

The  Rev.  Henry  Anthon,  Deacon,  residing  in  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Edmund  D.  Barry,  Principal  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Academy,  New  York,  and  Minister  of  St.  Matthew's 
Church,  Jersey,  New  Jersey. 

The  Rev.  Henry  Moscrop,  residing  in  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Henri  L.  P.  F.  Peneveyre,  Minister  of  the  French 
Church  Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  William  Powell,  Minister  of  St.  John's  Church,  Yon- 
kers.  West  Chester  county. 

The  Rev.  Joshua  M.  Rogers,  Deacon,  Minister  at  Turin,  Lewis 
county. 

The  Rev.  Gilbert  H.  Sayres,  Minister  of  Grace  Church, 
Jamaica,  Long  Island. 

The  Rev.  Hugh  Smith,  Deacon,  residing  in  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Petrus  S.  Ten  Broeck,  Deacon,  residing  in  New  York. 
The  Rev.  Joseph  Willard,  residing  in  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Roger  Searle,  of  Connecticut. 

The  Rev.  Le\vis  P.  Bayard,  of  New  Jersey. 

The  Rev.  Ravaud  Kearny,  Deacon,  of  New  Jersey. 

LAY   DELEGATES. 

Mhany  county. 
Albany,  St.  Peter's  Church,  James  Gibbons,  John  Van  Ness 
Yates,  John  Meads,  James  Gourlay,  Thomas  W.  Ford. 
Rensselaerville,  Trinity  Church,  Ephraim  R.  Russ. 


332  JOURNALS   OF  THE   CONVENTIONS  [1816. 

Columbia  county. 
Hudsonj  Christ  Church,  William  E.  Norman,  James  Fleming. 

Dutchess  county. 
Fishkill,  Trinity  Church,  Daniel  C.  Verplanck,  Abraham  Mesier. 
Hyde  Park,  St.  James'  Church,  Samuel  Bard. 
Poughkeepsie,  Christ  Church;,  James  Emott,  William  Davies, 
R,  S.  Street,  John  L.  Fonda. 

Greene  county. 
Cattskill,  St.  Luke's  Church,  Henry  Ashley. 

King's  county. 
Brooklyn,  St.  Ann's  Church,  Joshua  Sands,  John  H.  Moore. 

JVeto  York  county. 

New  York,  Trinity  Church,  Nehemiah  Rogers. 

New  York,  Christ  Church,  George  Dominick,  James  Jarvisy 
Richard  Townsend,  Floyd  Smith. 

New  York,  St.  Mark's  Church,  William  Ogden,  Edward  Lyde, 
Clement  C.  Moore. 

New  York,  French  Church  Du  St.  Esprit,  William  Johnson, 
Jacob  SchiefFelin. 

New  York,  St.  Stephen's  Church,  Daniel  Mersereau,  Eliud 
Davis,  John  Drake. 

New  York,  St.  Michael's  Church,  Isaac  Jones,  Valentine  Nutter. 

New  York,  Grace  Church,  Wright  Post,  John  Slidell,  David 
B.  Ogden. 

New  York,  St.  James'  Church,  Peter  Sch«rmerhorn,  Martin 
Hoffman. 

New  York,  St.  George's  Church,  Gerrit  H.  Van  Wagenen^ 
James  D.  L.  Walton,  Isaac  Carow. 

Orange  county. 
Newburgh,  St.  George's  Church,  Joseph  Hoifman. 

Otsego  county. 
Butternutts,  Harmony  Church,  Jacob  Morris. 

Queen's  county. 
Flushing,  St.  George's  Church,  Thomas  Marston. 
Hempstead,  St.  George's  Church,  George  Hewlett. 
Jamaica,  Grace  Church,  Daniel  Kissam,  Andrew  Napier. 
Newtown,  St.  James'  Church,  Nathaniel  Moore,  Isaac  Bregau, 
John  Alsop. 

Rensselaer  county. 
Troy,  St.  Paul's  Church, Warren. 


1816.]  OF  THE  DIOCESE  OF   NEW  YORK.  333 

Suffolk  county. 
Islip,  St.  John's  Church,  John  T.  Champlin. 

West  Chester  county. 
Bedford  and  Northcastle,  William  Jay. 
New  Rochelle,  Trinity  Church,  Anthony  Norroway. 
North  Salem,  St.  James'  Chui-ch,  Joshua  Purdy. 
Rye,  Christ  Church,  Thomas  I.  Delancey,  Peter  J.  Munro. 
West  Chester,  St.  Peter's  Church,  Abijah  Hammond. 
Yonkers,  St.  John's,  Church,  Henry  White,  John  Bowne. 

The  following  Clergy,  entitled  to  seats  in  the  Convention,  were 
not  present  during  this  session : 

The  Rev.  Amos  G.  Baldwin,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Utica, 
Oneida  county. 

The  Rev.  Virgil  H.  Barber,  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  and 
Principal  of  the  Academy  Fairfield,  Herkimer  county. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Brownell,  Missionary,  and  Professor  in 
Union  College,  Schenectady. 

The  Rev.  David  Butler,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy, 
Rensselaer  county. 

The  Rev.  Orin  Clark,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Geneva, 
Ontario  county,  and  Missionary  in  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  William  A.  Clark,  Missionary  at  Manlius,  Onondaga 
county,  and  the  counties  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  Ezekiel  G.  Gear,  Deacon,  Missionary  in  Onondaga 
county,  and  counties  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  John  P.  K.  Henshaw,  Rector  of  St.  Ann's  Church, 
Brooklyn,  Long  Island. 

The  Rev.  Stephen  Jewett,  Missionary  in  Washington  county. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Johnston  Deacon,  Missionary. 

The  Rev.  WilHam  B.  Lacey,  Missionary  in  Chenango  county, 
and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  Henry  U.  Onderdonk,  Missionary  at  Canandaigua 
Ontario  county,  and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  George  Weller,  Deacon,  Missionary  in  West  Chester 
county. 

New  Yoek,  Tuesday,  October  1st,  1816. 

This  being  the  day  appointed  by  the  Constitution  of  the  Pro- 
testant Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State  of  New  York,  for  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  Convention  of  the  same,  and  the  city  of 
New  York  having  been  appointed  by  the  Bishop  as  the  place 
of  meeting,  the  Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  this  State,  and  several  of  the 


334  JOURNALS   OF   THE   CONVENTIONS  [I8I6. 

Clergy  and  Lay  Delegates,  attended,  at  half-past  10  o'clock  a.  ji., 
in  Trinity  Church. 

Morning  service  was  performed  by  the  Rev.  John  Reed,  Rec- 
tor of  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie ;  and  a  sermon,  adapted  to 
the  occasion,  preached  by  the  Rev.  Samuel  F.  Jarvis,  Rector  of 
St.  James'  Church,  Hamilton  Square,  New  York.  The  Holy 
Communion  was  then  administered  by  the  Bishop. 

After  the  religious  services,  the  Convention  assembled,  and  a 
list  of  the  Clergy  being  called  over,  agreeably  to  the  second  canon 
of  this  Church,  of  1803,  the  following  Clergy  answered  to  their 
names,  and  took  their  seats,  viz. : 

The  Rev.  Parker  Adams,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Lansing- 
burgh,  Rensselaer  county,  and  Grace  Church,  Waterford,  Saratoga 
county;  Rev.  Gregory  T.  Bedell,  Deacon,  Minister  of  Christ 
Church,  Hudson  ;  Rev.  William  Berrian,  an  Assistant  Minister  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York;  Rev.  John  Bowden,  D.  D.,  Professor 
of  Rhetoric  and  Moral  Philosophy  in  Columbia  College,  New 
York ;  Rev.  Nathanael  Bowen,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  Grace  Church, 
New  York ;  Rev.  John  Brown,  Minister  of  St.  George's  Church, 
Newburgh,  Orange  county;  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rector  of  St. 
George's  Church,  Flushing,  Long  Island;  Rev.  Abiel  Carter, 
Deacon,  Assistant  Minister  of  Christ  Church,  New  York ;  Rev. 
Timothy  Clowes,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany ;  Rev. 
William  Creighton,  Deacon,  Assistant  Minister  of  Grace  Church, 
New  York ;  Rev.  Henry  J.  Feltus,  Rector  of  St.  Stephen's  Church, 
New  York;  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller,  Missionary  at  Rensselaerville, 
Albany  county,  and  parts  adjacent ;  Rev.  Charles  W.  Hamilton, 
Deacon,  Missionary  in  Washington  county,  and  parts  adjacent ; 
Rev.  William  Harris,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's  Church,  Bowery, 
New  York;  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Chm-ch, 
Hempstead,  Long  Island ;  Rev.  Samuel  Haskell,  Rector  of  Christ 
Church,  Rye,  West  Chester  county;  Rev.  Thomas  Y.  How,  D.  D., 
Assistant  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  David  Hunt- 
ington, Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Charlton,  Saratoga  county ; 
Rev.  Samuel  F.  Jarvis,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church,  Hamilton 
Square,  New  York ;  Rev.  Evan  M.  Johnson,  Deacon,  Minister  of 
St.  James'  Church,  Newtown,  Long  Island ;  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell, 
Rector  of  Christ  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  Daniel  M'Donald, 
Missionary  at  Auburn,  Cayuga  county ;  Rev.  John  M'Vickar, 
Rector  of  St.  James'  Church,  Hyde  Park,  Dutchess  county ;  Rev. 
James  Milnor,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  New  York ;  Rev. 
Daniel  Nash,  Missionary  in  Otsego  county,  and  Rector  of  the 
churches  in  the  same ;  Rev.  Benjamin  T.  Onderdonk,  an  Assistant 
Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  Joseph  Perry,  Rec- 


1816,]  OF   THE   DIOCESE    OF   NEW   YORK.  336 

tor  of  St.  James'  Church,  Milton,  and  Christ  Church,  Ballstown, 
Saratoga  county;  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church, 
Athens,  and  St.  Luke's  Church,  Cattskill,  Greene  county  j  Rev. 
John  Reed,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie,  Dutchess 
coimty ;  Rev.  Charles  Seabury,  Rector  of  Caroline  Church, 
Brookhaven,  and  Missionary  to  Huntington  and  Islip,  Long 
Island;  Rev,  Cyrus  Stebbins,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Chiu"ch, 
Schenectady ;  Rev.  James  Thompson,  Missionary  in  Greene  and 
Delaware  counties;  Rev.  Eli  "Wheeler,  Rector  of  St.  John's 
Church,  Johnstown,  Montgomery  county ;  Rev.  Russel  Wheeler, 
Missionary  at  Butternutts  and  Unadilla,  Otsego  county,  and  parts 
adjacent ;  Rev.  Ralph  Williston,  Rector  of  Zion  Church,  New 
York. 

Certificates  of  the  appointment  of  Lay  Delegates  were  read  and 
approved,  and  the  following  took  their  seats : 

From  St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany,  James  Gibbons,  John  Van 
Ness  Yates,  John  Meads,  James  Gourlay,  Thomas  W.  Ford ;  from 
Trinity  Church,  Rensselaer ville,  Albany  county,  Ephraim  B. 
Russ ;  from  Christ  Church,  Hudson,  William  E.  Norman,  James 
Fleming ;  from  Trinity  Church,  Fishkill,  Dutchess  county,  Daniel 
C.  Verplanck,  Abraham  Mesier ;  from  St.  James'  Church,  Hyde 
Park,  Dutchess  county,  Samuel  Bard ;  from  Christ  Church,  Pough- 
keepsie, Dutchess  county,  James  Emott,  William  Davies,  R.  S. 
Street,  John  L.  Fonda;  from  St.  Luke's  Church,  Cattskill,  Greene 
county,  Henry  Ashley  ;  from  St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn,  Long 
Island,  Joshua  Sands,  John  H.  Moore ;  from  Trinity  Church,  New 
York,  Nehemiah  Rogers;  from  Christ  Church,  New  York,  George 
Dominick,  James  Jarvis,  Richard  Townsend,  Floyd  Smith ;  from 
St.  Mark's  Church,  Bowery,  New  York,  William  Ogden,  Edward 
Lyde,  Clement  C.  Moore;  from  the  French  Church  Du  St.  Esprit, 
New  York,  William  Johnson,  Jacob  SchiefFelin ;  from  St.  Ste- 
phen's Church,  New  York,  Daniel  Mersereau,  Eliud  Davis; 
from  St.  Michael's  Church,  Bloomingdale,  New  York,  Isaac 
Jones ;  from  Grace  Church,  New  York,  Wright  Post,  John 
Slidell,  David  B.  Ogden;  from  St.  James'  Church,  Hamilton 
Square,  New  York,  Peter  Schermerhorn ;  from  St.  George's 
Church,  New  York,  Gerrit  H.  Van  Wagenen,  James  D,  L. 
Walton ;  from  St.  George's  Church,  Newburgh,  Orange  county, 
Joseph  Hoffman ;  from  Harmony  Church,  Butternutts,  Otsego 
county,  Jacob  Morris ;  from  St.  George's  Church,  Flushing,  Long 
Island,  Thomas  Marston ;  from  St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead, 
Long  Island,  George  Hewlett ;  from  Grace  Church,  Jamaica, 
Long  Island,  Daniel  Kissam,  Andrew  Napier ;  from  St.  James' 
Church,  Newtown,  Long  Island,  Nathaniel  Moore,  Isaac  Bregau, 
John  Alsop  J  from  St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  Rensselaer  county, 


336  JOURNALS   OF   THE   CONVENTIONS  [1816. 

Warren;    from   St.  John's  Church,  Islip,  Long  Island 

John  T.  Champlin ;  from  the  Church  at  Bedford  and  Northcastle, 
West  Chester  county,  Wilham  Jay ;  from  St.  James'  Church, 
North  Salem,  West  Chester  county,  Joshua  Purdy ;  from  Christ 
Church,  Rye,  West  Chester  coimly,  Thomas  I.  Delancey ;  from 
St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers,  West  Chester  county,  Henry  White, 
John  Bowne. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  the  late  Secretary  of  the  Convention, 
declined  a  re-election  to  that  office. 

On  motion, 

Resolved  unanimously,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Convention  be 
given  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  Lyell,  for  his  services  as  Secretary. 

The  Rev.  Benjamin  T.  Onderdonk  was  elected  Secretary  of  the 
Convention. 

On  motion. 

Resolved,  That  the  ministers  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church,  not  regularly  entitled  to  seats  in  this  Convention,  be 
admitted  to  the  sittings  thereof. 

Agreeably  to  the  foregoing  resolution,  the  following  Clergy 
took  their  seats : 

The  Rev.  Henry  Anthon,  Deacon,  New  York ;  Rev.  Edmund 
D.  Barry,  Principal  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Academy,  New 
York,  and  Minister  of  St.  Matthew's  Church,  Jersey,  New  Jersey ; 
Rev.  Ravaud  Kearney,  Deacon,  New  York ;  Rev.  Henri  L.  P.  F. 
Peneveyre,  Minister  of  the  French  Church,  Du  St.  Esprit,  New 
York;  Rev.  William  Powell,  Minister  of  St.  John's  Church, 
Yonkers,  West  Chester  county ;  Rev.  Joshua  M.  Rogers,  Deacon, 
Minister  at  Turin,  Lewis  county ;  Rev.  Gilbert  H.  Sayres,  Min- 
ister of  Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  Long  Island ;  Rev.  Hugh  Smith, 
Deacon,  New  York ;  Rev.  Petrus  S.  Ten  Broeck,  Deacon,  New 
York ;  Rev.  Joseph  Willard,  New  York ;  Rev.  Lewis  P.  Bayard, 
of  New  Jersey. 

Tte  Convention  adjourned  until  to-morrow  morning,  at  half- 
past  9  o'clock. 

Wednesday  October  2d. 
The  Convention  met  accordmg  to  adjournment. 

IMvine  service  was  celebrated  by  the  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller, 
Missionary. 


18 16. J  OF   THE   DIOCESE    OF   NEVV   YOEK.  337 

The  Convention  then  came  to  order.  '« 

The  following  Clerg)',  entitled  to  seats  in  the  Convention,  not 
present  yesterday,  appeared,  and  took  their  seats : 

The  Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
Rochelle,  West  Chester  county ;  Rev.  Adam  Empie,  Chaplain, 
and  Professor  in  the  United  States  Military  Academy,  West  Point; 
Rev.  David  Moore,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island; 
Rev.  Alanson  W.  Welton,  Missionary  in  Ontario  and  adjacent 
counties;  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  D. D.,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 
West  Chester. 

Valentine  Nutter,  a  Lay  Delegate  from  St.  Michael's  Church, 
Bloomingdale,  New  York  ;  Isaac  Carow,  a  Lay  Delegate  from  St. 
George's  Church,  New  York ;  John  Drake,  a  Lay  Delegate  from 
St.  Stephen's  Church,  New  York ;  Peter  J.  Munro,  a  Lay  Dele- 
gate from  Christ  Church,  Rye,  West  Chester  county;  Abijah 
Hammond,  Lay  Delegate  from  St.  Peter's  Church,  West  Chester ; 
and  Anthony  Norroway,  Lay  Delegate  from  Trinity  Church,  New 
Rochelle,  West  Chester  county,  appeared,  and  having  produced 
satisfactory  testimonials  of  their  respective  appointments,  took 
their  seats. 

Agreeably  to  the  resolution  of  yesterday,  admitting  ministers  of 
this  Church,  not  regularly  entitled  to  seats,  to  the  sittings  of  the 
Convention,  the  Rev.  Henry  Moscrop,  of  New  York,  and  the  Rev. 
Roger  Seai'le,  of  Connecticut,  took  their  seats. 

The  minutes  of  the  proceedings  of  yesterday  were  read,  and 
approved. 

Certificates  were  read,  of  the  incorporation  of  St.  Andrew's 
Church,  Genoa,  Cayuga  county ;  Zion  Church,  Onondaga,  Onon- 
daga county ;  St.  Stephen's  Church,  Smithfield,  Madison  county ; 
and  St.  Paul's  Church,  Durham,  Greene  county ;  and  said  churches 
were  severally  received  into  union  with  this  Convention. 

Agreeably  to  the  45th  canon  of  the  General  Convention,  the 
Right  Rev.  Bishop  Hobart  delivered  the  following  address : 

MY  BRETHREN  OF  THE  CLERGY  AND  LAITY, 

I  proceed  to  lay  before  you  a  statement  of  the  affairs  in  this  Diocese  since 
the  last  annual  Convention  ;  and  of  its  present  situation. 

Holy  Orders  have  been  conferred  on  the  following  persons : — The  order  of 
Deacons,  on  Charles  W.  Hamilton ;  Henri  L.  P.  F.  Peneveyre,  from  the 
Protestant  Church  of  Lucerne,  Switzerland;  Thomas  C  Brownell,  Professor  in 
Union  College;  Henry U.  Onderdonk,  M.  D. ;  Ravaud  Kearny;  Petrus  S.  Ten 


338  JOURNALS  OF    THE    CONVENTIONS  [1816. 

Broeck;  George  Waller;  James  F.  Hull,  of  New  Orleans;  Samuel  Johnston  ; 
Joshua  M.  Rogers;  Hugh  Smith;  and  Henry  Anthon:  and  Priests'  orders,  on 
the  following  Deacons, — John  Brown,  William  B.  Lacey,  Henri  L.  P.  F. 
Peneveyre,  Henry  U.  Onderdonk,  John  P.  K.  Henshaw,  James  F.  Hull,  and. 
Thomas  C.  Brownell. 

Of  the  above,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Hamilton  is  employed  as  a  Missionary  in 
Washington  and  Essex  counties ;  the  Rev.  Mr.  Peneveyre  officiates  in  the 
French  Church  Du  St.  Esprit,  in  the  city  of  New  York ;  the  Rev.  Professor 
Brownell  performs  service  occasionally  in  Union  College,  and  acts  also  as  a 
Missionary  in  the  vacant  congregations  in  the  vicinity  of  Schenectady ;  the 
Rev.  Henry  U.  Onderdonk  is  employed  as  a  Missionary  at  Canandaigua  and 
parts  adjacent ;  the  Rev.  George  Weller  performs  missionary  duties  in  West 
Chester  and  Putnam  counties;  the  Rev.  Samuel  Johnston,  in  Batavia  and 
parts  adjacent;  the  Rev.  Joshua  M.  Rogers,  at  Turin  and  parts  adjacent;  the 
Rev.  John  Brown  has  removed  from  Fishkill,  and  is  appointed  Rector  ol  St. 
George's  Church  at  Newburgh ;  the  Rev.  Mr.  Lacey  is  the  Missionary  at 
Oxford  and  other  places  in  Chenango  county ;  the  Rev.  Mr.  Henshaw  was 
instituted  in  July  last.  Rector  of  St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn ;  and  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Hull  has  returned  to  New  Orleans,  to  take  charge  of  Christ  Church  in 
that  city.  The  congregation  of  which  Mr.  Hull  has  the  charge,  have,  I  am 
informed,  erected  a  building  for  worship,  which  does  great  credit^  to  their  taste 
and  munificence.  The  prospect  of  establishing  a  Protestant  Episcopal  congre- 
gation at  New  Orleans,  must  excite  the  lively  interest  of  the  friends  of  the 
Church ;  as  this  event  may  lead  to  the  formation  of  congregations  in  other 
parts  of  that  territory. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Powell  has  removed  from  Goshen,  and  officiates  at  the  parish 
of  St.  John's,  Yonkers. 

Previously  to  the  last  Convention,  the  Rev.  George  Boyd  removed  to  Ine 
Diocese  of  Pennsylvania ;  the  Rev.  Parker  Adams  was  instituted  Rector  of 
Trinity  Church,  Lansingburgh,  and  Grace  Church,  Waterford ;  and  the  Rev. 
Joseph  Prentiss,  Rector  of  St.  Luke's  Church,  Cattskill. 

On  the  second  Sunday  of  last  month  I  visited  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Stalen 
Island,  and  instituted  the  Rev.  David  Moore  Rector  thereof ;  and  on  Monday 
last,  I  instituted  the  Rev.  James  Milnor,  from  the  Diocese  of  Pennsylvania, 
B«ctor  of  St.  George's  Church,  in  the  city  of  New  York.  The  Rev.  John 
Kewley,  M.  D.,  formerly  Rector  of  that  church,  has  removed  to  Europe;  and 
the  Rev.  John  Brady,  formerly  Assistant  Minister  of  the  same,  has  removed  :o 
another  Diocese. 

In  noticing  the  changes  in  the  Diocese  since  our  last  meeting,  you  have 
probably  anticipated  my  recording  the  decease  of  its  late  Diocesan,  the  Right 
Rev.  Benjamin  Moore,  D.  D.  The  remembrance  of  his  talents  and  his  learning, 
his  insinuating  eloquence,  his  faithful  labours,  and  his  exemplary  piety  and 
virtues,  will  long  be  cherished  by  us,  and  by  the  Diocese,  with  affectionate 
veneration. 

I  must  also  record  the  decease  of  one  of  the  oldest  presbyters  in  the  State, 


1816.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW    YORK.  339 

the  Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers;  where  he  had, 
for  many  years,  faithfully  exercised  his  ministry.  My  Brethren  of  the  Clergy, 
there  can  be  no  motive  more  powerful  to  animate  us  in  our  labours,  and  to 
console  us  under  our  trials,  than  the  prospect  of  those  glorious  rewards  which 
our  divine  Master  hath  promised  to  bestow  on  us  if  we  zealously  and 
faithfully  discharge  the  sacred  dutie.s  of  that  ministry  which  He  hath  com- 
mitted to  us. 

In  consequence  of  the  vacancy  in  the  office  of  Rector  of  Trinity  Church, 
New  York,  by  the  decease  of  Bishop  Moore,  that  office  is  now  filled  by  me  ; 
and  the  Rev.  Dr.  How  has  been  appointed  Assistant  Rector. 

In  the  month  of  November  last,  I  visited  the  congregation  at  Rensselaerville, 
and  consecrated  Trinity  Church.  This  is  a  congregation  which  has  been 
raised  within  a  few  years,  by  the  prudent  and  assiduous  labours  of  the  Rev. 
Samuel  Fuller,  one  of  our  Missionaries.  The  building  has  been  erected 
entirely  by  private  beneficence,  and  is  neat  and  convenient.  On  the 
following  day,  I  held  an  ordination,  and  administered  Confirmation  to  20 
persons. 

In  the  same  month,  I  visited  the  congregations  of  Philipstown  and  Peeks- 
kill. 

In  the  month  of  November,  I  attended  at  Philadelphia,  and  united  with  the 
Right  Rev.  Bishop  White,  of  Pennsylvania,  and  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Kemp, 
of  Maryland,  in  the  gratifying  duty  of  consecrating  to  the  office  of  Bishop,  the 
Rev.  John  Croes,  D.  D.,  Bishop-elect  of  the  Church  in  New  Jersey. 

In  the  month  of  February,  at  the  request  of  the  Standing  Committee  of  the 
Church  in  Connecticut,  I  visited  that  Diocese ;  administered  Confirmation  at 
the  Church  in  Bridgeport,  to  54  persons;  at  the  Church  in  Cheshire,  to  130 
persons ;  and  at  the  Church  in  New  Haven,  to  110  persons :  and  I  experienc^'d 
much  gratification  in  consecrating  an  edifice  erected  in  New  Haven,  which,  for 
size  and  beauty  of  structure,  stands  among  the  first  in  our  country. 

In  November  last,  St.  George's  Church,  in  this  city,  which  had  been  de- 
stroyed by  fire,  was  rebuilt,  and  consecrated. 

Confirmation  was  administered,  during  the  last  winter,  in  the  following 
churches  in  this  city: — In  Trinity  Church,  to  116  persons;  in  St.  Paul's 
Chapel,  to  124;  in  St.  John's  Chapel,  to  116;  in  Grace  Church,  to  60;  in  St. 
George's  Church,  to  about  70;  in  Christ  Church,  to  about  100;  in  St.  Stephen's, 
to  about  113;  in  the  Church  Du  St.  Esprit,  to  42  persons,  principally  of  the 
congregation  of  Zion  Church,  who  worship  in  the  afternoon  in  that  church ; 
their  own  church,  which  was  destroyed  by  fire,  not  being  yet  rebuilt.  Con- 
firmation  has  also  been  administered  in  St.  Mark's  Church,  in  the  Bowery. 

I  have  administered  Confirmation  at  Bedford,  West  Chester  county,  to  20 
persons ;  and  at  Trinity  Church,  New  Rochelle ;  and  visited  the  congrega- 
tions at  East  Chester  and  North  Salem.  At  the  latter  place  I  consecrated  the 
church,  by  the  name  of  St.  James'  Church.  When  in  that  part  of  the  State, 
at  the  request  of  the  Standing  Committee  in  the  Diocese  of  Connecticut,  I 
visited  the  church  at  Ridgefield,  and  administered  Confirmation. 


340  JOURNALS    OF    THE    CONVENTIONS  [1816. 

On  the  20th  of  July,  I  consecrated  a  very  neat  and  convenient  brick  edifice, 
by  the  name  of  Trinity  Church,  in  the  town  of  Granville,  in  Washington 
county,  vphere  a  congregation  has  been  formed,  who  have  displayed  unusual 
zeal  and  liberality  in  the  erection  of  the  church ;  and  the  foUovvin*  day.  Con- 
firmation was  administered  to  29  persons.  In  the  same  week.  Confirmation 
was  also  administered  at  Hampton,  Ticonderoga,  and  Sandy  Hill ;  and  on  the 
Sunday  following,  at  Troy,  Lansingburgh  and  Waterford.  In  St.  Paul's 
Church,  Troy,  78  received  Confirmation,  principally  young  persons,  many  of 
whom,  at  the  first  opportunity,  came  to  the  Communion.  I  deem  it  of  import- 
ance to  state,  that  in  this  congregation,  during  a  season  of  unusual  religious 
excitement,  its  rector  did  not  find  it  necessary  to  deviate  in  any  degree  from 
the  forms  of  our  Church ;  but  by  more  frequency  in  the  use  of  them,  and  by 
greater  assiduity  in  his  parochial  duties  and  instructions,  he  was  happily 
instrumental  in  increasing  the  piety  of  his  flock.  Confirmation  was  administered 
at  Stillwater  the  day  after  my  visitation  at  Troy ;  and  the  day  following  at  St. 
George's  Church,  Schenectady,  to  33  persons. 

Newburgh,  in  Orange  county,  has  been  visited,  and  Confirmation  administered 
to  37  persons ;  and  in  this  place  I  was  gratified  with  the  great  increase  of  the 
congregation,  and  with  the  prospect  of  a  building  for  worship  being  soon 
erected.  Coldenham  and  Goshen,  in  the  same  county,  have  also  been  visited, 
and  Confirmation  administered. 

In  the  latter  end  of  August  and  beginning  of  September,  I  visited  Pough- 
keepsie ;  Red  Hook,  where  there  is  a  prospect  of  an  Episcopal  congregation 
being  established;  Durham,  Windham,  and  Greeneville,  Greene  county; 
Cooperstown,  Exeter,  Richfield,  Butternutts,  and  Unadilla,  Otsego  county ; 
New  Berlin,  Oxford,  and  Coventry,  Chenango  county ;  Colesville,  or  Ochquaga 
Hills,  and  Binghampton,  or  Chenango  Point,  Broome  county;  in  most  of 
which  places  Confirmation  was  administered. 

The  whole  number  of  persons  confirmed  in  this  Diocese  since  the  last  Con- 
vention, including  those  in  the  city,  amount  to  about  1000. 

In  New  Berlin  and  Oxford,  two  new  churches  were  consecrated ;  the  latter 
church  in  particular,  is  probably  exceeded  in  neatness  and  beauty  by  no  church 
in  the  Western  District.  The  benefactions  to  it  were  unusually  liberal,  some  of 
them  amounting  to  500  dollars.  And  in  the  case  of  the  congregation  at  New 
Berlin,  one  individual,  a  farmer  of  the  town,  subscribed  800  dollars,  and  after- 
wards advanced  two  or  three  hundred  dollars  more.  These  instances  of  pious 
liberality  ought  to  be  recorded  as  worthy  of  imitation,  and  as  an  evidence  that, 
in  the  new  settlements,  the  people  are  disposed  to  exert  themselves  to  procure 
the  ordinances  of  religion.  The  congregations  at  New  Berlin  and  Oxford,  are 
much  indebted  for  their  establishment  and  prosperity  to  the  exertions  of  the 
Rev.  William  B.  Lacey,  the  Missionary  in  that  quarter. 

Several  persons  have  been  admitted  candidates  for  Orders  since  the  last 
Convention. 

The  rise  and  increasing  prosperity  of  our  Church  in  the  new  settlements 
and  elswhere,  are  owing  very  principally  to  missionary  exertions.      So  con- 


1816.]  OF    THE    DIOCESE   OF    NEW    YORK.  341 

siderable  is  the  present  number  of  Missionaries,  all  of  whom  are  usefully 
employed,  that  they  cannot  be  supported,  unless  the  contributions  of  congrega- 
tions to  the  Missionary  Fund  be  increased.  These,  during  the  present  year, 
in  some  congregations,  particularly  in  Trinity  Church  and  its  Chapels,  in  the 
city  of  New  York,  have  been  larger  than  usual;  but  the  whole  amount  raised 
•will  not  be  adequate  to  the  support  of  the  Missionaries  now  engaged,  and 
who  cannot  be  discontinued  without  serious  injury  to  the  interests  of  the 
Church.  There  are  many  places  also,  where  additional  Missionaries  would 
be  exceedingly  useful,  did  the  funds  admit  of  employing  them. 

By  sending  Clergy  to  the  destitute  congregations  and  new  settlements  in  the 
State,  and  furnishing  them  with  Bibles  and  Common  Prayer  Books  for  distri- 
bution, we  shall  make  provision  for  extending  evangelical  truth,  as  set  forth 
in  its  primitive  purity  in  the  institutions  of  our  Church.  An  Auxiliary  Bible 
and  Common  Prayer  Book  Society  has  been  established,  during  the  present 
year,  in  the  city  of  New  York,  by  young  men,  who  have  discovered  the 
most  laudable  enterprise  and  zeal.  They  have  procured  a  set  of  stereotype 
plates  of  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer,  and  thus  rendered  an  essential  service 
to  the  Church  at  large,  by  furnishing  a  cheap  edition  of  this  inestimable  for- 
mulary of  faith  and  worship. 

JMy  Brethren  of  the  Clergy  and  Laity,  let  us,  in  the  spirit  of  mildness,  but 
of  zeal,  be  faithful  to  the  principles  of  our  Church,  and  diligent  in  promoting 
their  diffusion;  and,  through  God's  blessing,  we  shall  thus  be  instrumental  in 
preserving  the  "  faith  as  it  was  once  delivered  to  the  saints,"  and  in  promoting 
the  purity  and  the  unitij  of  Christ's  kingdom. 

JOHN  HENRY  HOBART. 

New  York,  October  2,  1816. 

The  Clergy  who  were  absent  from  the  last  Convention,  w^ere 
called  on  for  the  reasons  of  their  absence,  which  reasons  were 
severally  accepted. 

The  Bishop,  from  "  the  Committee  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  for  Propagating  the  Gospel  in  the  State  of  New  York," 
reported,  that  the  following  missionaries  are  at  present  employed 
in  this  Diocese : 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller,  in  Albany  and  Greene  counties ;  the 
Rev.  William  A.  Clark,  in  Onondaga  county,  and  the  adjacent 
counties ;  the  Rev.  James  Thompson,  in  Delaware  and  Greene 
counties ;  the  Rev.  William  B.  Lacey,  principally  in  Chenango 
county ;  the  Rev.  Russel  W^heeler,  Unadilla,  and  parts  adjacent ; 
the  Rev.  Alanson  W.  Welton,  in  Ontario  county,  and  the  adja- 
cent counties ;  the  Rev.  Ezekiel  G.  Gear,  in  Onondaga  and 
Courtlandt  counties,  and  parts  adjacent ;  the  Rev.  Daniel  Nash  is 
engaged,  part  of  his  time,  as  a  missionary ;  the  Rev.  Orin  Clark, 
at  Geneva,  and  other  congregations  in  the  Western  District ;  the 


342  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVEWTtONS  [1816. 

Rev.  Daniel  M'Donald,  at  Auburn,  and  parts  adjacent ;  the  Rev. 
Stephen  Jewett,  at  Hampton  and  Granville,  and  parts  adjacent ; 
the  Rev.  Thomas  C.  Brownell,  at  the  vacant  congregations  in 
Schenectady  and  Greene  counties ;  the  Rev.  Charles  W.  Hamil- 
ton, at  Sandy  Hill,  Ticonderoga,  and  parts  adjacent ;  the  Rev. 
Henry  U.  Onderdonk,  at  Canandaigua,  and  parts  adjacent ;  the 
Rev.  George  Weller,  Deacon,  in  West  Chester  and  Putnam 
counties ;  the  RiV.  Samuel  Johnston,  Deacon,  at  Batavia,  and 
parts  adjacent ;  the  Rev.  Joshua  Moore  Rogers,  Deacon,  at  Turin, 
and  parts  adjacent ;  the  Rev.  Charles  Seabury,  at  Setauket,  IsJip, 
and  Huntington,  Long  Island. 

Mr.  Eleazar  Wilhams  officiates  as  Catechist  and  School-mas- 
ter, with  zeal  and  fidelity,  and  with  considerable  success,  among 
the  Oneida  tribe  of  Indians ;  and  is  making  progress  in  preparing 
the  Book  of  Common  Prayer  for  publication  in  the  language  of 
the  Indian  tribes.  The  money  collected  for  this  purpose,  remains 
in  the  hands  of  Mr.  Van  Wagenen,  the  Treasurer  of  the  Com- 
mittee for  Propagating  the  Gospel. 


The  Bishop  also  laid  before  the  Convention  the  following  state- 
ment, containing  the  substance  of  the  Reports  of  the  Missionaries : 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller,  Missionary  at  Rensselaerville,  and 
parts  adjacent,  in  his  letter  to  the  Bishop,  reports : — The  year  past, 
1  have  officiated  at  Rensselaerville  two-thirds  of  the  time,  and  at 
Durham  one-third,  until  the  first  of  June  ;  since  which,  I  have 
officiated  at  Rensselaerville  one-half  of  the  time,  and  at  Durham 
and  Greeneville  each  one-fourth. 

The  convenient  and  neat  little  church  at  Rensselaerville,  built 
by  Mr.  Russ,  at  the  expense  of  a  few  individuals,  and  which  was 
consecrated  to  the  service  of  Almighty  God,  October  24,  1815, 
was  occupied  the  first  time  after  consecration,  on  Sunday,  the  5th 
of  November,  following. 

The  worship  is  conducted  with  order  and  solemnity,  and  seven 
persons  have  been  added  to  the  communion.  The  whole  number 
of  communicants,  in  this  church,  is  30 ;  and  at  Durham,  about 
20.     The  baptisms  are,  three  adults,  and  seven  children. 

Collections  for  the  Missionary  Fund. — Rensselaerville,  $4  11; 
Durham,  |2  95. 

The  Rev.  William  A.  Clark,  Missionary  in  Onondaga  county, 
and  the  counties  adjacent,  writes  to  the  Bishop,  as  follows : — In 
conjunction  with  the  Rev.  Mr.  Gear,  my  attention  for  the  year 
past  has  been  directed  to  the  societies  in  Manlius,  Tully,  Onondaga, 


1816.]  OF   THE    DIOCESE   OF   NEW    YORK.  343 

Skaneateles,  and  Smithfield.  In  the  three  last  places,  churches 
have  been  recently  organized. 

At  Smithfield  (called  Lenox,  in  my  last  year's  report)  the 
numbers  are  small,  but  of  the  most  worthy  class,  and  promise  a 
good  foundation  for  a  future  superstructure. 

In  Onondaga,  the  numbers  and  the  prospects  of  the  Church  may 
be  judged  of,  from  the  fact,  that  nearly  4000  dollars  are  already 
raised  by  subscription,  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  a  stone  church, 
which  will  probably  be  carried  into  execution  the  ensuing  year. 

At  Skaneateles,  something  more  energetic  than  formerly  has 
been  done  for  the  erection  of  a  small  church,  and  it  is  hoped  will 
not  prove  unsuccessful.  What  will  be  done  in  Tully  for  this 
object,  is  uncertain ;  though  the  Society  is  numerous  and  increas- 
ing, and  of  its  future  permanence  and  growth  we  entertain  the 
strongest  expectation. 

In  Manlius,  during  the  present  year,  the  Church  has  had  her 
usual  increase.  The  number  of  communicants  is  now  70.  Not- 
withstanding much  opposition,  the  prospects  of  the  Church  are 
fair  and  promising. 

The  number  I  have  baptised  is  about  30;  marriages,  5,  deaths, 
3 ;  number  of  communicants  in  the  places  named  above,  except- 
ing Manlius,  40. 

The  Rev.  James  Thompson,  Missionary  in  Delaware  and 
Greene  counties,  .writes  to  the  Bishop  in  substance  as  follows : — 
Since  I  returned  home  from  the  last  Convention,  I  have  officiated 
one-half  of  my  time  at  Stamford  and  Harpersfield,  one-quarter  at 
Greeneville,  and  one-quarter  at  Windham  and  Lexington ;  except 
one  Sunday  at  Rensselaerville,  and  baptised  five  children ;  one 
Sunday  at  Athens  and  Cattskill,  and  two  in  Connecticut.  Two 
Sundays  I  was  prevented  from  going  to  Stamford  and  Harpers- 
field  by  reason  of  the  rain.  I  have  frequently  officiated  three 
times  on  Sunday.  On  week  days  I  have  preached  three  lectures 
at  Greeneville,  eleven  at  Windham  and  Lexington,  five  at  Stam- 
ford and  Harpersfield.  I  commenced-  evening  service  at  Stam- 
ford, on  Sunday,  the  10th  of  December  last ;  and  have  continued 
it  the  greatest  part  of  the  time  when  I  officiated  there.  On  these 
occasions,  instead  of  preaching  a  sermon,  I  sometimes  read  some 
of  the  most  important  Homilies  of  the  Church ;  also  some  other 
important  religious  tract;  then  made  some  observations  on  the 
subject  to  the  congregation. 

A  Divine  blessing  has  attended  my  labours  this  year,  amongst 
my  scattered  flocks ;  so  far,  that  twenty-four  persons  have  become 
living  members  of  Christ's  Church,  and  publicly  professed  their 
faith  in  Christ,  by  coming  to  the  Communion.  Sixteen  persons 
have  been  added  to  the  communion,  in  the  church  at  Windham 


344  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1816. 

and  Lexington,  and  eight  at  Greene ville,  this  year.  I  find  it  very 
important  to  visit  those  frequently  who  are  under  serious  im- 
pressions, and  are  anxiously  inquring  what  thay  shall  do  to  be 
saved,  to  instruct  them  in  the  true  doctrines  of  the  Church ;  for 
this  is  the  only  time  to  make  them  sound  Churchmen.  Those  im- 
pressions which  are  then  made  on  their  minds,  are  never  eradicated; 
their  minds  are  then  cast  in  the  mould  of  the  Liturgy,  and  in  our 
Articles  of  Faith. 

I  have  baptised  twenty-four  children  and  infants,  and  one  adult ; 
and  preached  a  sermon,  according  to  the  second  canon  of  this 
Church,  but  made  no  collection  for  the  Episcopal  Fund.  I  have 
also  preached  a  missionary  sermon,  and  made  a  collection  for  the 
Missionary  Fund, — at  Windham,  $5  20;  at  Stamford,  ^6  37; 
at  Greeneville,  $6  43, — whole  amount,  ^18  00. 

The  one  thing  needful  to  prepare  the  soul  for  heaven,  has  been 
sought  after  by  many  of  my  hearers.  The  w^orship  of  the  Church, 
at  times,  has  been  very  solemn  and  impressive  on  the  minds  of 
the  people.  When  sinners  pass  from  death  unto  life,  and  are 
brought  out  of  darkness  ^nto  God's  marvellous  light,  they  then  see 
the  beauty,  the  harmony,  the  spirituality,  and  excellency  of  our 
worship,  and  worship  God  in  spirit  and  in  truth.  This  may  truly 
be  said  to  be  the  case  wuth  several  of  my  hearers :  they  find  the 
Common  Prayer  Book  contains  the  words  of  eternal  life,  and  is  a 
directory  to  glory  and  happiness,  exhibiting  to  the  renewed  mind, 
the  distinguishing  doctrines  of  the  cross  of  Christ. 

St.  Peter'' s  Church,  Stamford.  Communicants,  42 ;  baptisms, 
4 ;  marriages,  2. 

Trinity  Church,  Windham,  Sfc.  Communicants,  39 ;  baptisms, 
5 ;  three  communicants  removed. 

Christ  Church,  Greeneville.  Communicants,  35 ;  baptisms, 
infants  10,  adult  1 — 11  ;  marriages,  2  ;  one  communicant 
removed. 

The  Rev.  William  B.  I^acey,  Missionary  in  Chenango  county, 
and  parts  adjacent,  reports  to  the  Bishop,  that,  immediately  after 
the  Convention,  he  visited  the  State  of  Delaware,  and  performed 
Divine  service,  in  the  county  of  Sussex,  four  Sundays,  and  gave 
several  lectures  on  week  days.  On  his  way  home,  he  passed  one 
Sunday  in  the  city  of  New  York,  where  he  was  ordained  Priest, 
and  preached  twice.  Since  his  return  to  Chenango  county,  he 
has  performed  service  twenty-nine  Sundays  in  St.  Paul's  Church, 
Oxford  ;  fifteen  Sundays  in  St.  Andrew's  Church,  New  Berlin  ; 
one  Sunday  in  Colesville,  Windsor,  county  of  Broome ;  and  one 
Sunday  he  passed  in  Oxford  with  the  Bishop.  Besides,  he  has 
attended  eight  funerals,  given  forty-one  lectures  on  week  days, 


1816.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE    OF   NEW   YORK.  345 

administered  the  Holy  Communion  twelve  times,  baptised  sixtieen 
adults  and  fifty-eight  infants,  and  performed  five  marriages. 
The  congregations  to  whom  he  officiates,  are  flourishing. 

The  Rev.  Russel  Wheeler,  officiating  Minister  and  Missionary 
at  Butternutts,  Unadilla,  and  parts  adjacent,  reports  generally, 
that  his  labours  for  the  year  past,  have  proved  successful  to  the 
promotion  of  religion  and  the  extension  of  the  Church.  He  has 
had  the  satisfaction  of  being  the  instrument  of  adding  many  pious 
persons  to  our  communion,  and  such  as  a  Christian  minister  may 
correctly  hope  "  shall  be  saved."  He  has  indeed  witnessed  in 
experiment,  that  much  good  is  done  to  the  souls  of  men,  in  the 
benevolent  work  of  carrying  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer  to 
those  who  have  it  not.  He  remarks,  that  the  gift  of  the  Holy 
Bible  is  truly  incomparable  ;  but  the  bestowment  of  a  volume 
embracing  the  doctrine  of  the  Reformation  in  the  Thirty-nine 
Articles,  a  view  of  the  Protestant  Episcopacy,  the  rites  and  sacra- 
ments of  the  Church,  and  the  order  of  her  worship,  has  proved  a 
source  of  instruction,  and  a  mean  of  conviction  and  comfort  to 
many  within  the  limits  of  his  mission. 

The  congregation  of  Butternutts  is  numerous  and  increasing. 
There  appears  the  life  and  power  of  religion  among  the  members 
of  this  communion.  The  services  of  the  Church  are  performed 
with  interest,  devotion,  and  zeal :  the  doctrine  of  her  Apostolic 
Ministry  gains  on  the  faith  and  the  affection  of  the  people. 

Communicants,  about  90 ;  increase  the  last  year,  20 ;  bap- 
tisms, 20. 

Two  years  ago,  the  church  at  Unadilla  was  in  its  infantine 
state,  and  only  known  on  the  books  of  the  Convention  as  organized. 
It  is  now  increased  to  a  very  considerable  congregation.  A  spirit 
of  real  piety  distinguishes  the  performance  of  our  worship.  For 
some  months  past,  there  has  been  an  increased  attention  to  the 
subject  of  religion  and  the  service  of  the  Church  ;  young  people 
are  awakened  from  the  sleep  of  delusion,  to  a  sense  of  the  danger 
of  "  living  without  God  in  the  world." 

There  will  be  added  to  the  Holy  Communion,  at  the  next  cele- 
bration, about  twenty  persons. 
Communicants,  28  ;  baptisms,  12. 

He  has  visited,  on  the  Lord's  day  and  other  days,  the  churches 
at  Windsor,  Broome  county ;  at  Coventry,  Chenango  county  ; 
and  the  Church  societies  in  Masonville  and  Franklin,  in  the  county 
of  Delaware.  In  all  these  places,  the  cause  of  religion  and  the 
interests  of  the  Church  are  truly  successful  \  the  field  is  extensive, 
and  the  prospect  of  doing  good  in  the  vineyard  of  our  Lord  is 
animating. 

Communicants  in  all  these  places,  about  40  j  baptisms,  15. 


346  JOURNALS   OF   THE   CONVENTIONS  [1816. 

The  Rev.  Alanson  W.  Walton,  Missionary  in  Ontario  county, 
and  the  counties  adjacent,  writes  to  the  Bishop,  as  follows : — Since 
my  return  to  my  missionary  duties,  I  have  performed  Divine  service 
at  Canandaigua,  and  once  have  exchanged  with  the  Rev.  Orin 
Clark,  who  officiated  in  that  place  for  me.  At  Richmond  I  have 
spent  sixteen  Sundays,  at  Batavia  ten,  at  Avon  six,  at  Victor  one, 
at  Pulteneyville  four,  at  Catharine  Town  two,  and  at  Sheldon 
three. 

The  churches  in  these  several  places  are  all  of  them  increasing, 
and  need  only  a  little  additional  assistance  from  missionaries,  to 
enable  them  to  become  highly  respectable.  The  number  of  com- 
municants has  considerably  increased  since  last  year. 

With  respect  to  the  churches  at  Canandaigua,  Victor,  and 
Clifton  Springs,  I  can  say  nothing  in  particular.  Since  the  arrival 
of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Onderdonk  at  the  former  of  these  places,  his 
services  among  them  have  been  unwearied  and  most  useful. 
Many  more  churches  should  be  organized  ;  and  I  earnestly  hope 
that  some  plan  will,  at  the  present  Convention,  be  adopted,  by 
which  this  can  be  effected. 

Baptisms,  adults  7,  infants  31 — 38;  marriages,  3;  funerals,  5. 

The  Rev.  Ezekiel  G.  Gear,  Missionary  in  Onondaga  and 
Courtlandt  counties,  and  parts  adjacent,  reports,  that  he  has  per- 
formed Divine  service  eleven  Sundays  at  Tully,  ten  Sundays  at 
Eaton,  nine  Sundays  at  Skaneateles,  eight  Sundays  at  Onondaga, 
West  Hill;  three  Sundays  at  Paris,  two  Sundays  at  Oswego 
Village,  and  one  Sunday  at  Lenox.  He  has  exchanged  five 
Sundays  with  the  Rev.  William  A.  Clark,  who  preached  and 
administered  the  Holy  Communion,  two  Sundays  at  Skaneateles, 
and  three  Sundays  at  Tully.  He  has  also  exchanged  one  Sunday 
with  the  Rev.  Daniel  M'Donald,  at  Auburn,  who  preached  and 
administered  the  Holy  Communion  at  Skaneateles ;  and  he  has 
performed  Divine  service  two  Sundays  at  Geneva,  for  the  Rev. 
Orin  Clark,  during  his  absence  and  ill  health.  Besides  preaching 
on  Sundays,  and  other  holy  days,  he  has  given  many  lectures  on 
week  days,  in  various  places.  In  his  visits  to  Eaton,  he  has 
regularly  performed  Divine  service  in  the  Irish  settlement  in  that 
neighbourhood,  which  consists  of  about  twenty-five  Protestant 
families,  who  belonged  to  the  Church  in  Ireland.  He  trusts  that, 
by  the  assistance  of  God,  nothing  has  been  wanting  on  his  part  to 
build  up  the  Church  "  in  the  most  holy  faith."  He  is  happy  to 
say,  that  there  appears  to  be  an  increased  attention  to  religion, 
according  to  the  usages  of  our  Church.  It  is  the  intention  of  the 
people  of  Onondaga  to  erect  a  house  next  spring  and  summer, 
equal  to  any  in  the  Western  District,  for  Divine  worship.  The 
people  of  the  village  of  Oswego  are  very  anxious  to  have  the 


1816.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF    NEW   YORK.  SfT 

services  of  the  Church  among  them  :  he  has  agreed  to  visit  them 
one-eighth  part  of  the  time,  the  ensuing  year.  Oswego  is  a  fine 
flourishing  village,  and  is  the  county  town ;  and  it  is  of  the  first 
importance  that  the  Church  be  planted  there — they  do  not  have 
Divine  service  of  any  kind  among  them.  The  most  influential 
men  are  attached  to  the  Church,  and  they  intend  organizing 
themselves  into  a  society  soon.  The  distance  between  Paris  and 
Oswego  is  more  than  ninety  miles  ;  but  if  there  is  no  other 
arrangement  made  for  Paris,  he  states  that  he  will  not  complain. 
He  has  administered  baptism  to  six  adults,  and  forty-nine 
infants  and  children,  making  the  whole  number  fifty-five.  Mar- 
riages six. 

The  Rev.  Daniel  Nash,  Rector  of  the  churches  in  Otsego 
county,  and  Missionary,  reports,  that,  in  addition  to  his  parochial 
duties,  he  has  twice  visited  Cherry  Valley,  and  that  part  of  Cana- 
joharie,  in  Montgomery  county,  which  lies  on  Baman's  Creek ; 
at  which  place  he  performed  Divine  service,  and  administered  the 
sacrament  of  Baptism  ;  that  he  has  visited  Paris,  Oneida  county, 
where  he  has  administered  the  sacraments ;  and  that  he  has  like- 
wise taken  a  tour  to  Ogdensburgh  and  Hamilton  Village,  in  the 
county  of  St.  Lawrence.  In  Ogdensburgh,  although  never  before 
visited  by  a  clergyman,  the  resiponses  were  made  in  a  very  hand- 
some manner,  which  rendered  the  service  of  the  Church  peculiarly 
impressive. 

The  number  of  baptisms  in  the  county  of  St.  Lawrence  is, 
adults,  10;  children,  21. 

On  his  return  from  the  county  of  St.  Lawrence,  he  visited  Cape 
Vincent,  in  Jefferson  county,  where  he  performed  Divine  service, 
and  baptised  two  children. 

The  number  of  communicants  in  Christ  Church,  Cooperstown  ; 
St.  John's,  Otsego  ;  and  St.  Luke's,  Richfield ;  is  about  1 10. 

The  number  of  baptisms  in  those  churches  and  their  vicinity, 
for  the  two  years  past,  is,  adults,  3 ;  children,  64. 

The  Rev.  Orin  Clark,  Missionary  at  Geneva,  and  other  con- 
gregations in  the  Western  District,  in  his  letter  to  the  Bishop, 
reports,  that,  in  addition  to  his  ministrations  in  that  village,  during 
the  past  year,  which,  for  a  considerable  part  of  it,  have  been  but 
occasional  and  interrupted,  he  has  performed  Divine  service,  on 
Sunday,  at  Clifton  Springs  once,  at  Canandaigua  twice,  at  Batavia 
once,  and  once  at  Pulteneyville. 

Baptisms,  adult  1,  infants  11 — 12;  marriages,  6;  funerals,  9; 
communicants  in  the  congregation,  Geneva,  30. 

It  has  not  been  in  his  power  either  to  visit  the  other  vacant 
congregations  in  this  quarter,  or  to  give  any  more  service  to  those 


348  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1816. 

named,  owing  to  sickness,  with  which  it  pleased  Almighty  God 
to  afflict  hira  during  almost  the  whole  of  the  last  spring  and 
summer.  He  was  utterly  unable,  in  the  course  of  them,  either  to 
sustain  the  fatigue  of  missionary  service,  or  to  perform  any  public 
duty,  except  occasionally  a  single  service  in  Geneva.  Since  his 
health  has  been  so  far  restored  (and  it  has  been  so  only  for  four 
weeks)  as  to  permit  him  to  resume  the  regular  discharge  of 
clerical  duty,  sickness  in  his  family,  and  in  his  parish,  has  ren- 
dered it,  if  not  impossible,  at  least  improper  for  him  to  be  absent 
from  them,  even  for  a  day.  He  preached  a  sermon,  and  made 
a  collection  for  the  benefit  of  the  Missionary  Fund,  agreeably  to 
the  canon.     The  money  collected  was  29  dollars. 


The  Rev.  Daniel  M'Donald,  Missionary  at  Auburn,  and  parts 
adjacent,  reports  to  the  Bishop  the  following  state  of  the  Church 
in  his  mission,  and  his  ministerial  labours  during  the  last  year : 
he  has  performed  Divine  service,  at  various  times,  at  Manlius, 
Onondaga,  Skaneateles,  Fairfield,  and  at  the  Indian  Fields,  Genoa; 
the  remaining  time  spent  at  Auburn. 

Number  of  families  in  St.  Peter's  Parish,  Auburn,  40 ;  commu- 
nicants, 30 ;  funerals  attended,  6 ;  deaths  in  the  parish,  1 ;  bap- 
tisms, 24 ;  marriages,  5. 

It  is  with  pleasure  he  states,  that  whenever  he  has  been  absent 
from  Auburn,  the  church  has  been  regularly  opened  every  Sunday, 
and  the  Liturgy,  with  a  sermon,  read.  The  Vestry  of  St.  Andrew's 
Church,  Genoa,  have  usually  maintained  the  same  laudable 
practice.  The  latter  church  needs  only  a  greater  supply  of 
missionary  labour,  to  rise  to  a  very  respectable  standing  in  point 
of  numbers. 


The  Rev.  Stephen  Jewett,  Missionary  at  Hampton,  Granville, 
and  parts  adjacent,  reports,  that  there  have  been, — baptisms, 
adults  6,  infants  15 — 2'1 ;  funerals,  7  ;  marriages,  7. 

Although  they  have  lost,  during  the  last  year,  by  death  and 
removal,  ten  of  their  communicants,  yet  the  number  is  consider- 
ably larger  than  it  was  when  he  made  his  last  return ;  and  there 
is  still  a  prospect  of  considerable  additions,  especially  in  the 
church  at  Granville. 

During  the  past  year,  he  has  officiated  at  Sandy  Hill  and 
Ticonderoga.  At  the  latter  place,  he  assisted  in  the  organiza- 
tion of  an  Episcopal  congregation.  At  both  places  he  has  ad- 
ministered the  Lord's  Supper. 

Number  of  communicants  at  Sandy  Hill,  about  30;  Ticon- 
deroga, 10. 


1816.]  OF   THE    DIOCESE    OF   NEW    YORK.  349 

The  Rev.  Thomas  C.  Brownell,  Professor  in  Union  College, 
and  Missionary  in  the  vacant  congregations  of  Schenectady  and 
Greene  counties,  writes  to  the  Bishop  as  follows :  since  my  ordi- 
nation, I  have  (personally,  and  by  exchange)  supplied  the  vacant 
congregation  at  Stillwater  four  Sundays,  the  vacant  congregation 
at  Duanesburgh  four  Sundays,  and  the  vacant  congregation  at 
Ballstown  one  Sunday.  I  have  also  preached  one  Sunday 
for  the  Rev.  Mr.  Wheeler,  of  Johnstown,  during  his  absence. 
Besides  which,  I  have  performed  Divine  service  in  the  College 
Chapel  about  one-third  part  of  the  Sundays  during  the  College 
session. 

There  are  at  present  in  this  Institution  nearly  fifty  Episcopal 
students.  They  enjoy  the  same  toleration,  and  the  same  religious 
privileges  as  the  other  denominations ;  and,  next  to  the  Presbyte- 
rians, they  are  the  most  numerous.  A  very  laudable  degree  of 
good  order  and  good  morals  forms  the  general  characteristic  of 
the  students ;  and  you  will  be  pleased  to  learn,  that  the  Episcopal 
Theological  Society  continues  to  increase  in  numbers,  and  in  the 
zeal  of  its  members. 

The  Rev.  Charles  W.  Hamilton,  Missionary  at  Sandy  Hill,  Ti- 
conderoga,  and  parts  adjacent,  reports  to  the  Bishop  as  follows: — 
I  received  Missionary  Letters  on  or  about  the  28th  of  October  last. 
I  officiated  for  three  of  four  Sundays  in  the  churches  at  Hudson 
and  Athens.  The  first  Sunday  after  my  arrival  in  that  part  of 
the  Diocese  to  which  I  was  directed  by  the  Bishop's  letter,  was 
passed  in  performing  Divine  service  in  the  church  at  Hampton ; 
after  which,  my  services  have  been  principally  devoted  to  the 
congregations  at  Sandy  Hill  and  Ticonderoga ;  occasionally  at 
Whitehall,  and  other  places  adjacent.  In  the  town  of  Kingsbury, 
which  includes  the  village  of  Sandy  Hill,  I  have  performed 
Divine  service  fifteen  Sundays,  three  at  Whitehall,  five  at  West 
Haven,  seven  at  Ticonderoga,  two  at  Granville  Corner,  and  two 
at  Hampton,  by  exchange  with  the  Rev.  Stephen  Jewett,  one  at 
West  Granville,  one  at  Troy,  one  at  Rutland,  and  one  other  in 
attendance  upon  the  consecration  of  the  church  at  Granville  Cor- 
ner. I  spent  three  Sundays  in  June  at  Hudson  and  Athens,  I 
have  not,  for  the  year  past,  been  prevented,  on  any  one  Sunday, 
from  the  exercise  of  ministerial  duties. 

In  the  course  of  my  mission,  the  following  rites  have  been 
celebrated : 

Marriages,  1 ;  baptisms,  at  Kingsbury,  adults  2,  infants  5 — 7 ; 
at  Ticonderoga,  adults  3,  infant  1—4  ;  number  of  communicants, 
at  Kingsbury,  about  25 ;  at  Ticonderoga,  10 ;  at  the  former 
place,  an  addition  of  5;  at  the  latter,  of  7;  lectures  in  various 
places. 


350  JOURNALS   OF   THE   COPJVENTIONS  [I8I6. 

The  Rev.  Henry  U.  Onderdonk)  Missionary  at  Canandaigua, 
and  parts  adjacent,  reports  to  the  Bishop : — The  services  of  this 
mission  were  commenced  on  Sunday,  the  14th  of  January  last. 
The  congregation  at  Canandaigua  had  been  organized  by  the 
Rev.  Orin  Clark,  and  was  very  greatly  indebted  to  the  exertions 
of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Welton,  in  whose  mission  it  was  included ;  but 
as  his  services  were  only  occasional,  it  had  not  full  opportunity 
of  increase.  On  making  arrangements  for  regular  public  wor- 
ship, the  attendants  became  numerous.  The  corner-stone  of  a 
place  of  worship  was  laid  on  the  6th  of  May :  it  is  now  nearly 
completed,  in  very  elegant  taste,  and  will  be  ready  for  consecra- 
tion early  in  December.  There  is  reason  to  hope  that  we  have 
also  a  spiritual  blessing. 

The  congregations  at  Sulphur  Springs,  and  at  Victor,  continue 
much  attached  to  the  Episcopal  service  and  doctrines.  There  is 
a  prospect  of  forming  a  new  congregation  in  the  west  part  of  the 
town  of  Canandaigua,  where  a  third  service  on  Sunday  has  been 
lately  commenced. 

The  services  rendered  will  be  seen  from  the  following  state- 
ment. There  are  included,  two  Sundays  at  Canandaigua,  and 
one  at  Batavia,  when  the  Rev.  Mr.  Berrian  officiated,  in  ex- 
change for  my  services  in  his  place  at  New  York ;  also,  two 
Sundays  at  Geneva,  one  in  exchange  with  the  Rev.  Mr.  Clark, 
and  one  during  his  sickness. 

Canandaigua,  21  whole  Sundays,  and  8  half  ditto;  West  Ca- 
nandaigua, 6  third  services;  Sulphur  Springs,  5  half  Sundays,  and 
1  week  day ;  Victor,  4  half  Sundays,  and  2  week  days ;  Geneva, 
twice ;  Batavia,  Oswego,  Ithaca,  each  once. 

St.  John's  Churchy  Canandaigua.  Baptisms,  14;  marriages, 
2 ;  funerals,  4 ;  communicants,  16. 

St.  John's  Church,  Sulphur  Springs.  Baptisms,  2 ;  commu- 
nicants, 7. 

Christ  Church,  Victor.     Baptism,  1 ;  communicants,  7. 

Ovidy  Seneca  county.     Baptisms,  2. 

The  Rev.  George  Weller,  Missionary  in  West  Chester  and 
Putnam  counties,  writes  to  the  Bishop  as  follows: — since  my  ordi- 
nation, I  have  been  engaged  two-thirds  of  my  time  at  Bedford, 
and  one-third  at  North  Salem.  During  this  time,  both  congrega- 
tions have  been  enlarged.  With  the  increase  of  members,  I  think 
there  has  also  been  an  increase  of  seriousness  and  devout  atten- 
tion to  the  ordinances  of  the  Gospel.  In  Bedford,  the  Lord's 
Supper  has  not  been  administered  since  my  ordination.  Since 
the  last  Convention,  however,  three  communicants  have  been 
added,  and  one  died,  making  the  present  number  to  be  twenty- 


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six.  At  the  next  administration,  there  will  probably  be  several 
added  to  this  number. 

Since  the  last  Convention,  there  have  been  one  adult  and 
fourteen  children  baptised,  eight  of  whom  were  baptised  by  my- 
self, and  the  others  by  visiting  clergymen,  in  the  course  of  the 
year. 

The  church  at  North  Salem  is  now  well  attended,  and  the 
people  much  encouraged.     Number  of  communicants,  10. 

I  have  performed  Divine  service  and  preached  twice  in  South 
Salem,  and  intend  occasionally  to  preach  lectures  in  that  town. 
Being  centrally  situated,  their  communicants  unite  with  us  at 
Bedford  and  North  Salem.     Number  of  communicants,  8. 

I  have  also  visited  Patterson,  where  I  preached  twice ;  and 
once  in  the  adjoining  town  of  Pawlings.  The  decayed  church 
in  this  quarter  may  perhaps  be  raised,  if  my  brethren  in  the 
ministry,  who  reside  at  distances  not  greater  than  my  own,  could 
be  instructed  occasionally  to  give  them  their  services.  I  intend 
passing  a  Sunday  in  Patterson  this  month. 

I  have  also  preached  lectures  on  week  days  in  North  Salem, 
in  Bedford,  and  the  adjoining  towns  of  Poundridge  and  North- 
castle. 

I  preached  the  missionary  sermon.     Sum  collected,  $5  40. 

The  Rev.  Charles  Seabury,  Missionary  at  Setauket,  IsHp,  and 
Huntington,  reports  to  the  Bishop  as  follows : — At  Setauket  there 
have  been, — baptisms,  2 ;  communicants,  10 ;  marriages,  2.  The 
church  is  flourishing,  and  the  congregation  increasing. 

At  Islip  there  has  been  one  baptism.  He  performed  Divine 
service  here  three  times  since  June,  to  a  respectable  and  attentive 
congregation.  The  prospect  is  promising,  for  collecting  a  con- 
gregation of  steady  attendants — all  evince  an  earnest  desire  to 
have  Divine  service  on  a  regular  and  permanent  footing. 

At  Huntington  there  have  been  two  baptisms.  He  performed 
Divine  service  here  three  times  since  the  9th  of  June,  to  an  atten- 
tive congregation.  There  are  scattered  round  this  place,  a  very 
respectable  number  of  people  attached  to  the  Episcopal  Church ; 
to  collect  them  into  a  permanent  congregation,  will  require  time 
and  great  attention. 


Agreeably  to  the  45th  canon  of  the  General  Convention,  the 
Clergy  rendered  the  following  Parochial  Reports : 

Christ  Church,  Hudson,  Columbia  county ;  Rev.  Gregory  T. 
Bedell,  Deacon,  Minister. — Families,  40 ;  baptisms,  adults  2, 
infants  9 — 1 1 ;  marriages,  10 ;  buriaLs,  4 ;  communicants,  35. 


352  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1816> 

St.  James^  Church,  Hyde  Park,  Dutchess  county ;  Rev.  John 
M'Vickar,  Rector. — Baptisms,  infants  27,  adults  7 — 34 ;  baptisms, 
at  White  Plains,  5 ;  funerals,  5 ;  communicants,  57. 

St.  Jinn's  Church,  Brooklyn,  Long  Island;  Rev.  John  P.  K.' 
Henshaw,  P».ector.* — Marriages,  20  ;  baptisms,  adults  5,  infants 
33 — 38 ;  communicants,  dead  and  removed,  5,  added  20, — present 
number,  144 ;  funerals,  8. 

St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany  ;  Rev.  Timothy  Clowes,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  infants  121,  adults  10 — 131;  marriages,  14;  funerals, 
40 ;  communicants,  100. 

I  think  it  my  duty  to  communicate  to  the  Convention,  that,  at 
the  request  of  the  Oneida  and  Onondaga  tribes  of  Indians,  I  visited 
their  settlements  in  the  month  of  July  last,  for  the  purpose  of 
preaching  and  administering  the  ordinances.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Bald- 
win was  kind  enough  to  accompany  me  to  the  Oneida  tribe,  and 
assist  in  the  services.  Through  the  medium  of  interpreters,  we 
preached  twice  to  very  attentive  and  deeply  interested  audiences. 
Baptism  was  administered  at  Oneida,  to  two  adults  and  five  in- 
fants, and  the  Holy  Communion  to  above  thirty  persons.  This 
tribe  have  directed  me  to  assure  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Hobart 
of  their  great  thankfulness  for  the  interest  he  has  manifested  in 
their  favour,  in  his  endeavours  to  procure  a  translation  of  the 
Book  of  Common  Prayer  into  their  language,  and  more  especially 
for  his  kindness  in  sending  one  of  their  Indian  brethren  to  instruct 
them  in  the  things  which  concern  their  everlasting  peace.  This 
tribe  constantly  attend  Divine  service  on  the  Lord's  day,  when 
the  service  of  the  Church  is  performed,  and  a  sermon,  translated 
into  their  language,  is  read  to  them  by  Mr.  Eleazar  Williams,  a 
Lay  Reader  and  Catechist 

The  Onondaga  tribe  of  Indians  were  also  very  attentive  to  the 
instructions  given  to  them  on  the  occasion  of  my  visiting  them, 
were  very  thankful  for  the  attentions  paid  to  them,  and  request 
the  ministers  of  our  Church  to  visit  them  as  often  as  circum- 
stances will  admit.  Eleven  infants  were  baptised  among  tlie 
Onondagas. 

Once,  at  the  request  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  village  of  Espe- 
rance,  at  the  Schoharie  Bridge,  I  visited  and  preached  at  that 
place.  It  is  understood  that  the  people  of  Esperance  are  making- 
exertions  to  procure  the  services  of  our  Church.  Should  they 
effect  their  object,  an  eligible  settlement  for  a  minister  would  be 
made,  by  connecting  this  place  with  Duanesburgh,  which  is  about 
five  miles  distant. 

*  This  report  was  forwarded  to  the  Convention. 


1816.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  353 

Christ  Church,  Poughkecpsie,  Dutchess  county  ;  Rev.  John 
Reed,  Rector. — Families,  105 j  communicants,  111;  marriages, 
13;  baptisms,  31;  burials,  17. 

Trinity  Chtirch,  Athens,  and  St.  Lvke*s  Church,  Cattskill, 
Greene  county  ;  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss,  Rector. — Communicants, 
60 ;  baptisms,  42 ;  marriages,  9  j  funerals,  10. 

St.  John's  Church,  Johnstown,  Montgomery  county  ;  Rev.  Eli 
Wheeler,  Rector.-— Marriages,  2  ;  funerals,  4 ;  baptisms,  ndults 
3,  children  34 — 37 ;  increase  of  communicants,  13. 

Trinity  Church,  and  St.  Paulas,  and  St.  John's  Chapels,  jYew 
York  ;  Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.  D.,  Rector.^ — Baptisras, 
204 ;  marriages,  66 ;  burials,  654  ;  communicants,  above  700. 

Several  were  added  to  the  communion,  after  the  administration 
of  Confirmation. 

Christ  Church,  JVew  York  ;  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector, — 
Communicants,  235 ;  baptisms,  102 ;  marriages,  45. 

French  Church  Du  St.  Esprit,  JVeio  York  ;  Rev.  Henri  L.  P. 
F.  Peneveyre,  Minister. — His  services  commenced  on  the  3d  Sun- 
day in  Advent,  1815.  Marriage,  1 ;  funerals,  3;  communicants, 
14. 

The  services  of  this  church  are  celebrated  in  the  French  Ian- 
guage. 

St.  Stephen^ s  Church,  JVew  York;  Rev.  Henry  J.  Feltus, 
Rector. — Communicants,  deaths  and  removals,  21,  additions  37, — 
present  number  394;  baptisms,  adults  7,  infants  124 — 131; 
marriages,  38. 

St.  Michael's  Church,  Bloomingdale,  JVew  York  j  R  ev.  Samuel 
F.  Jarvis,  Minister. — Baptisms,  adult  1,  children  9 — 10  ;  mar- 
riages, 2 ;  burials,  adults  2,  infants  2 — 4 ;  communicants,  26. 

St.  James'  Church,  Hamilton  Square,  JVew  York;  Rev.  Samuel 
F.  Jarvis,  Rector. — Baptism,  infant  1 ;  communicants,  not  included 
in  other  parochial  reports,  7. 

Grace  Church,  JVew  York ;  Rev.  Nathanael  Bowen,  D.  D., 
Rector. — Baptisms,  29  ;  marriages,  9  ;  communicants,  165  ; 
burials,  none  registered  in  this  parish,  there  being  no  cemetery 
attached  to  it. 


354  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1816. 

St.  George's  Church,  JVeio  York  ;  Rev.  James  Milnor,  Rec- 
tor.— The  present  rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  New  York, 
from  the  insufficiency  of  the  documents  left  by  his  predecessor  and 
his  assistant,  is  unable  to  make  a  return  of  the  number  of  mar- 
riages, baptisms,  and  burials,  in  the  congregation  of  that  church, 
during  the  past  year. 

The  number  of  communicants,  as  far  as  it  has  been  practicable 
to  ascertain  them,  no  list  of  their  names  having  been  left  by  the 
late  rector,  is  about  130. 

iS^^.  George's  Church,  JVewburgh,  Orange  county  ;  Rev.  John 
Brown,  Minister. — He  began  his  services  in  this  place,  on  the  first 
of  January ;  since  when  there  have  been, — baptisms,  adults  8, 
children  12 — 20  ;  funerals,  4  ;  famiUes,  35  ;  communicants, 
removed  and  deceased  3,  added  since  first  communion  20, — 
present  number,  23. 

St.  George's  Church,  Flushing,  Long  Island ;  Rev.  Barzillai 
Bulkley,  Rector. — Baptisms,  9 ;  communicants,  40 ;  marriages, 
8  ;  burials,  3. 

St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead,  and  Christ  Chapel,  JVorth 
Hempstead,  Long  Island  ;  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector. — Baptisms, 
18 ;  marriages,  3 1 ;  burials,  7. 

Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  Long  Island  ;  Rev.  Gilbert  H.  Sayres, 
Minister. — Baptisms,  17 ;  marriages,  7 ;  communicants,  about 
43 ;  increase  since  last  report,  10. 

St.  James'  Church,  Jfewtown,  Long  Island;  Rev.  Evan  M. 
Johnson,  Deacon,  Minister. — ^Baptisms,  adults  3,  infants  6 — 9 ; 
marriages,  7  ;  deaths,  3  ;  communicants,  44. 

Trinity  Church,  Lansingburgh,  Rensselaer  county,  and  Grace 
Church,  Waterford,  Saratoga  county ;  Rev.  Parker  Adams, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  14  ;  marriages,  7  ',  funerals,  6  ;  communi- 
cants, 43. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  Rensselaer  county ;  Rev.  David 
Butler,  Rector.* — Baptisms,  infants  42,  adults  16 — 58  ;  mar- 
riages, 9 ;  funerals,  21;  communicants,  109. 

The  rector  of  St.  Paul's  has  performed  Divine  service  on 
two  Sundays  at  Stillwater,  and  on  each  Sunday  administered 

*  This  report  was  forwarded  to  the  Convention. 


18 16. J  OF   THE    DIOCESE    OF   NEW    YORK.  356 

the  Holy  Communion.     He  baptised  there,  two  adults  and  three 
infants. 

St.  Andrew'' s  Church,  and  Trinity  Chapel,  Staten  Island  ; 
Rev.  David  Moore,  Rector. — Baptisms,  65  ;  funerals,  26  ;  mar- 
riages, 16 ;  communicants,  270 ;  families,  375. 

St.  PauPs  Church,  Ballston  Spa,  and  St.  James^  Churchy 
Milton,  Saratoga  county  ;  Rev.  Joseph  Perry,  Rector. — Baptisms, 
43 ;  marriages,  14 ;  funerals,  10. 

The  rector  has  performed  Divine  service  once  at  Duanesburgh, 
and  once  at  Stillwater. 

St.  PauVs  Church,  Charlton,  Saratoga  county  ;  Rev.  David 
Huntington,  Rector. — Baptisms,  10  ;  communicants,  40 ;  deaths, 
3 ;  marriages,  2. 

In  each  of  the  vacant  churches  at  Stillwater,  Ballstown,  and 
Duanesburgh,  the  rector  has  performed  Divine  service  one  Sunday. 

St.  George's  Church,  Schenectady ;  Rev.  Cyrus  Stebbins, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  children  46,  adults  2 — 48 ;  marriages,  19  ; 
funerals,  8  ;  communicants,  70. 

The  rector  has,  in  compliance  with  the  appointment  of  the 
Bishop,  performed  Divine  service  in  the  church  at  Duanesburgh, 
one  Sunday  ;  and  in  exchange  with  the  Rev.  Mr.  Brownell,  two 
Sundays ;  and  baptised  five  children. 

Trinity  Church,  JVew  Rochelle,  West  Chester  county  ;  Rev. 
Theodosius  Bartow,  Rector. — Baptisms,  infants  6,  adult  1 — 7  ; 
marriages,  5  ;  funerals,  3  ;  communicants,  20. 

Christ  Church,  Rye,  West  Chester  county;  Rev.  Samuel 
Haskell,  Rector.  —  Marriages,  12;  baptisms,  25;  deaths,  20; 
communicants,  between  50  and  60. 

The  Wardens  and  Vestry  of  Christ  Church,  Rye,  judged  it 
expedient  to  withdraw  from  the  White  Plains,  and  to  have  the 
stated  services  of  the  rector  limited  to  the  church  in  Rye ;  and 
have  acted  accordingly ;  so  that  the  White  Plains  are  now  desti- 
tute. 

St.  Peter's  Church,  West  Chester  ;  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  D.  D., 
Rector. — Baptisms,  children  17,  adult  1 — 18  ;  marriage,  1 ; 
deaths,  6 ;  communicants,  about  32. 

St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers,  West  Chester  county ;  Rev. 
William  Powell,  Minister. — The  Parish  of  St.  John's,  Yonkers, 


356  JOURNALS   OF    THE    CONVENTIONS  [1816, 

having  become  vacant  by  the  death  of  the  Rev.  Elias  Cooper,  I 
took  pastoral  charge  of  the  same  in  May  last;  since  which  period 
there  have  been, — baptisms,  4 ;  funerals,  3 ;  marriage,  1 ;  com- 
municants, about  56. 

With  regard  to  the  state  of  the  parish,  it  may  in  general  be 
observed,  that  the  services  of  the  Church  are  extremely  well 
attended,  and  that  the  people  evince  a  sincere  attachment  to  her 
doctrines  and  liturgy. 


The  Clergy  were  called  on  for  an  account  of  the  sums  collected 
in  their  several  churches,  for  the  Missionary  and  Episcopal  Funds ; 
and,  agreeably  to  a  resolution  of  the  last  Convention,  the  state- 
ments are  here  subjoined. 

For  the  Missionary  Fund.  — St  Peter's  Church,  Stamford, 
Delaware  county,  $6.37  ;  St.  James'  Church,  Hyde  Park, 
Dutchess  county,  $9.75 ;  Christ  Church,  Greenville,  Greene 
county,  $6.43;  Trinity  Church,  Windham,  Greene  county,  $5.20; 
St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn,  Long  Island,  $72.70 ;  Trinity  Church, 
New  York,  $295.22;  St.  Paul's  Chapel,  New  York,  $220.85;  St. 
John's  Chapel,  New  York,  $110.04;  Christ  Church,  New  York, 
$91.19;  St.  Mark's  Church,  New  York,  $28.98  ;  Church  Du  St. 
Esprit,  New  York,  $100.20;  St.  Michael's  Church,  New  York, 
$12.51;  Grace  Church,  New  York,  $178.00;  St.  James'  Church, 
New  York,  $38.63  ;  St.  George's  Church,  New  York,  $72.75  ; 
Trinity  Church,  Utica,  Oneida  county,  $16.84;  St.  George's 
Church,  Hempstead,  Long  Island,  $15.88 ;  Grace  Church,  Jamaica, 
tong  Island,  $34.41;  St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  Rensselaer  covmty, 
$52.15  ;  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island,  $15.00  ;  St.  PauP§ 
Church,  Charlton,  Saratoga  county,  $2.50;  St.  George's  Church, 
Schenectady,  $15.00;  St.  Matthew's  Church,  Bedford,  West 
Chester  county,  $5.40 ;  Trinity  Church,  New  Rochelle,  West 
Chester  county,  $9.00;  St.  Peter's  Church,  West  Chester,  $31.41 ; 
St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers,  West  Chester  county,  $27.81 ;  Rens- 
selaerville,  $4.11;  Durham,  $2.95. 

For  the  Episcopal  Fund. — Christ  Church,  Hudson,  $12.00; 
Trinity  Church,  Fishkill,  Dutchess  county,  $11.02| ;  St.  James' 
Church,  Hyde  Park,  Dutchess  county,  $5.25  ;  St.  Ann's  Church, 
Brooklyn,  Long  Island,  $34.35;  Trinity  Church,  New  York, 
$119.00;  St.  Paul's  Chapel,  New  York,  $109.00;  St.  John's 
Chapel,  New  York,  $65.20 ;  Christ  Church,  New  York,  $74.06 ; 
Church  Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York,  $49.70  ;  St.  Stephen's  Church, 
New  York,  $53.82;  St.  Michael's  Church,  New  York,  $17.12^; 
Grace  Church,  New  York,  $153.17;  St.  James'  Church,  New 


1816.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  357 

York,  $18.06  ;  Christ  Church,  Cooperstown,  Otsego  county, 
$4.50;  St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead,  Long  Island,  $14.80; 
St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island,  $5.75 ;  St.  Paul's  Church, 
Charlton,  Saratoga  county,  $2.50;  St.  George's  Church,  Schenec- 
tady, $14.50;  St.  Peter's  Church,  West  Chester,  $12.09;  St. 
John's  Church,  Yonkers,  West  Chester  county,  $22.07. 

The  Treasurer  of  the  Convention  submitted  his  report,  from 
which  it  appeared  that  the  receipts  since  the  last  report  have 
been — for  the  Episcopal  Fund  $827  88  ;  and  that  the  present 
aggregate  amount  of  the  Episcopal  Fund  is  $14,414  97.* 

On  motion. 

Resolved  unanimoiisly,  That  the  report  be  accepted,  and  that 
the  thanks  of  the  Convention  be  returned  to  Mr.  Gerrit  H.  Van 
Wagenen,  for  his  faithful  services  as  Treasurer. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  a  Committee  of  three  be  appointed  to  inquire 
into  the  state  of  the  Episcopal  Fund. 

Peter  J.  Munro,  Esq.,  Mr.  William  Jay,  and  Mr.  Gerrit  H. 
Van  Wagenen,  were  accordingly  appointed. 

The  Convention  adjourned  until  6  o'clock  this  evening. 


Six  o'clock  p.  M. 

The  Convention  met  pursuant  to  adjournment. 

Martin  Hoffman,  a  Lay  Delegate  from  St.  James'  Church, 
Hamilton  Square,  New  York,  appeared,  and  having  presented 
satisfactory  evidence  of  his  appointment,  took  his  seat. 

In  reference  to  a  presentment  of  the  Rev.  Timothy  Clowes, 
Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany,  made  by  three  presbyters 
of  this  Diocese  to  the  Right  Rev.  the  Bishop  of  the  same,  the 
following  resolution  was  offered  by  Peter  J.  Munro,  Esq.,  and 
seconded  by  Mr.  William  Jay : 

Resolved,  as  the  sense  of  this  Convention,  That  the  further 
prosecution  of  the  presentment  against  the  Rev.  Timothy  Clowes 

*  The  Episcopal  Fund,  which  is  formed  of  the  annual  collections  for  the  purpose 
in  the  congregations,  is  to  be  permitted  to  accumulate,  without  dirninution,  untiji 
the  annual  profits  of  the  Fund  become  adequate  to  the  support  of  a  Bishop. 


358  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1816. 

would  be  Inexpedient,  and  that  the  Right  Rev.  the  Bishop  of  New 
York  be,  and  he  hereby  is,  requested  to  use  his  endeavours  to 
cause  the  said  presentment  to  be  dismissed. 

A  division  being  requested  by  five  members  of  the  Convention, 
the  Clergy  and  Lay  Delegates  were  called  on  separately  (agree- 
ably to  Art.  7.  of  the  Constitution  of  the  Church  in  this  Diocese) 
for  their  votes  on  the  question — Shall  this  resolution  be  adopted  ? 

The  votes  were  as  follows  : 

Of  the  Clergy,  Aye. — Rev.  David  Huntington — 1. 

Kays. — Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow,  Rev.  William  Berrian,  Rev. 
John  Bowden,  D.  D.,  Rev.  Nathanael  Bowen,  D.  D.,  Rev.  John 
Brown,  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rev.  William  Creighton,  Rev. 
Adam  Empie,  Rev.  Henry  J.  Feltus,  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller,  Rev. 
William  Harris,  D.  D.,  Rev.  Samuel  Haskell,  Rev.  Thomas  Y. 
How,  D.  D.,  Rev.  Samuel  F.  Jarvis,  Rev.  Evan  M.  Johnson,  Rev. 
Thomas  Lyell,  Rev.  Daniel  M'Donald,  Rev.  John  M'Vickar, 
Rev.  James  Milnor,  Rev.  David  Moore,  Rev,  Daniel  Nash,  Rev. 
Benjamin  T.  Onderdonk,  Rev,  Joseph  Perry,  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss, 
Rev.  John  Reed,  Rev.  James  Thompson,  Rev.  Alanson  W. 
Welton,  Rev.  Eli  W^heeler,  Rev.  Russel  Wheeler,  Rev.  Isaac 
Wilkins,  D.  D.,  Rev.  Ralph  Williston— 3 1. 

Of  the  Lay-delegation,  Ayes. — St.  James'  Church,  North 
Salem ;  Church  at  Bedford  and  Northcastle — 2, 

Mays.  —  Christ  Church,  Hudson;  St,  James'  Church,  Hyde 
Park ;  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie ;  St,  Luke's  Church,  Cattskill ; 
Trinity  Church,  New  York,  (with  two  chapels)  three  votes  ;* 
Christ  Church,  New  York;  St.  Mark's  Church,  New  York; 
Church  Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York ;  St,  Stephen's  Church,  New 
York ;  Grace  Church,  New  York  ;  St,  James'  Church,  New 
York ;  St,  George's  Church,  New  York ;  St.  George's  Church, 
Newburgh ;  Harmony  Church,  Butternutts ;  St,  George's  Church, 
Flushing ;  St,  George's  Church,  Hempstead,  (with  a  chapel)  two 
votes  ;*  St.  James'  Church,  Newtown ;  St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy ; 
St.  John's  Church,  Islip ;  Trinity  Church,  New  Rochelle ;  St. 
Peter's  Church,  West  Chester — 24. 

Divided. — Trinity  Church,  Fishkill ;  Christ  Church,  Rye — 2. 

And  so  the  resolution  was  negatived  by  a  majority  of  both 
orders, 

*  Agreeably  to  Art.  7.  of  the  Constitution  of  the  Church  in  this  Liocese. 


1816.]  OF   THE    DIOCESE    OF   NEW    YORK.  359 

The  Rector  and  Lay-delegation  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany ; 
and  the  Rev.  Cyrus  Stebbins,  and  the  Rev.  Parker  Adams,  two 
of  the  presenters  in  the  case  specified  in  the  resolution,  were,  on 
their  request,  excused  from  voting. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  this  Convention,  in  declining  to  recommend  it 
to  the  Bishop  to  advise  the  withdrawing  of  the  presentment  against 
the  Rev.  Timothy  Clowes,  do  not  intend  to  express  any  opinion 
whatever  relative  to  the  merits  of  the  presentment,  but  act  upon 
the  simple  principle,  that  the  subject  does  not  fall  within  their 
jurisdiction. 

The  Convention  adjourned  until  to-morrow  morning,  at  half- 
past  eight  o'clock. 

Thursday,  October  3d. 
The  Convention  met  pursuant  to  adjournment. 

The  minutes  of  the  proceedings  yesterday  were  read,  and 
approved. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  elected  Delegates  to  the  General 
Convention : 

Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  D.  D.,  Rev.  Thomas  Y.  How,  D.  D.,  Rev. 
David  Butler,  Rev.  William  Harris  ,  D.  D. ;  Hon.  Rufus  King, 
Dr.  John  Onderdonk,  Philip  S.  Van  Rensselaer,  Esq.,  Mr.  Wil- 
liam Ogden. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  elected  Members  of  the  Stand- 
ing Committee  of  this  Diocese  : 

Rev.  John  Bowden,  D.  D.,  Rev.  William  Harris,  D.  D.,  Rev. 
Nathanael  Bowen,  D.  D.,  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell ;  Richard  Harison, 
Esq.,  Gen.  Matthew  Clarkson,  Mr.  William  Ogden,  Robert 
Troup,  Esq. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  elected  Members  of  the  Com- 
mittee of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  for  Propagating  the 
Gospel  in  the  State  of  New  York,  of  which  the  Bishop  is  {ex- 
officio)  President : 

Rev.  John  Bowden,  D.  D.,  Rev.  Nathanael  Bowen,  D,  D.,  Rev. 
Ralph  Wiiliston ;  Mr.  Gerrit  H.  Van  Wagenen,  Dr.  John  Onder- 
donk, Thomas  L.  Ogd"-  ,  Esq. 


360  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENnONS  [1816. 

Mr.  Gerrit  H.  Van  Wagenen  was  elected  Treasurer  of  the 
Convention. 

The  vote  of  the  Convention  was  then  taken  on  the  following 
proposed  amendment  to  the  first  article  of  the  Constitution  of  the 
Church  in  this  diocese,  which  was  passed  at  the  last  Convention, 

viz. : 

"  Article  I.  There  shall  be  a  Convention  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Church  in  this  State,  on  the  third  Tuesday  in  October  in 
each  year,"  &c.  &c. 

This  Convention  also  acceding  to  said  proposed  amendment ;  it 
was  finally  passed,  and  adopted  into  the  Constitution  of  the  Church 
in  this  Diocese. 

Public  notice  having  been  given  of  Divine  service  in  Trinity 
Church  this  morning,  on  occasion  of  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
"  Corporation  for  the  Relief  of  Widows  and  Children  of  Clergymen 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of  New  York," 

Resolved,  That  the  Convention  adjourn  to  attend  said  service, 
and  to  meet  again  for  business  at  one  o'clock  p.  m. 

The  Convention  adjourned  accordingly. 


One  o'clock,  P.  M. 

The  Convention  met  pursuant  to  adjournment. 

The  Bishop  informed  the  Convention,  that  he  had  been  invited, 
!)y  a  resolution  of  the  Convention  of  the  Church  in  the  State  of 
Connecticut,  to  perform  Episcopal  offices  in  that  Diocese,  agree- 
ably to  the  20th  canon  of  the  General  Convention ;  and  that, 
considering  the  peculiar  exigencies  of  the  Church  there,  he  had 
consented  to  accept  the  invitation,  in  conformity  with  the  terms  of 
the  canon  on  which  it  is  founded,  until  the  in\'itation  is  withdrawn, 
or  a  Bishop  elected  and  settled  among  them. 

Resolved  unanimonsly,  That  although  this  Convention  highly 
approves  of  the  conduct  of  the  Right  Rev.  the  Bishop  of  New 
York,  (as  explained  by  him)  in  acting  under  the  20th  canon  of 
the  General  Convention,  and  accepting  ihe  invitation  of  the 
Diocese  of  Connecticut,  to  execute  his  Episcopal  functions  within 
that  Diocese  in  its  present  situation ;  yet  it  is  the  earnest  wish  of 
this  Convention,  that  their  sister  Diocese  of  Connecticut  may 
speedily  make  such  arrangements  as  will  render  the  Right  Rev. 
Bishop's  connexion  with  that  Diocese  unnecessary. 


1816.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  361 

The  Clergy  who  were  appointed  at  the  last  Convention, 
agreeably  to  a  canon  of  this  Church  of  1806,  to  supply  vacant 
parishes  within  this  Diocese,  were  called  on  agreeably  to  the 
same  canon,  "  for  an  account  of  the  fulfilment  of  the  duty,  and  to 
report  concerning  the  state  of  the  parishes  which  they  have 
visited ;"  and  the  following  appointments  were  made  for  the 
ensuing  year — the  Clergy  to  supply  the  congregations  annexed  to 
their  names  respectively,  at  such  times  as  they  may  deem  most 
convenient  and  proper : 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Brown,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Powell,  and  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Ten  Broeck,  Goshen  and  Coldenham. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Reed,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  M'Vickar,  Patterson. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Stebbins,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Clowes,  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Huntington,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Perry,  Duanesburgh. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Butler,  Stillwater. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Ten  Broeck,  Fishkill,  Peekskill,  and  Philipstown. 

The  following  preamble  and  resolution  were  offered,  and  adopt- 
ed, viz. : 

This  Convention  observing  with  regret,  that  the  standing  order 
of  the  Church  relative  to  the  annual  collection  for  the  Episcopal 
Fund,  is,  by  many  of  the  churches,  totally  disregarded ;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  the  Clergy  who  have  heretofore  been  deficient 
in  this  respect,  he  earnestly  entreated  not  again  to  neglect  this 
important  duty,  but  make  the  collection  regularly,  without  regard- 
ing the  smalhiess  of  the  means  of  their  respective  congregations. 

The  Convention  adjourned. 

JOHN  HENRY  HOBART,  D.  D., 

Bishop  of  the  Prot.  Epise.  Church  in  the  Stale  of  New  York,  and  President  of  the  Conventioa 

Attested, 
BENJAMIN  T.  ONDERDONK,  Secretary. 


JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1816. 

CONSTITUTION 

OF 

CHE  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH,  IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 

As  Adopted  October  Uth,  1796. 


t  Amended  in  Convention,  1816,  by  changing  the  time  of  meeting  from  the  JJrst  to  the  third  Tuesday 

in  October.  I 


Art.  1.  There  shall  be  a  Convention  of  the  Protestant  Episco- 
pal Church  in  this  State,  on  the  third  Tuesday  in  October  in  each 
year,  in  such  place  as  shall  be  determined  by  the  Bishop  for  the 
time  being. 

Art.  2.  The  Bishop  shall  have  power  to  call  Special  Conven- 
tions Vi^hen  he  may  judge  it  conducive  to  the  good  of  the  Church, 
or  when  applied  to  for  that  purpose  by  the  Standing  Committee ; 
and  in  case  of  a  vacancy  in  the  Episcopal  Chair,  the  Standing 
Committee  shall  have  power  to  call  a  Special  Convention. 

Art.  3.  The  Convention  shall  be  composed  of  the  officiating 
ministers,  being  regularly  admitted  and  settled  in  some  church 
within  this  State  which  is  in  union  with  this  Convention ;  and 
of  lay  members,  consisting  of  one  or  more  delegates  from  each 
church,  to  be  chosen  by  the  vestry  or  congregation  :  and  clergy- 
men employed  as  missionaries  under  the  direction  of  this  Conven- 
tion, and  clergymen  engaged  as  professors  or  instructors  of  youth 
in  any  college,  academy,  or  general  seminary  of  learning  duly 
incorporated,  may  be  members  of  the  Convention. 

Art.  4.  Every  Convention  shall  be  opened  with  prayers  and  a 
sermon ;  and  the  preacher  shall  be  nominated  by  the  Bishop. 

Art.  5.  The  Bishop  shall  preside  in  the  Convention ;  but  in 
case  of  a  vacancy,  or  necessary  absence,  the  members  shall  elect 
a  President  from  among  the  Clergy. 

Art.  6.  A  Secretary  shall  be  chosen  upon  the  assembling  of  the 
annual  Convention,  from  among  the  members  thereof,  who  shall 
remain  in  office  until  the  meeting  of  the  next  Convention.  His 
duty  shall  be  to  take  minutes  of  their  proceedings,  to  preserve 
their  journals  and  records,  to  attest  the  public  acts  of  the  body, 
and  faithfully  to  deliver  into  the  hands  of  his  successor  all  books 
and  papers  relative  to  the  concerns  of  the  Convention,  which  may 


1816.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW    YORK.  363 

be  in  his  possession :  it  shall  also  be  his  duty  to  give  due  notice 
to  each  minister  and  vestry  of  the  time  and  place  appointed  for 
the  meetinjr  of  the  succeedincj  Convention. 

Art.  7.  In  all  matters  which  shall  come  before  the  Convention, 
the  Clergy  and  Laity  shall  deliberate  in  one  body;  and,  in  voting, 
the  Clergy  shall  vote  by  individuals,  and  the  Laity  by  congrega- 
tions ;  and  when  more  than  one  church  or  chapel  shall  be  united 
under  one  vestry,  the  delegate  or  delegates  of  such  vestry  shall  be 
entitled  to  a  vote  for  each  church  or  chapel ;  and  a  majority  of 
the  two  orders  jointly  shall  be  decisive  :  but  if,  in  any  case,  it  be 
required  by  five  votes,  the  two  orders  shall  vote  separately  in  the 
manner  aforesaid,  and  the  concurrence  of  a  majority  of  each  order 
shall  be  necessary  to  constitute  a  decision.  In  the  case  of  electing 
a  Bishop,  the  two  orders  shall  always  vote  separately,  agreeably 
to  the  mode  last  prescribed. 

Art.  8.  The  mode  of  altering  this  Constitution  shall  be  as 
follows :  A  proposition  for  an  amendment  shall  be  introduced  in 
writing,  and  considered  in  the  Convention ;  and,  if  approved  of, 
shall  lie  over  to  the  next  Convention  ;  and,  if  again  approved  of 
in  the  next  ensuing  Convention,  by  a  majority  of  the  two  orders 
voting  thereon  separately,  the  change  shall  take  place,  and  the 
Constitution  so  altered  shall  be  valid  and  obligatory. 


THIRTY-SECOND   CONVENTION. 


JOURITAI. 

OF   THE 

PROCEEDINGS 

OF  THE 

ANNUAL   CONVENTION 

OF 

THE  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH, 

IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW    YORK ; 

HELD  IN  TRINITY  CHURCH,  IN  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK, 

On  the  21st  and  aad  days  of  October,  A.  D.  1817. 


3L(st  of  tt)e  itltVQS  anU  3Lao  WtUaates 

WHO  ATTENDED  THE  CONVENTION. 
CLERGY. 

The  Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Pro- 
testant Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State  of  New  York,  and  Rector 
of  Trinity  Church,  in  the  city  of  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Henry  Anthon,  Deacon,  Minister  of  St.  Paul's 
Church,  Redhook,  Dutchess  county. 

The  Rev.  Amos  G.  Baldwin,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Utica, 
Oneida  county. 

The  Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
Rochelle,  West  Chester  county. 

The  Rev.  Gregory  T.  Bedell,  Deacon,  Minister  of  Christ  Church, 
Hudson,  Columbia  county. 

The  Rev.  Nathanael  Bowen,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  Grace  Church, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  John  Brown,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  New- 
burgh,  Orange  county. 

The  Rev.  Nathaniel  F.  Bruce,  M.  D.,  Deacon,  Minister  of 
Christ  Church,  Duanesburgh,  Schenectady  county. 

The  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church, 
Flushing  Long  Island. 


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The  Rev.  David  Butler,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy, 
Rensselaer  county. 

The  Rev.  Richard  F.  Cadle,  Deacon,  Minister  of  St.  James- 
Church,  Goshen,  Orange  county. 

The  Rev.  William  Creighton,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's  Church, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Heniy  J.  Feltus,  Rector  of  St.  Stephen's  Chm*ch, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller,  Missionary,  in  Albany  and  Greene 
counties. 

The  Rev.  Charles  W.  Hamilton,  Deacon,  Missionary  in  Wash- 
ington county,  and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  William  Harris,  D.  D.,  President  of  Columbia  College, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead, 
Long  Island. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Haskell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Rye,  West 
Chester  county. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Y.  How,  D.  D.,  Assistant  Rector  of  Trinity 
Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.   Samuel  F.  Jarvis,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church, 
Hamilton  Square,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Stephen  Jewett,  Missionary  in  Washington  county. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Johnston,  Deacon,  Missionary  in  Genesee 
and  Niagara  counties. 

The  Rev.  William  B.  Lacey,  Missionary  in  Chenango  county, 
and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  John  M'Vickar,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church,  Hyde 
Park,  Dutchess  county. 

The  Rev.  James  Milnor,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  New 
York. 

The  Rev.  David  Moore,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten 
Island. 

The  Rev.  Benjamin  T.  Onderdonk,  an  Assistant  Minister  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Henri  L.  P.  F.  Peneveyre,  Rector  of  the  French 
Church  Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Perry,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Ballston  Spa, 
Saratoga  county. 

The  Rev.  John  Reed,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie, 
Dutchess  county. 

The  Rev.  Joshua  M.  Rogers,  Missionary  at  Turin,  Lewis  county, 
and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  Charles  Seabury,  Rector  of  Caroline  Church,  Setauket, 
and  Missionary  to  Huntington  and  Islip,  Long  Island. 


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The  Rev.  Cyrus  Stebbins,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church, 
Schenectady. 

The  Rev.  James  Thompson,  Missionary  in  Greene  and  Dela- 
ware counties. 

The  Rev.  Eli  Wheeler,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Johnstown, 
Montgomery  county. 

The  Rev.  Russel  Wheeler,  Missionary  at  Buttemutts  and  Una- 
dilla,  Otsego  county,  and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 
West  Chester. 

The  following  Clergy,  not  entitled  to  seats,  were  admitted  to 
the  sittings  of  the  Convention  : 

The   Rev.    David    Huntington,  Minister   of  St.   Peter's ' 
Church,  Stamford,  Saratoga  county. 

The  Rev.   Evan   M.    Johnson,  Minister  of   St.    James' 
Church,  Newtown,  Long  Island. 

The  Rev.  Ravaud  Kearny,  Minister  of  St.  Paul's  Church, 
East  Chester,  West  Chester  county. 

The  Rev.  William  Powell,  Minister  of  St.  John's  Church, 
Yonkers,  West  Chester  county. 

The  Rev.  Gilbert  H.  Sayres,  Minister  of  Grace  Church, 
Jamaica,  Long  Island. 

The  Rev.  Petrus  S.  Ten  Broeck,  Minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  Fishkill,  Dutchess  county ;  St.  Philip's  Church, 
Philipstown,  Putnam  county;  and  St.  Peter's  Church,  Peeks- 
kill,  West  Chester  county. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Willard,  residing  in  the  city  of  New 
York. 

The  Rev. Mason,  of  Pennsylvania. 

The  Rev.  William  H.  Hart,  of  Virginia. 

The  Rev.  Bethel  Judd,  of  North  Carolina. 

LAY    DELEGATES. 

Columbia  county. 
Hudson,  Christ  Church,  William  E.  Norman. 

Delaware  county. 
Stamford,  St.  Peter's  Church,  George  Sherwood. 

Dutchess  county. 
Fishkill,  Trinity  Church,  Daniel  C.  Verplanck,  Abraham  Weeks, 
Abraham  Mesier. 

Hyde  Park,  St.  James'  Church,  Samuel  Bard, 


1817.]  OF   THE    DIOCESE    OF   NEW   YORK.  367 

Poughkeepsie,  Christ  Church,  WilUam  Davies,  Randall  S. 
Street,  George  Taylor. 

Redhook,  St.  Paul's  Church,  Edward  P.  Livingston,  Ebenezer 
Punderson. 

King's  county. 

Brooklyn,  St.  Ann's  Church,  William  Grigg,  John  Cornell. 

City  and  county  of  JVew  York. 

Christ  Church,  George  Dominick,  Richard  Townsend,  Benjamin 
Hyde,  Floyd  Smith. 

French  Church  Du  St.  Esprit,  Felix  Pascalis,  John  G.  Tardy. 

Grace  Church,  Wright  Post,  David  B.  Ogden. 

St.  George's  Church,  Harry  Peters,  Gerrit  H.  Van  Wagenen, 
James  D.  L.  Walton,  Isaac  Carow. 

St.  James'  Church,  Martin  Hoffman,  Peter  Schermerhorn. 

St.  Mark's  Church,  Mangle  Minthorne,  John  Day,  Clement  C. 
Moore.  • 

St.  Michael's  Church,  Valentine  Nutter,  Isaac  Jones. 

St.  Stephen's  Church,  Daniel  Mersereau. 

Trinity  Church,  Richard  Harison,  Nehemiah  Rogers,  Thomas 
L.  Ogden,  Joshua  Jones. 

Zion  Church,  Lewis  Hartman. 

Oneida  county. 
Utica,  Trinity  Church,  Nathan  Williams. 

Orange  county. 
Goshen,  St.  James'  Church,  Christian  Hurtin. 
Newburgh,  St.  George's  Church,  Rudolph  Bunner,  Gilbert  0. 
Fowler. 

Queen's  county. 
Flushing,  St.  George's  Church,  Thos.  Marston,  Wilham  Prince. 
Jamaica,   Grace   Church,  Timothy  Nostrand,  Lewis  E.   A. 
Eigenbrodt. 

Newtown,  St.  James'  Church,  David  Purdy,  Timothy  Roach, 
John  Alsop. 

Rensselaer  county. 
Troy,  St.  Paul's  Church,  Nathan  Warren. 

Richmond  county. 
Richmond,  St.  Andrew's  Church,  James  Guy  on,  John  Guyon. 

Schenectady  county. 
Duanesburgh,  Christ  Church,  G.  W.  Featherstonhaugh. 
Schenectady,  St.  George's  Church,  William  Richmond,  John  I. 
DegrafF. 


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Suffolk  county. 
Islip,  St  John's  Church,  John  T.  Champlin. 

Sullivan  county. 

Thompson,  St.  John's  Church,  Charles  Thompson,  Livingston 
Billings. 

West  Chester  county. 

Bedford  and  Northcastle,  William  Jay. 

East  Chester,  St.  Paul's  Church,  John  Townsend,  William 
Popham. 

Maraaroneck,  St.  Thomas'  Church,  Guy  C.  Bayley. 

New  Rochelle,  Trinity  Church,  James  Harvey. 

Rye,  Christ  Church,  Jonathan  Purdy. 

Yonkers,  St.  John's  Church,  Henry  White,  Benjamin  Fowler. 

The  following  Clergy,  entitled  to  seats  in  the  Convention,  were 
not  present  during  this  session  : 

The  Rev.  Parker  Adams,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Lansing- 
burgh,  Rensselaer  county,  and  Grace  Church,  Waterford,  Saratoga 
county. 

The  Rev.  William  Berrian,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  C.  Brownell,  Professor  of  Rhetoric  and 
Belles-Lettres  in  Union  College,  Schenectady. 

The  Rev.  Orin  Clark,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Geneva, 
Ontario  coimty. 

The  Rev.  William  A.  Clark,  Missionary  at  Manlius,  Onondaga 
county,  and  the  counties  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  Ezekiel  G.  Gear,  Deacon,  Missionary  in  Onondaga 
county,  and  counties  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  Daniel  M'Donald,  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  and 
Principal  of  the  Academy,  Fairfield,  Herkimer  county. 

The  Rev.  Daniel  Nash,  Missionary,  and  Rector  of  the  churches 
in  Otsego  county. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Nicholls,  Deacon,  Tutor  in  the  Academy, 
Fairfield,  Herkimer  county. 

The  Rev.  Henry  U.  Onderdonk,  Missionary  at  Canandaigua 
Ontario  county,  and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Athens, 
and  St.  Luke's  Church,  Cattskill,  Greene  county. 

The  Rev.  Hugh  Smith,  Deacon,  Minister  of  St.  Ann's  Church 
Brooklyn,  Long  Island. 

The  Rev.  Alanson  W.  Welton,  Missionary  in  Ontario,  and 
adjacent  counties. 


1817.]  of  the  diocese  of  new  york.  369 

Nev.'  York,  Tuesday,  October  21st,  1817. 

This  being  the  day  appointed  by  the  Constitution  of  the  Pro- 
testant Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of  New  York,  for  the 
meeting  of  the  annual  Convention  of  the  same,  and  Trinity  Church, 
in  the  city  of  New  York,  having-  been  appointed  by  the  Bishop 
as  the  place  of  meeting  at  this  time,  the  Right  Rev.  John  Henry 
Hobart,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  this 
State,  and  several  Clergy  and  Lay  Delegates,  attended,  at  half- 
past  10  o'clock  A.  M.,  in  Trinity  Church. 

Morning  service  was  performed  by  the  Rev.  David  Butler,  Rec- 
tor of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  Rensselaer  county ;  and  a  charge 
to  the  Clergy  delivered  by  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Hobart,  who 
also  administered  the  Holy  Communion,  assisted  by  other  clergy- 
men present. 

The  Convention  then  assembled,  and  a  list  of  the  Clergy  entitled 
to  seats  in  the  same  being  called  over,  agreeably  to  the  second 
canon  of  1803,  the  following  answered  to  their  names,  and  took 
their  seats,  viz. : 

The  Rev.  Henry  Anthon,  Deacon,  Minister  of  St.  Paul's  Church, 
Redhook,  Dutchess  county ;  Rev.  Amos  G.  Baldwin,  Rector  of 
Trinity  Chmch,  Utica,  Oneida  county ;  Rev.  Nathanael  Bowen, 
D.  D.,  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  New  York;  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulk- 
ley,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Flushing,  Long  Island ; 
Rev.  David  Butler,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  Rens- 
selaer county ;  Rev.  Richard  F.  Cadle,  Deacon,  Minister  of 
St.  James'  Church,  Goshen,  Orange  county ;  Rev.  WilUam 
Creighton,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  Henry 
J.  Feltus,  Rector  of  St.  Stephen's  Church,  New  York ;  Rev. 
Samuel  Fuller,  Missionary  in  Albany  and  Greene  counties ;  Rev. 
William  Harris,  D.  D.,  President  of  Columbia  College,  New  York ; 
Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead, 
Long  Island ;  Rev.  Samuel  Haskell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church, 
Rye,  West  Chester  county;  Rev.  Thomas  Y.  How,  D.  D.,  Assist- 
ant Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York;  Rev.  Samuel  F. 
Jarvis,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church,  Hamilton  Square,  New  York; 
Rev.  Stephen  Jewett,  Missionary  in  Washington  county  ;  Rev. 
Samuel  Johnston,  Deacon,  Missionary  in  Genesee  and  Niagara 
counties ;  Rev.  William  B.  Lacey,  Missionary  in  Chenango  county, 
and  parts  adjacent;  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church, 
New  York  ;  Rev.  John  M'Vickar,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church, 
Hyde  Park,  Dutchess  county ;  Rev.  James  Milnor,  Rector  of  St. 
George's  Church,  New  York ;  Rev.  David  Moore,  Rector  of  St. 


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Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island  ;  Rev.  Benjamin  T.  Onderdonk, 
an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York  ;  Rev.  Henri 
L.  P.  F.  Peneveyre,  Rector  of  the  French  Church  Du  St.  Esprit, 
New  York;  Rev.  Joseph  Perry,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Ballston 
Spa,  Saratoga  county;  Rev.  John  Reed,  Rector  of  Christ  Church, 
Poughkeepsie,  Dutchess  county ;  Rev.  Joshua  M.  Rogers,  Mission- 
ary at  Turin,  Lewis  county,  and  parts  adjacent;  Rev.  Charles 
Seabury,  Rector  of  Caroline  Church,  Setauket,  and  Missionary 
to  Huntington  and  Islip,  Long  Island ;  Rev.  Cyrus  Stebbins, 
Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Schenectady ;  Rev.  James  Thomp- 
son, Missionary  in  Greene  and  Delaware  counties ;  Rev.  Eli 
Wheeler,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Johnstown,  Montgomery 
county ;  Rev.  Russel  Wheeler,  Missionary  at  Butternutts  and 
Unadilla,  Otsego  county,  and  parts  adjacent ;  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins, 
D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  West  Chester. 

Certificates  of  the  appointment  of  Lay  Delegates  were  read, 
and  approved  ;  and  the  following  took  their  seats  : 

From  Christ  Church,  Hudson,  Columbia  county,  William  E. 
Norman ;  from  St.  James'  Church,  Hyde  Park,  Dutchess  county, 
Samuel  Bard ;  from  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie,  Dutchess 
county,  William  Davies,  George  Taylor^  Randall  S.  Street; 
from  St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn,  Long  Island,  WilUam  Grigg  ; 
from  Christ  Church,  New  York,  George  Dominick,  Richard 
Townsend  ;  from  the  French  Church  Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York, 
Felix  Pascalis,  John  G.  Tardy ;  from  Grace  Church,  New  York, 
Wright  Post ;  from  St.  George's  Church,  New  York,  Gerrit  H. 
Van  Wagenen,  Harry  Peters,  Isaac  Carow,  James  D.  L.  Walton ; 
from  St.  James'  Church,  New  York,  Martin  Hoffman ;  from  St. 
Mark's  Church,  New  York,  Mangle  Minthorne,  Clement  C. 
Moore,  John  Day ;  from  St.  Michael's  Church,  New  York, 
Valentine  Nutter ;  from  Trinity  Church,  New  York,  Richard 
Harison,  Nehemiah  Rogers,  Joshua  Jones ;  from  Trinity  Church, 
Utica,  Oneida  county,  Nathan  Williams ;  from  St.  James'  Church, 
Goshen,  Orange  county.  Christian  Hurtin ;  from  St.  George's 
Church,  Flushing,  Long  Island,  WilUam  Prince,  Thomas  Mars- 
ton  ;  from  St.  James'  Church,  Newtown,  Long  Island,  David 
Purdy,  Timothy  Roach,  John  Alsop;  from  St.  Paul's  Church, 
Troy,  Rensselaer  county,  Nathan  Warren ;  from  St.  Andrew's 
Church,  Staten  Island,  James  Guyon,  John  Guyon  ;  from  St, 
George's  Church,  Schenectady,  William  Richmond ;  from  St. 
John's  Church,  Islip,  Long  Island,  John  T.  Champlin ;  from  St 
Matthew's  Church,  Bedford  and  Northcastle,  West  Chester  county, 
William  Jay;  from  St.  Paul's  Church,  East  Chester,  West 
Chester  county,  John  Townsend,  William  Popham ;  from  Trinity 
Church,  New  Rochelle,  West  Chester  county,  James  Harvey; 


1817.]  OF    THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  371 

from  St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers,  West  Chester  county,  Henry 
White,  Benjamin  Fowler. 

Certificates  were  read  of  the  incorporation  of  St.  Paul's  Church, 
Redhook,  Dutchess  county ;  St.  John's  Church,  Thompson,  Sulli- 
van county ;  and  St.  Paul's  Church,  Buffalo,  Niagara  county ; 
and  said  churches  were  severally  received  into  union  with  this 
Convention. 

Certificates  were  read,  and  approved,  of  the  appointment  of 
Edward  P.  Livingston  and  Ebenezer  Punderson  to  represent  St. 
Paul's  Church,  Redhook,  Dutchess  county  ;  and  of  Charles 
Thompson  and  Livingston  Billings  to  represent  St.  John's  Church, 
Thompson,  Sullivan  county ;  who  accordingly  took  their  seats  in 
the  Convention. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  clergymen  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church, 
who  may  be  in  the  city  of  New  York  during  the  session  of  this 
Convention,  and  not  members  thereof,  be  admitted  to  the  sittings 
of  the  same. 

Agreeably  to  the  foregoing  resolution,  the  following  clergymen 
took  their  seats : 

The  Rev.  David  Huntington,  Minister  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 
Stamford,  Delaware  county ;  Rev.  Evan  M.  Johnson,  Minister  of 
St.  James'  Church,  Newtown,  Long  Island;  Rev.  Ravaud  Kearny, 
Minister  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  East  Chester,  West  Chester  county ; 
Rev,  William  Powell,  Minister  of  St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers, 
West  Chester  county ;  and  Rev.  Joseph  Willard,  residing  in  the 
city  of  New  York,  of  this  Diocese ;  Rev. Mason,  of  Penn- 
sylvania ;  Rev.  William  H.  Hart,  of  Virginia  ;  and  Rev.  Bethel 
Judd,  of  North  Carolina. 

The  Convention  then  proceeded  to  the  election  of  a  Secretary, 
when  the  Rev.  Benjamin  T.  Onderdonk  was  duly  chosen. 

The  Convention  adjourned  until  to-morrow  morning,  at  half- 
past  9  o'clock. 

Wednesday,  October  22d. 
The  Convention  met  ptirsuant  to  adjournment. 

Morning  service  was  performed  by  the  Rev.  Cyrus  Stebbins^ 
Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Schenectady. 


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The  minutes  of  the  proceedings  yesterday  were  read^  and 
approved. 

The  following  clergymen,  members  of  this  Convention,  no! 
present  yesterday,  appeared,  and  took  their  seats '. 

The  Rev.  Theodosias  Bartow,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
Rochelle,  West  Chester  county ;  Rev.  Gregory  T.  Bedell,  Deacon, 
Minister  of  Christ  Church,  Hudson,  Columbia  county ;  Rev.  John 
Brown,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Newburgh,  Orange 
county ;  Rev.  Nathaniel  F.  Bruce,  M.  D.,  Deacon,  Minister  .of 
Christ  Church,  Duanesburgh,  Schenectady  county;  Rev.  Charles 
W.  Hamilton,  Deacon,  Missionary  in  Washington  coimty,  and 
parts  adjacent. 

Agreeably  to  the  resolution  of  yesterday,  admitting  clergymen 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  who  are  not  members  of  the 
Convention,  to  the  sittings  thereof,  the  following  clergymen, 
belonging  to  this  Diocese,  appeared,  and  took  their  seats : 

The  Rev.  Gilbert  H.  Sayres,  Minister  of  Grace  Church,  Jamaica, 
Long  Island ;  and  the  Rev.  Petrus  S.  Ten  Broeck,  Minister  of 
Trinity  Church,  Fishkill,  Dutchess  county  ;  St.  PhiUp's  Church, 
Philipstown,  Putnam  county;  and  St.  Peter's  Church,  Peekskill, 
West  Chester  county. 

The  following  Lay  Delegates  presented  testimonials  of  their 
respective  appointments,  which  were  approved,  and  took  their 
seats : 

From  St.  Peter's  Church,  Stamford,  Delaware  county,  George 
Sherwood  ;  from  Trinity  Church,  Fishkill,  Dutchess  county, 
Daniel  C.  Verplanck,  Abraham  Weeks,  Abraham  Mesier  ;  from 
St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn,  Long  Island,  John  Cornell ;  from 
Christ  Church,  New  York,  Benjamin  Hyde,  Floyd  Smith;  from 
Grace  Cluirch,  New  York,  David  B.  Ogden  ;  from  St.  James' 
Church,  New  York,  Peler  Schermerhorn  ;  from  St.  Michael's 
Church,  New  York,  Isaac  Jones ;  from  St.  Stephen's  Church, 
New  York,  Daniel  Mersereau  ;  from  Trinity  Church,  New  York, 
Thomas  L.  Ogden  ;  from  Zion  Church,  New  York,  Lewis  Hart- 
man  ;  from  St.  George's  Church,  Newburgh,  Orange  county, 
Rudolph  Bunner,  Gilbert  0.  Fowler ;  from  Grace  Church, 
Jamaica,  Long  Island,  Timothy  Nostrand,  Lewis  E.  A.  Eigenbrodt; 
from  St.  George's  Church,  Schenectady,  John  I.  Degrafi";  from 
Christ  Church,  Duanesburgh,  Schenectady  county,  G.  W.  Feather- 
stonhaugh ;  from  Christ  Church,  Rye,  West  Chester  county, 
Jonathan  Purdy. 


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Certificates  of*  the  incorporation  of  St.  Thomas'  Church,  Mama- 
roneck,  West  Chester  county,  and  St.  Paul's  Church,  Ticon- 
deroga,  Essex  county,  were  read,  and  approved;  and  said  churches 
received  into  union  with  this  Convention. 

A  certificate  of  the  appointment  of  Delegates  to  represent  St. 
Thomas'  Church,  Maraaroneck,  West  Chester  county,  in  this 
Convention,  was  read,  and  approved;  and  Guy  C.  Bayley 
appeared,  and  took  his  seat  accordingly. 

Agreeably  to  the  45th  canon  [of  the  General  Convention,  the 
Right  Rev,  Bishop  Hobart  delivered  the  following  address  : 

MY  BRETKriEN  ©P  THE  CLERGY  AND  LAITY, 

The  congregations  of  this  Diocesa  having  been  fiequeiitly  and  generally 
visited,  there  has  not  been  a  necessity,  in  this  respect,  for  as  extensive  a  course 
of  duty  as  usual,  through  the  past  year.  In  the  month  of  A'^ovember  last  I 
visited  and  held  Confirmations  in  the  churches  at  Hudson  and  Catlskill.  In 
the  month  of  December  I  paid  a  visit  to  the  distant  congregation  of  Canandai- 
gua,  and  consecrated  a  remarkably  beautiful  and  commodious  building  to  the 
service  of  Almighty  God  accordiRg  to  the  rites  of  our  Church,  and  administered 
the  ordinance  of  Confirmation.  This  congregation  is  much  indebted  for  its 
flourishing  condition,  to  the  labours  of  the  Missionary  who  principally  officiates 
there,  the  Rev.  Henry  U.  OiiderJonk.  In  March  last  I  visited  the  Church  at 
Newtown,  which,  by  the  laudable  exertions  of  the  clerg-yman  and  congre- 
gation, had  been  recently  repaired,^and  rendered  very  neat  and  commodious; 
and  admitted  the  Rev.  Evan  Malbone  Johnson,  elected  Rector  of  that  church, 
and  the  Rev.  William  Creighton,  elected  Rector  of  St.  Mark's  Church,  New 
York,  to  the  holy  order  of  Priests.  In  April  I  visited  the  church  at  East 
Chester,  and  admitted  to  the  same  order,  the  Rev.  Ravaud  Kearny,  who  had 
lately  commenced  his  labours  in  that  congregation ;  the  Rev.  Petrus  S.  Ten 
Broeck,  elected  Rector  of  the  churches  at  Fishkill,  Philipstown,  and  Peeks- 
kill  ;  and  the  Rev.  George  Wheeler,  Missionary  at  West  Chester  county. 

I  recently  repeated  my  visits  to  the  congregation  at  East  Chester,  and 
received,  in  common  with  the  clergyman  who  accompanied  me,  unusual 
gratification  in  the  view  of  above  70  persons,  principally  young,  coming 
forward  to  Confirmation,  with  more  than  ordinary  evidences  of  the  devout 
sensibility  excited  by  this  offering  of  themselves  to  God.  Each  one  of  these 
had  been  visited  and  instructed  in  reference  to  this  holy  solemnity,  by  their 
pastor,  who,  within  a  short  time  previous,  had  administered  Baptism  to  36 
adult  persons.  His  assiduous  labours  have  collected,  through  the  Divine 
blessing,  a  numerous  congregation,  and  inspired  among  them  a  zeal  which  has 
led  them,  at  very  considerable  expense,  to  repair  and  beautify  their  church;  in 
defraying  which,  individuals,  who  earn  their  support  by  their  daily  labour, 
have  contributed  several  hundred  dollars.    The  increase  of  the  numbers  and 


374  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONTENTIONS  [1817. 

the  piety  of  this  congregation,  has  been  effected  by  assiduity  in  parochial 
labours,  and  by  the  frequent  performance  of  tlie  service  of  the  Church,  without 
a  departure  from  her  prescriptions,  or  the  introduction  of  modes  of  exciting  the 
feelings  which  her  sober  institutions  do  not  warrant. 

The  example  of  this  congregation,  and  of  the  congregations  at  Hampton  and 
Granville,  under  the  care  of  one  of  the  Missionaries  in  Washington  county,  in 
addition  to  that  in  the  city  of  Troy,  to  which,  in  a  former  address,  I  called  your 
attention,  and  to  others  which  might  be  mentioned,  proves  that  the  advance- 
ment of  piety  in  our  Church  does  not  demand  a  recourse  to  any  means  than 
those  which  she  has  prescribed,  and  which  the  wisdom  of  ages  have  sanc- 
tioned. Let  the  minister,  as  frequently  as  circumstances  will  admit,  assemble 
his  congregation  for  Divine  worship ;  let  him  be  faithful  in  proclaiming  to  the 
people  committed  to  his  charge,  the  whole  counsel  of  God,  and  the  distin- 
guishing truths  of  the  dipsensation  of  mercy  and  grace  through  a  Redeemer ; 
let  him  diligently  attend  to  parochial  visitation  and  catechetical  instruction ; 
let  him  publicly  and  privately  call  his  people  not  only  to  a  devout  attendance 
on  those  public  ordinances,  by  which,  in  the  exercise  of  penitence  and  faith, 
their  union  with  their  Redeemer  is  maintained,  but  to  private  and  constant 
intercourse  with  Heaven,  in  pious  reading,  meditation,  and  prayer ;  let  him 
thus  be  instant  "in  season,  out  of  season,"  and  his  labours  will  be  blessed, 
generally  in  the  increase  of  the  numbers  of  his  congregation,  but  always  in 
their  establishment  in  substantial  piety  agreeably  to  the  principles  of  the 
Church.  This  should  be  the  great  object,  and  this  is  the  best  reward  of  the 
serivces  of  her  ministers. 

No  opinion  is  more  unfounded  than  that  there  is  a  deficiency  as  to  the 
means  of  pious  instruction  and  devotion  in  the  forms  of  our  Church.  She 
has  provided  DoJlij  Morning  and  Evening  Prayer ;  and  hence  her  minisiters, 
when  circumstances  admit  and  require,  can  assemble  their  flocks  for  any 
purposes  of  Christian  edification,  not  only  daily,  but  twice  in  the  day,  and 
lead  their  devotions  to  Heaven  in  prayers,  to  the  use  of  which  they  have  bound 
themselves  by  the  most  solemn  obligations,  and  than  which  surely  no  one  of 
her  ministers  will  presume  to  think  that  he  can  make  better.  But  to  suppose 
that  our  Church,  while  she  thus  fufnishes  public  edifices  for  the  celebration 
of  the  social  devotion  of  her  members,  warrants  their  meeting  elsewhere, 
except  where  peculiar  circumstances,  in  the  want  of  a  public  building,  or  in 
the  size  of  a  parish,  render  it  necessary;  or  to  suppose  that  while  she  thus 
fully  provides  in  her  institutions  for  the  Christian  edification  of  her  members, 
she  thinks  it  can  be  necessary,  for  this  purpose,  to  have  recourse  to  private 
meetings,  the  devotions  of  which  tend  to  disparage  the  Liturgy,  and  eventually 
to  lessen  the  relish  for  its  fervent  but  well-ordered  services,  would  be  to  impute 
to  her  the  strange  policy  of  introducing  into  her  own  bosom,  the  principles  of 
disorder  and  schism,  and,  perhaps,  of  heresy  and  enthusiasm. 

My  brethren  of  the  Clergy — suffer  me  seriously  and  affectionately,  with  a 
view  to  guard,  not  against  present,  but  possible  evils,  to  fortify  these  senti- 
ments ly  an  authority  to  which  an  appeal  ought  never  to  be  made  in  vain. 


1817.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  375 

It  is  the  authority  of  one  whose  piety  was  as  humble  and  fervent  as  his  judo;- 
ment  -was  penetrating  and  discriminating,  and  his  learning  extensive  and  pro- 
found. It  is  the  authority  of  one,  too,  who  lived  in  those  times  when  the 
private  associations  commenced,  the  effects  of  which  he  deprecated,  but  which 
were  finally  awfully  realized  in  the  utter  subversion  of  the  goodly  fabric  of  the 
Church  whose  ministry  he  adorned,  and  in  the  triumph,  on  her  ruins,  of  the 
innumerable  forms  of  heresy  and  schism.  The  judicious  Hooker  thus  speaks, 
in  that  work  on  Ecclesiastical  Polity,  in  which  he  delivers  so  many  lessons  of 
profound  wisdom :  "  To  him  who  considers  the  grievous  and  scandalous  in- 
conveniences whereunto  they  make  themselves  daily  subject,  with  whom  any 
blind  and  secret  corner  is  judged  a  fit  house  of  common  prayer;  the  manifold 
confusion  which  they  fall  into,  where  every  man's  private  spirit  and  gift,  as 
they  term  it,  is  the  only  Bishop  that  ordaineth  him  to  this  ministry ;  the  irk- 
some deformities  whereby,  through  endless  and  senseless  effusions  of  indigested 
prayers,  they  who  are  subject  to  no  certain  order,  but  pray  both  what  and  how 
they  list,  often  disgrace,  in  most  insufferable  manner,  the  worthiest  part  of 
Christian  duty  towards  God  ;  to  him,  I  say,  who  weigheth  duly  all  these  things, 
the  reasons  cannot  be  obscure,  why  God  doth  in  public  prayer  so  much  regard 
the  solemnity  of  places  wJiere,  the  authority  and  calling  of  persons  by  whom, 
and  the  precise  appointment,  even  with  what  ivords  and  sentences,  His  name 
shall  be  called  on,  amongst  His  people." 

Confirmation  has  also  been  administered  in  the  churches  at  Jamaica,  Hemp- 
stead, and  North  Hempstead;  and,  on  Sunday  last,  I  confirmed  above  60 
persons  in  the  church  at  Brooklyn ;  to  the  charge  of  which  the  Rev.  Hugh 
Smith,  Deacon,  has  been  recently  elected ;  the  Rev.  John  P.  K.  Henshaw,  the 
late  rector,  having  removed  to  the  Diocese  of  Maryland ;  where  the  Rev.  Ralph 
Williston,  the  Rev.  Edmund  D.  Barry,  aiid  the  Rev.  George  VVeller,  have  also 
removed.  The  Rev.  Adam  Em  pie  has  removed  to  the  State  of  North  Carolina, 
and  the  Rev.  Abiel  Carter  to  Pennsylvania.  The  Rev.  Henri  L.  P.  F.  Peneveyre 
has  been  instituted  Rector  of  the  French  Church  Du  St.  Esprit,  New  Vork ; 
and  the  Rev.  William  Creighton  Rector  of  St.  Mark's  Church,  in  the  Bowery, 
New  York,  vacant  by  the  resignation  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Harris,  who  devotes 
himself  to  the  discharge  of  his  duties  as  President  of  Columbia  College.  The 
Rev.  Daniel  M'Donald  has  removed  from  his  services  as  missionary  at  Auburn, 
and  its  vicinity,  to  the  charge  of  the  academy  and  church  at  Fairfield,  in  the 
place  of  the  Rev.  Virgil  H.  Barber;  and  the  Rev.  David  Huntington,  from 
Charlton  to  Waterville,  Delaware  county.  The  Rev.  Henry  Anthon,  Deacon, 
officiates  as  minister  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Redhook,  Dutchess  county.  Christ 
Church,  Ballston,  Saratoga  county,  has  been  removed  to  the  village  of  Balls- 
ton  Spa,  in  the  same  county,  and  the  services  of  the  Rev.  Joseph  Perry  are 
confined  to  that  church,  so  that  St.  James'  Church,  Milton,  has  become  vacant. 
The  Rev.  Nathaniel  Huse,  from  the  Diocese  of  Connecticut,  officiates  at  present 
in  Oneida  county. 

I  must  record  the  removal  by  death  of  the  venerable  Dr.  Bowden,  Professor 
in  Columbia  College,  whose  meritorious  services  to  the  Church,  in  the  defence 


376  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1817. 

of  her  principles,  will  long  be  gratefully  remembered;  and  the  Rev.  Henry 
Moscrop,  a  resident  clergyman  in  New  York. 

In  addition  to  the  ordinations  already  mentioned,  Nathaniel  F.  Bruce  M.  D., 
now  officiating  at  Duanesburgh  ;  Richard  F.  Cadle,  at  Goshen ;  Asahel  Davis, 
officiating  in  some  vacant  congregations  in  the  Western  District;  Samuel 
NichoUs,  Tutor  in  the  Academy  at  Fairfield  ;  William  H.  Northrop,  officiating 
at  Auburn ;  George  H.  Norton,  officiating  in  the  western  part  of  the  State,  have 
been  admitted  to  the  order  of  Deacons;  and  the  Rev.  Joshua  M.  Rogers,  Deacon, 
Missionary  at  Tutin,  Lewis  county,  and  parts  adjacent,  to  that  of  Priests. 

It  is  my  duty  to  state  that,  agreeably  to  the  canons,  I  have  suspended  from 
the  ministry  the  Rev.  Timothy  Clowes,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany; 
and  the  Rev.  Nathan  Felsh,  residing  in  Putnam  county. 

The  following  are  candidates  for  orders  in  this  Diocese :  William  Richmond, 
Thomas  Osborne,  George  W.  Woodruff,  Deodatus  Babcock,  James  P.  Cotter, 
Leveret  Bush,  Intrepid  Morse,  George  Upfold,  John  Grigg,  George  B.  Andrews, 
Ale.vis  P.  Proal,  James  Bowden,  James  P.  F.  Clarke.  Several  other  young 
men,  to  the  number  of  eight  or  ten,  are  ready  to  be  admitted,  or  preparing  for 
admission. 

New  Bible  and  Common  Prayer  Book  Societies  have  been  established  in 
various  parts  of  the  State. 

Sunday  Schools  have  been  organized  in  this  city,  in  union  with  our  Church, 
which  promise  the  most  beneficial  effects ;  and  referring  to  some  public  docu- 
ments on  this  subject,*  I  suggest  the  formation  of  similar  schools  in  every 
congregation  in  the  Diocese. 

The  Missionaries  continue,  as  usual,  their  laborious  and  important  duties. 
No  Diocese  in  the  Union  affords  a  more  extensive  field  for  missionary  labours, 
or  has  contributed  so  largely  to  this  object.  And  this  must  be  our  apology  for 
not  uniting  at  present  with  other  Dioceses  in  the  important  work  of  contribut- 
ing to  the  support  of  Missionaries  in  the  western  Slates.  But  it  is  with  pain  I 
•tate  the  fact,  of  the  necessity  of  the  reduction  of  the  number,  or  of  the  salaries 
of  the  Missionaries,  unless  the  funds  for  their  support,  from  the  voluntary  con- 
tributions of  the  congregations,  be  enlarged.  The  increase  of  our  congregations 
in  the  new  settlements,  and  the  prosperity  of  others  wiU  thus  be  seriously  re- 
tarded. A  generous  individual  has  made  a  donation  of  $250 ;  and  a  pious  and 
spirited  Missionary  Society,  principally  of  young  men,  have  added  to  the  Mis- 
sionary Fund  the  sum  of  $800.  But  our  missionaries  are  so  numerous  that  the 
funds  are  not  adequate  to  their  support.  I  trust,  it  will  be  the  object  of  us  all, 
to  increase  the  means  of  providing  missionaries,  and  thus  most  eflectually  to 
secure  the  extension  and  prosperity  of  our  Church.  When  she  needs  all  our 
contributions  for  religious  purposes,  ought  they  to  be  applied  elsdwhere .' 

New  congregations  at  Buffalo,  Rochester,  (Genesee  Falls,)  Monticello,  Ticon- 
deroga,  Redhook,  and  Mamaroneck,  have  been  organized. 

In  my  provisional  charge,  according  to  the  canons,  of  the  Diocese  of  Con- 

*  These  are  published  in  No.  19  of  the  Christian  Journal. 


1817.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE' OF  ^NEW    YORK.  377 

necticut,  my  visitations  have  been  scgeneral,  that,  it  is  presumed,  little  more  of 
my  services  tliere  will  be  necessary  until  the  election  ot  a  Bishop  for  that  Diocese. 
It  is  desirable  that  circumstances  should  admit  of  this  being  soon  efiecled. 

In  the  month  of  May  a  meeting  of  the  General  Convention  of  our  Church 
was  held  in  this  city,  which,  from  the  respectability  of  its  members,  and  the 
objects  of  its  counsels,  excited  great  interest.  Among  the  measures  there 
adopted,  provision  was  made  for  the  establishment  of  a  Theological  School 
under  the  auspices  of  the  General  Convention.  The  clergyman  appointed  to 
collect  subscriptions  in  this  Diocese,  is  pursuing  his  arduous  work  with  all 
that  zeal  which  a  strong  sense  of  the  importance  of  the  object  can  inspire ; 
and  by  the  documents  with  which  he  is  furnished,  and  his  own  judicious 
representations,  is  calling  forth  the  liberality  of  the  community. 

But  I  think  I  should  fail  in  my  duty,  if  I  neglected  to  impress  on  you,  my 
brethren,  and,  through  you,  on  the  Episcopalians  of  the  Diocese,  the  immense 
importance  of  the  proposed  Theological  Establishment.  There  cannot  be  an 
object  presented  to  them  which  has  equal  claims  on  their  beneficence.  With- 
out a  ministry,  the  Church  cannot  exid;  and  destitute  of  a  learned  as  well  as 
a  piom  ministry,  she  cannot  flourish.  These  are  axioms,  which  it  would  be 
an  insult  to  the  understanding  of  any  person  to  suppose  that  he  denies  or 
doubts.  As  a  general  proposition,  it  is  also  true,  that  the  ministry  will  not 
be  distinguished  for  learning,  unless  there  are  public  institutions,  which,  in 
the  professorships  attached  to  them,  in  the  libraries  with  which  they  are 
furnished,  and  in  the  association  of  young  men  of  similar  pursuits  and  views, 
supply  both  the  most  advantageous  means  of  theological  improvement,  and 
the  most  powerful  motives  diligently  and  faithfully  to  employ  these  means.  A 
candidate  for  orders  thus  situated,  directed  by  able,  affectionate,  and  pious 
professors,  having  access  to  richly  furnished  libraries,  associated  in  the  exer- 
cises of  piety,  as  well  as  in  his  studies  with  those  who  are  preparing  for  the 
exalted  office  of  ministers  of  Christ  and  stewards  of  the  mysteries  of  God, 
would  make  much  greater  and  more  substantial  progress  in  all  the  preparatory 
qualifications  for  the  ministry,  than  if  left  to  solitary  instruction  and  solitary 
study. 

But  a  still  further  and  most  eminent  benefit  of  the  contemplated  Theological 
School,  will  consist  in  the  pecuniary  aids  which  it  will  furnish  to  youths  of 
piety  and  talents,  who  are  destitute  of  the  funds  to  procure  the  necessary 
education  for  the  ministry.  Young  men  of  this  description,  have  often 
furnished  the  brightest  examples  of  ministerial  fidelity,  talents,  and  zeal. 
Many  such,  however,  are  now  lost  to  the  Church,  from  the  want  of  funds 
with  which  to  aid  them  in  procuring  the  necessary  education.  There  can  be 
no  species  of  benevolence  more  grateful  to  the  friend  of  religion,  and  of  the 
temporal  and  eternal  happiness  of  mankind,  than  that  which  takes  a  youth  of 
piety  and  talents  from  a  state  of  depression  and  obscurity,  and  furnishing  him 
with  the  means  of  education  and  of  theological  study,  prepares  him  for  becom- 
ing the  respectable  and  successful  herald  of  the  cross  of  the  Redeemer,  and  the 
dispenser,  under  God,  of  spiritual  blessings  to  his  lellow-men. 


37S  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1817. 

But  for  all  these  purposes,  for  the  salaries  of  professors,  for  procuring 
libraries,  for  supporting  candidates  for  the  ministry  destitute  of  pecuniary 
means,  for  erecting  the  requisite  buildings,  funds  are  necessary — and  large 
funds.  This,  then,  is  no  ordinary  call  on  the  liberality  of  Episcopalians.  It 
is  a  call,  on  the  successful  issue  of  which,  in  procuring  large  contributions, 
depend,  if  not  the  existence,  certainly  the  extension  and  prosperity  of  their 
Church.  I  would  respectfully  say  to  you,  brethren,  especially  my  brethren 
of  the  Laity,  and  to  Episcopalians  in  general — Look  at  what  is  done  in  this 
respect  by  otJier  Christian  denominations — professorships  handsomely  endowed, 
commodious  buildings,  extensive  libraries,  numerous  students.  They  annually 
send  forth  ministers  disciplined  by  the  exercises  of  piety,  and  fitted  by  the 
studies  of  the  school,  for  the  eloquent  and  faithful  exercise  of  their  functions. 
Ought  we  not  to  be  alarmed  for  the  welfare  of  our  own  Church,  destitute  as 
she  is  of  all  public  provision  for  theological  education  ?  Benevolent  individuals 
of  other  denominations  freely  bestow  contributions  to  this  object  to  the  amount 
of  hundreds  and  frequently  of  thousands  of  dollars.  Should  we  not  be  excited 
to  at  least  equal  liberality  in  the  cause  of  a  Church  which  has  every  possible 
claim  on  our  affection,  and  on  our  zealous  exertions."  Many  Episcopalians 
in  this  city,  and  elsewhere  in  the  State,  have  already  liberally  contributed. 
They  will  have  the  prayers  and  the  gratitude  of  the  Church ;  and  affording  the 
mast  effectual  means  of  perpetuating  the  blessings  of  our  holy  religion,  they 
will  have  the  gratitude  of  posterity — They  will  not  be  forgotten  for  this  good 
which  they  have  done,  by  their  God.  May  their  example  be  emulated  by 
others. — ^May  every  Episcopalian,  when  called  on  for  his  subscription  to  the 
Theological  School,  consider  that  he  is  to  make  his  contribution  to  an  object 
of  more  importance  to  the  interests  of  religion  and  the  Church,  than  any  other 
for  which  he  can  be  solicited,  and  which,  therefore,  demands  the  largest  exer- 
cise of  beneficence. 

JOHN  HENRY  HOBART. 

New  York,  October  22d,  1817. 

The  Clergy  who  were  absent  from  the  last  Convention,  were 
called  on  for  the  reasons  of  their  absence,  which  were  severally 
accepted. 

On  motion, 

Resolved)  That  for  the  purpose  of  more  extensively  circulating 
in  this  Diocese,  the  recommendation  of  the  House  of  Bishops,  in 
the  late  General  Convention  of  our  Church,  relative  to  certain 
Amusements,  said  recommendation,  as  it  appears  on  the  46th  page 
of  the  Journal  of  that  Convention,  be  printed  with  the  Journal  of 
this  Convention, 

On  motion. 

Resolved,  That  the  recommendation  of  the  same  House  of 
Bishops,  on  the  subject  of  Catechetical  Instruction  and  Lectures, 


1817.]  OF  THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  379 

appearing  on  the  43(1  page  of  the  same  Journal,  be  also  printed 
with  the  Journal  of  this  Convention.* 

The  Committee  appointed  by  the  last  Convention,  to  inquire 
into  the  state  of  the  Episcopal  Fund,  made  a  report ;  the  consi- 
deration of  which  was  postponed  until  the  next  Convention. 

The  Bishop,  from  "  the  Committee  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  for  Propagating  the  Gospel  in  the  State  of  New  York," 
reported  that  the  following  Missionaries  are  at  present  engaged 
in  this  Diocese : 

The  Rev.  William  A.  Clark,  at  Manlius,  Onondaga  county, 
and  the  counties  adjacent ;  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller,  in  Albany  and 
Greene  counties ;  Rev.  Ezekiel  G.  Gear,  Deacon,  in  Onondaga 
and  adjacent  counties ;  Rev.  Charles  W.  Hamilton,  Deacon,  in 
Washington  county,  and  parts  adjacent ;  Rev.  Stephen  Jewett,  in 
Hampton,  Granville,  and  parts  adjacent ;  Rev.  Samuel  Johnston, 
Deacon,  in  Genesee  and  Niagara  counties;  Rev.  William  B. 
Lacey,  in  Chenango  county,  and  parts  adjacent;  Rev.  Daniel 
Nash,  in  Otsego  county ;  Rev.  Henry  U.  Onderdonk,  at  Canan- 
daigua,  Ontario  county,  and  parts  adjacent ;  Rev.  Joshua  M. 
Rogers,  at  Turin,  Lewis  county,  and  parts  adjacent ;  Rev.  Charles 
Seabury,  at  Setauket,  Islip,  and  Huntington,  Long  Island ;  Rev. 
James  Thompson,  in  Greene  and  Delaware  counties;  Rev.  Alan- 
son  W.  Welton,  in  Ontario  and  adjacent  counties ;  Rev.  Russel 
Wheeler,  at  Butternutts  and  Unadilla,  Otsego  county,  and  parts 
adjacent ;  and,  also,  that  Mr.  Eleazar  Williams  continues  to  dis- 
charge, with  fidelity  and  usefulness,  the  duties  of  Catechist, 
Schoolmaster,  and  Lay  Reader  among  the  Oneida  tribe  of  Indians. 

The  Bishop  also  laid  before  the  Convention  the  following 
statements,  containing  the  substance  of  the  Reports  of  Mission- 
aries : 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller,  Missionary  at  Rensselaerville,  and 
parts  adjacent,  reports  to  the  Bishop  as  follows : — 

Since  the  last  Convention  I  have  officiated  two-thirds  of  the 
time  at  Rensselaerville,  and  one-third  at  Durham,  except  the 
following  days ;  namely. 

One  Sunday  in  Cattskill,  when  returning  from  Convention  last 
fall ;  one  Sunday  at  Windham,  and  one  at  Greeneville,  Greene 
county ;  part  of  one  Sunday  in  Albany,  and  part  of  one  in  Troy ; 
one  Sunday  in  Waterford  and  Lansingburgh ;  one  at  Butternutts, 

♦  These  extracts  are  published  at  the  end  of  this  Journal. 


380  JOURNALS   OF   THE   CONVENTIONS  [1817. 

and  in  the  evening  at  New  Lisbon,  Otsego  county ;  one  Sunday 
at  Windsor,  Broome  county,  and  administered  the  Communion. 
I  was  in  Albany  one  Sunday,  and  one  in  Troy,  when  I  performed 
no  service. 

I  also  officiated  on  other  days,  besides  at  Rensselaerville  and 
Durham,  in  Albany  once ;  at  Westerlo  once ;  at  Windsor,  Broome 
county,  twice,  in  different  parts  of  the  town ;  at  Unadilla  once  ; 
and  once  at  Franklin,  Delaware  county. 

The  Baptisms  for  the  last  year  are, — at  Rensselaerville,  adult 
1,  children  3 — 4;  Greeneville,  1  child;  Broome,  Schoharie 
county,  3  children ;  Durham,  2  children ;  Windsor,  Broome  county, 
8  children ; — total,  18. 

Collections  for  the  Episcopal  Fund.  Rensselaerville,  ^2  81 ; 
Durham,  ^1  06  ;— total,  "$3  87. 

Collections  for  the  Missionary  Fund.  Rensselaerville,  $4  83  ; 
Durham,  $2  44 ;— total,  |7  27. 

There  is  no  material  alteration  in  the  state  of  the  congregations 
at  Rensselaerville  and  Durham  since  last  year. 

The  Rev.  Stephen  Jewett,  Missionary  at  Hampton,  Granville, 
and  parts  adjacent,  reports  to  the  Bishop  as  follows : 

During  the  past  year  I  have  been  called  to  the  exercise  of  a 
more  than  ordinary  share  of  vigilance,  activity,  and  laborious 
exertion.  An  extraordinary  degree  of  religious  excitement  has 
prevailed  in  this  vicinity,  attended,  as  is  too  often  the  case,  with 
an  excessive  zeal  for  making  proselytes.  I  had,  at  one  time, 
serious  apprehensions  that,  during  this  fervour,  the  reasonable 
services  of  the  Church  might  be  undervalued,  and  some,  perhaps, 
drawn  from  her  pale.  Conscious,  however,  of  the  correctness  of 
the  good  old  way,  I  determined  to  countenance  no  innovation,  but 
to  endeavour,  with  all  possible  prudence,  to  do  my  duty,  leaving 
the  result  to  the  overruling  providence  of  Him  "  who  alone  can 
order  the  wills  and  affections  of  men."  And  I  am  happy  in  being 
able  to  state,  that  we  have  not  only  kept  good  our  numbers,  but 
have  made  (blessed  be  God,)  considerable  additions,  as  will 
appear  from  the  statement  at  the  end  of  this  report.  The  number 
of  those  who  regularly  attend  Church,  has  greatly  increased, 
especially  at  Hampton.  Indeed,  I  have  reason,  I  think,  to  flatter 
myself,  that  the  Church  is  now  much  better  known,  and  more 
generally  respected,  in  this  vicinity,  than  at  any  former  period. 
One  Sunday  has  been  spent  at  Plattsburgh,  and  several,  by  ex- 
change with  Mr.  Hamilton,  at  Ticonderoga  and  Sandy  Hill ;  the 
remainder,  as  usual,  at  Hampton  and  Granville  alternately.  A 
third  service  has  been  performed  every  fourth  Sunday  at  West 
Haven,  (Vermont,)  when  a  large  and  respectable  congregation 
has  attended ;  and  several  have  joined  our  communion. 


1817.]  OF    THE    DIOCESE    OF    NEW    YORK.  381 

During  the  year,  owing  to  peculiar  circumstances,  about  100 
sermons  and  lectures  have  been  given  in  the  two  parishes  and 
their  vicinity.  In  these  discourses,  my  principal  object  has  been 
to  explain  and  enforce  the  doctrines  and  usages  of  our  Church  ; 
and  1  have  found,  I  think,  by  experience,  that,  with  the  more 
candid  and  well  informed  part  of  the  community,  nothing  is,  in 
general,  wanting  but  a  knouledgc  of  the  Church,  to  make  her 
apostolic  institutious  valued  and  respected. 

In  September  last  I  visited,  in  company  with  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Hamilton,  some  Episcopalians  at  Northwest  Bay,  on  the  west 
side  of  Lake  Champlain ;  preached,  and  baptised  seven  children  ; 
went  thence  to  Plattsburgh,  where  I  spent  one  Sunday,  preached, 
and  baptised  one  adult  and  sixteen  children.  At  Plattsburgh  I 
found  several  Episcopalians,  and  many  others  favourably  disposed 
towards  the  Church.  Indeed,  I  have  no  doubt,  could  an  active 
and  prudent  missionary  be  sent  there,  but  a  large  and  respectable 
society  of  Episcopalians  might  soon  be  established. 

I  have  preached  on  the  subject  of  the  Episcopal  and  Missionary 
Funds. 

During  the  past  year  there  have  been, — baptisms,  adults  22, 
children  47 — 69  ;  marriages,  7 ;  burials,  12.  Added  to  the 
number  of  communicants : — in  Hampton  15,  in  Granville  8  ; 
making  the  present  number  in  the  former  place  more  than  80,  in 
the  latter  more  than  50. 

The  Rev.  Henry  U.  Onderdonk,  Missionary  at  Canandaigua, 
and  parts  adjacent,  reports  to  the  Bishop  as  follows : 

As  antici})ated  in  the  Icist  report,  St.  John's  Church,  Canandai- 
gua, was  completed  by  the  1st  day  of  December.  It  was  conse- 
crated on  the  12th  day  of  that  month  by  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop 
Hobart,  who  kindly  undertook  a  journey  from  New  York  for  the 
special  purpose  at  that  unpleasant  season.  It  has  an  elegant 
Gothic  front  and  tower,  which  have  been  very  generally  admired ; 
the  interior  is  perfectly  plain,  but  neat  and  commodious.  On  the 
Sunday  after  Consecration,  the  Bishop  administered  Confirmation 
to  28  persons,  several  of  whom  have  since  become  communicants. 
We  trust,  we  may  say,  "  Hitherto  hath  the  Lord  helped  us."  At 
present,  some  diminution  in  numbers  is  anticipated,  from  the 
expected  removal  of  several  families ;  and  the  burden  of  late 
expenses  is  peculiarly  felt,  in  consequence  of  new  mercantile 
difficulties  in  the  western  counties :  but  we  doubt  not  that  "  all 
things  will  work  together  for  good."  The  Missionary  collection 
yielded  $21  06.  From  monies  received  at  the  Holy  Communion, 
have  been  purchased  30  Bibles,  a  few  Prayer  Books,  and  some 
other  books;  and  2,700  Tracts  have  been  printed  here,  and  mostly 
distributed,  besides  a  general  charity ;  also,  250  Prayer  Books, 


3S2  JOURNALS   OF    THE    CONTENIIONS  [1817. 

purchased  by  a  few  individuals,  were  presented  as  an  oblation, 
and  are  distributing. 

The  services  in  the  west  part  of  the  town  of  Canandaigua  are 
very  well  attended ;  when  they  were  begun,  there  was  only  one 
Episcopal  family  among  the  worshippers ;  now,  a  great  propor- 
tion unite  zealously  in  the  use  of  the  Prayer  Book,  and  seem 
willing  to  become  fully  attached  to  our  Church.  At  Sulphur 
Springs  and  Victor  the  congregations  remain  as  at  the  last 
report. 

On  the  13th  March  last  I  held  the  first  public  services  of  our 
Church  at  Rochesterville  ;  since  which  I  have  been  there  several 
times ;  and  on  the  14th  July,  (the  Rev.  Mr.  Norton  also  being 
present,)  organized  a  congregation  by  the  name  of. St,  Luke's 
Church,  Genesee  Falls.  On  the  6th  July  I  held  the  first  services 
of  our  Church  at  Carthage  and  at  Pittsford ;  both  which  places  I 
have  since  visited.  On  the  26th  May,  (Whit-Monday,)  I  held 
the  first  services  of  our  Church,  at  Vienna,  which  place  also  I 
have  since  visited. 

The  following  statement  will  show  the  duties  performed :  In 
the  village  of  Canandaigua,  services  on  almost  every  Sunday ; 
also  on  Christmas,  Good-Friday,  and  other  special  occasions  :  in 
the  west  part  of  the  town,  three  or  four  miles  from  the  village,  a 
third  service  on  every  Sunday  not  stormy.  I  have  visited  Roches- 
terville, on  Sundays  three  times,  week  days  three  times ;  Carthage, 
on  Sundays  three  times ;  Pittsford,  on  Sundays  four  times ;  Victor, 
on  Sundays  three  times,  week  days  three  times ;  Sulphur  Springs, 
on  Sundays  twice,  week  days  three  times;  Vienna,  on  week  days 
twice.  I  have  also,  in  exchange  with  the  Rev.  Mr.  Johnston, 
been  twice  to  Batavia — one  Sunday  and  one  week  day ;  twice  at 
Le  Roy — two  week  day  evenings ;  and  once  at  Buffalo — held 
service  on  a  week  day,  and  administered  Communion  on  Sunday. 
I  held  service  at  Auburn  on  a  week  day,  and  administered  Com- 
munion on  Sunday  ;  and  once  I  have  exchanged  with  Rev.  Mr. 
Clark,  of  Geneva. 

St.  John^s  Church,  Canandaigua.  Baptisms,  adults  10,  children 
27 — 37;  marriages,  3 ;  funerals,  9;  communicants,  added  11, 
died  1,  removed  5, — present  number  24. 

Victor.     Baptisms,  2 ;  marriage,  1. 

Rochesterville.     Baptism,  1. 

Sulphur  Springs.     Baptism,  1. 

This  Missionary  offers,  as  excuse  for  not  attending  the  last 
Convention,  his  removal  from  New  York  about  three  months 
before,  which  would  have  rendered  burdensome  another  journey 
in  so  short  a  time ;  and  for  not  attending  the  present  Convention, 
(with  other  reasons,)  the  late  illness  of  his  family,  and  its  health 
not  being  sufficiently  re-established  for  so  long  an  absence. 


1817.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  383 

The  Rev.  Joshua  M.  Rogers,  Missionary  at  Turin,  and  paits 
adjacent,  reports  to  the  Bishop  as  follows : 

My  services  for  the  year  past  have  been,  for  the  most  part, 
confined  to  the  town  of  Turin.  I  have  been  absent  from  there  but 
six  Sundays :  one  of  which  I  spent  at  Hamilton,  in  the  county  of  St. 
Lawrence ;  two  at  Boonville,  Oneida  county ;  two  in  the  towns  of 
Lowville  and  Leyden ;  and  one  in  the  city  of  New  York,  where  I 
came  for  the  purpose  of  being  admitted  to  the  holy  order  of  Priests. 

I  thought  it  most  advisable  that  my  mission  should  be  chiefly 
spent  in  Turin,  where  I  saw  a  prospect  of  building  up  a  church, 
and,  through  the  blessing  of  God,  I  have  seen  it  realized.  A 
congregation  has  been  organized  :  many  have  become  attached 
to  our  Liturgy.  The  corner-stone  of  a  place  of  worship  was  laid 
on  the  8th  September ;  the  building  is  now  enclosed,  and  will  be 
ready  for  consecration  early  in  June  next. 

Communicants,  16;  baptisms,  11;  marriages,  2;  funerals,  2. 

The  Rev.  William  B.  Lacey,  Missionary  in  Chenango  county, 
and  parts  adjacent,  reports  to  the  Bishop  as  follows  : 

Since  the  last  Convention  I  have  performed  Divine  service 
thirty-seven  Sundays  in  St.  Paul's  Church,  Oxford  ;  eleven  Sun- 
days in  St.  Andrew's  Church,  New  Berlin ;  one  Sunday  in  the 
village  of  Binghampton ;  and  three  Sundays  in  the  village  of 
Norwich ;  have,  on  Sunday  evenings  and  week  days,  given  eigh- 
ty-four lectures  at  different  places,  viz.^  New  Berlin,  Columbus, 
Bridgewater,  Norwich,  Oxford,  Preston,  Coventry,  Greene, 
Lysle,  and  Bainbridge ;  have  baptised  seven  adults  and  twelve 
infants ;  administered  the  Holy  Communion  ten  times ;  performed 
eight  marriages ;  and  attended  nine  funerals. 

In  St.  Paul's  Church,  Oxford,  the  number  of  communicants  is 
constantly  increasing ;  and  I  am  happy  to  add,  that  I  believe 
their  attachment  to  the  doctrines  and  discipline  of  the  Church 
increases  proportionably.  Imbibing  the  pure  and  evangelical 
sentiments  of  our  inimitable  Liturgy,  they,  I  trust,  hold  with 
increasing  fidelity,  "  the  faith  in  unity  of  spirit,  in  the  bond  of 
peace,  and  in  righteousness  of  life." 

The  Church  in  Binghamton,  though  destined  hitherto  to  conflict 
with  adversity,  will,  with  suitable  exertions,  become  respectable. 
An  edifice,  originally  designed  for  an  academy,  is  now  preparing 
for  a  church,  and  will,  when  completed,  be  sufficiently  large  and 
commodious.  From  the  proceeds  of  a  glebe,  and  other  emolu- 
ments, it  is  thought  a  salary  of  six  or  seven  hundred  dollars  per 
annum  may  be  there  raised  for  a  clergyman. 

Although  a  variety  of  religious  sentiments  exist  in  the  village 
of  Norwich,  yet,  from  the  number  and  respectability  of  our  friends 


384  JOURNALS   OF   THE    COIiVENTIONS  [1817. 

in  that  place,  the  prospects  of  the  Church  are  not  discouraging. 
In  future  I  shall  endeavour  occasionally  to  officiate  there. 

The  Rev.  James  Thompson,  Missionary  in  Greene  county, 
reports  to  the  Bishop  as  follows : 

The  year  past,  since  the  last  Convention,  I  have  officiated  two 
Sundays  at  Monticello,  in  the  town  of  Thompson,  county  of  Sul- 
livan, and  twice  on  week  days,  and  baptised  seven  children. 
There  are  about  twenty  families  of  Episcopalians  in  that  place — 
it  is  the  county  town.  They  were  anxious  to  organize  a  church, 
accordingly  I  stayed  with  them  sufficient  time  to  give  the  statute 
notice,  and  organized  a  church  by  the  name  of  St.  John's.  They 
are  anxious  to  be  supplied  a  part  of  the  time  by  Missionaries.  I 
also  visited  the  church  at  Paris  by  request,  and  officiated  one 
Sunday,  and  administered  the  Communion,  and  one  w^eek  day ; 
at  Richfield  one  Sunday,  and  one  week  day ;  also  one  Sunday  at 
Sharon,  and  three  Sundays  at  Stamford.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Hunting- 
ton has  taken  the  charge  of  the  parish  of  Stamford,  &c.,  and  now 
resides  there.  I  exchanged  one  Sunday  with  Mr.  Fuller,  at.Rens- 
selaerville ;  one  Sunday  did  not  officiate,  being  prevented  by  rain ; 
the  remaining  part  of  my  time  I  have  divided  equally  between 
the  churches  at  Greeneville,  Windham,  &c.  I  frequently  have 
preached  three  times  on  Sunday,  and  many  times  on  week  days. 
The  corner-stone  of  the  new  church  at  Windham  was  laid  about 
the  18th  day  of  June  last,  and  it  will  be  finished  in  a  handsome 
style.  I  expect  about  the  1st  day  of  December  next  it  will  be 
ready  for  consecration.  It  is  built  after  the  size  and  model  of  that 
at  Rensselaerville.  It  does  much  credit  to  the  zeal  of  that  con- 
gregation. There  have  been  added  to  the  communion  at  Greene- 
ville and  Windham,  eight  persons  this  year.  I  have  baptised 
thirteen  children  and  one  adult ;  and  attended  two  funerals.  I 
have  formed  a  Bible  and  Common  Prayer  Book  Society  in  each 
of  the  parishes  of  Windham  and  Greeneville,  auxiliary  to  the 
New  York  Bible  and  Common  Prayer  Book  Society.  The 
whole  of  the  books  will  be  distributed  this  year  in  their  own 
parishes.  There  are  about  sixty  members  of  the  Society  at 
Windham,  and  a  respectable  number  at  Greeneville.  It  has  had 
a  good  effect  to  create  love,  union,  and  zeal  in  the  congregation. 
All  will  soon  be  supplied  with  books,  young  and  old.  An  elegant 
large  new  Bible  and  Common  Prayer  Book  have  been  given  by 
the  Society  at  Windham,  for  the  new  church.  A  new  set  of 
common  furniture  has  been  purchased  for  the  new  church.  I 
preached  the  missionayy  sermon,  and  made  collection,  at  Greene- 
ville and  Windham,  $10  50. 

From  the  above  concise  statement,  you  will  see  a  Divine  bless- 
ing has  attended  my  labours  in  some  measure  this  year. 


1817,]  OF   THE    DIOCESE   OF    NEW    YORK.  385 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Johnston,  Missionary  in  Genesee  and  Niagara 
counties,  reports  to  the  Bishop  as  follows : 

On  the  llth  September  I  left  New  York  on  my  mission.  I 
officiated,  by  invitation,  one  Sunday  in  the  united  parishes  of 
Waterford  and  Lansingburgh  ;  one  Sunday  in  Schenectady ;  one 
Sunday  in  the  vacant  parish  of  Duanesburgh  ;  one  Sunday  in 
Auburn,  the  rector  being  at  Convention.  I  arrived  in  Batavia 
the  16th  October,  and,  agreeably  to  directions,  devoted  the  most 
of  my  missionary  labours  there.  I  have  officiated  twenty  Sundays 
in  Batavia ;  ten  at  Buffalo ;  four  at  Le  Roy ;  two  at  Sheldon ; 
and,  at  the  request  of  some  members  of  the  Church  of  England, 
while  officiating  at  Buffalo,  I  crossed  over  to  the  British  lines, 
and  officiated  several  evenings  at  Fort  Erie  and  Waterloo,  and 
baptised  twelve  chddren.  This  w^as  done  at  the  request  of  a 
magistrate,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Addison,  of  Fort  George,  being  in  an 
enfeebled  state  of  health.  I  have  exchanged  with  the  Rev.  Orin 
Clark,  who  has  performed  Divine  service  for  me  one  Sunday  at 
Batavia,  and  one  Sunday  at  Vienna.  I  also  exchanged  with  the 
Rev.  Henry  U.  Onderdonk,  who  officiated  one  Sunday  at  Batavia, 
and  one  at  Buffalo.  The  Rev.  Alanson  W.  Welton,  under  whose 
assiduous  labours  the  church  in  Batavia  was  planted,  officiated 
one  day,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion.  Besides  the 
Festivals  and  Fasts  of  the  Church,  I  have  very  frequently  per- 
formed a  third  service,  and  preached  many  lectures  on  week  days, 
in  places  adjacent  to  organized  churches.  The  congregation  at 
Batavia,  being  many  of  them  adherents  to  the  Church,  required 
ray  constant  labours.  The  seed  has  been  sown  in  season  and  out 
of  season.  The  Spirit  of  the  Gospel  appears  to  prevail,  and  the  ,.^ 
prospect  of  an  increased  zeal  for  religion  is  brightening,  and  we'  ' 
would  humbly  anticipate  fruit  unto  holiness.  They  have  enclosed 
a  handsome  brick  church,  in  the  Gothic  order ;  and  had  it  not  ^, 
been  for  the  extreme  pressure  of  the  times,  it  would  have  been 
completed  before  this.  In  all  probabiUty  it  will  be  ready  for 
consecration  next  summer.  On  the  10th  February  I  organized  a 
church  in  the  flourishing  village  of  Bufl'alo,  by  the  name  of  "  St. 
Paul's  Church,  in  Buffalo :"  about  twenty  families  attached  them- 
selves to  it.  Their  readiness  to  co-operate  with  my  exertions, 
and  their  animated  zeal  for  our  Zion,  were  •  truly  praiseworthy. 
Five  thousand  dollars  were  immediately  subscribed  towards  build- 
ing a  church,  but  being  disappointed  in  receiving  payment  for  the' 
losses  of  their  buildings  last  war,  it  was  deferred.  They  still' 
continue  zealous. 

On  Tuesday,  the  8th  April,  I  organized  a  church  by  the  name 
of  "  St.  Mark's  Church,  in  Le  Roy :"  about  twenty  families  are 
its  firm  friends,  most  of  them  regularly  nurtured  in  the  Churclij 
fanuliar  ■with  her  doctrines  and  principle,  and  alive  to  her  inteii-^ 


386  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CCWVENTIONS         [1817. 

ests.  The  utmost  harmony  prevails  in  the  different  denominations, 
and  there  are  many  who  serve  God  in  the  beauty  of  holiness. 
The  advantages  the  place  affords  for  building  are  such,  that  it  is 
contemplated  soon  to  build  a  neat  church.  Sheldon  is  a  flour- 
ishing little  Society :  the  members  perform  Divine  service  always 
when  destitute  of  missionary  aid.  The  field  for  usefulness  is 
great,  but  Missionaries,  Bibles,  Prayer  Books,  and  religious  Tracts 
are  greatly  needed. 

Baptisms,  42 ;  marriages,  2 ;  funerals,  2. 

After  the  Rev.  Mr.  Norton  came,  the  circuit  was  left  to  him. 
I  then  returned  to  the  east,  and  officiated  one  Sunday  at  Ononda- 
ga ;  one  in  Duanesburgh ;  one  at  Schenectady,  the  rector  being 
unwell ;  one  at  Ballston  Spa,  in  the  absence  of  the  rector  ;  one 
at  Charlton ;  three  at  Stillwater ;  two  at  Scaghticoke. 

I  exchanged  one  Sunday  with  the  Rev.  Mr.  Butler,  and  two 
Sundays  with  the  Rev.  Mr.  Adams,  who  supplied  Cambridge. 

A  missionary  might  be  usefully  employed  for  Cambridge, 
Scaghticoke,  and  Stillwater. 

The  Rev.  Professor  Brownell,  of  Union  College,  writes  to  the 
Bishop  as  follows : 

After  my  report  to  you,  about  the  time  of  the  last  annual  Con- 
vention, I  continued  to  perform  Divine  service  in  the  College 
Chapel  as  before.  I  also  supplied  the  vacant  congregation  at 
Stillwater  three  Sundays,  and  the  vacant  congregation  at  Duanes- 
burgh four  Sundays.  It  has  pleased  Divine  Providence,  however, 
to  interrupt  my  ministerial  labours  by  a  long  and  severe  indispo- 
sition, which  disqualified  me  from  all  active  duties  for  several 
months.  But  I  have  reason  to  be  thankful  that  this  chastisement 
has  been  tempered  with  mercy,  and  that  my  health  is  now  nearly 
restored. 

The  Rev.  Charles  W.  Hamilton,  Deacon,  Missionary  in  Wash- 
ington county,  reports  to  the  Bishop  as  follows : 

My  missionary  services  have  been  devoted,  for  the  year  past^  as 
in  the  preceding  one,  to  the  destitute  congregations  in  Washington 
county,  and  parts  adjacent.  At  Sandy  Hill  a  congregation  has 
been  duly  organized,  under  the  name  of  "  Zion  Clmrch,  Sandy 
Hill."  In  the  last  year  a  number  have  been  added  to  its  commu- 
nion. And  there  is  apparently  a  very  considerable  increase  of 
piety  and  religious  information  among  those  who  have  been  long 
attached  to  the  Church.  Much  has  been  done  toward  restoring 
that  peace  and  pureness  of  living,  which  must  be,  in  some  measure, 
lost,  where  a  regular  attendance  on  public  worship  has  been,  for 
a  long  time,  suspended.    This  beneficial  effect  on  the  inhabitants 


IS  17.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  387 

of  Sandy  Hill  generally ^  is  to  be  ascribed  to  our  solemn,  appro- 
priate, and  excellent  Liturgy.  By  its  use,  accompanied  by  that 
Divine  grace  which  is  never  withheld  from  those  who  rightly  use 
the  means  God  hath  appointed,  true  religion  has  been  successfully 
nourished  and  increased.  Toward  the  attainment  of  this  object 
not  a  little  has  been  done  by  what  is  thought  to  be  a  very  lauda- 
ble practice — that  of  celebrating  Divine  service,  and  reading  a 
sermon,  in  the  absence  of  the  clergyman,  by  a  member  of  the 
congregation.  In  this,  our  Episcopal  brethren  at  Sandy  Hill, 
have,  for  the  year  past,  steadily  persevered.  They  perceive  and 
acknowledge  its  utility.  Sandy  Hill  is  a  village  of  considerable 
importance ;  and  there,  as  well  as  in  its  vicinity,  are  many  Epis- 
copalians who  earnestly  wish  for  the  ser-vices  of  a  clergyman,  and 
who  would  do  as  much  to  effect  that  purpose  as  their  dispersed 
situation  will  admit  of.  With  a  little  assistance  their  wishes,  in 
this  respect,  can  be  accomplished.  They  have  it  in  view  to  erect 
a  house  for  public  worship ;  and  the  subscription  for  that  purpose 
is  partly  filled  up ;  but  owing  to  the  pressure  of  the  times,  by 
which  the  circumstances  of  several  individuals  have  been  materi- 
ally affected,  a  sum  sufficiently  large  is  not  yet  raised.  It  is 
hoped  and  expected,  however,  that,  in  the  following  year,  the 
building  will  be  completed.  In  the  minds  of  many  of  other  deno- 
minations in  that  part  of  the  Diocese,  a  very  favourable  impression 
is  made.  It  is  believed  there  is  a  fair  prospect  of  their  holding 
with  us  "  the  faith  in  unity  of  spirit,  and  in  the  bond  of  peace." 
Under  all  these  circumstances,  it  is  supposed  a  greater  attention 
may  be  profitably  directed  to  the  spiritual  wants  of  Episcopalians 
in  the  north  and  east  part  of  the  State,  than  has  hitherto  been 
given. 

In  Ticonderoga  a  congregation  has  been  organized,  under  the 
name  of  "  St.  Paul's,  Ticonderoga."  Its  number  is  small,  but 
zealously  attached  to  the  principles  and  worship  of  the  Church. 
Two  years  since  scarcely  an  Episcopalian  was  known  at  that 
place.  In  relation  to  the  Church,  ignorance  universally  prevailed. 
If  they  could  have  the  service  of  a  clergyman  only  occasionally, 
a  respectable  congregation  might  now  be  gained.  If  a  mission- 
ary was  resident  there,  or  at  White  Hall,  and  visited  those  two 
places  alternately,  together  with  others  which  intervene,  he 
might  be  very  useful  in  that  part  of  the  country,  and  soon  secure 
to  himself  the  necessary  means  of  continuing  so. 

I  have  preached  twice  in  Cambridge  to  a  small,  but  very  atten- 
tive congregation :  though  they  have  but  recently  called  for  the 
service  of  the  Church,  the  prospect  is  highly  favourable.  At 
Caldwell,  a  village  at  the  head  of  Lake  George,  there  are  several 
Episcopalians  j  and  it  was  with  much  satisfaction  I  perceived  their 


388  JOURNALS   OF    THE    CONVENTIONS  [1817. 

readiness  to  avail  themselves  of  the  service  of  the  Church. 
Caldwell  is  twelve  miles  from  Sandy  Hill,  and  could  be  conve- 
niently visited  on  week  days,  as  well  as  occasionally  on  Sundays, 
by  the  clergymen  who  shall  be  resident  at  the  last  mentioned 
place.  This  remark  applies,  also,  to  Cambridge,  which  is  twenty- 
seven  miles  from  Sandy  Hill. 

I  also  visited,  in  the  course  of  my  mission,  the  village  of  Platts- 
burgh,  in  company  with  the  Rev.  Mr.  Jewett.  From  conversa- 
tion with  several  of  the  most  influential  characters,  and  earnest 
and  repeated  requests  of  others,  I  have  no  doubt  but  that,  if  a 
missionary  was  stationed  there,  the  arrangement  would  be  found 
to  be  highly  useful.  The  Bishop  may  readily  perceive  how  little 
effect,  comparatively  speaking,  the  labours  of  a  clerg}-man  must 
necessarily  have,  when  obliged  to  traverse  so  large  an  extent  of 
country  as  I  have  been  called  to  do  in  the  course  of  my  mission. 
If  the  Church  does  not  appear  so  prosperous  in  this  part  of  the 
Diocese  as  in  many  others,  it  may  be  apologized  for  by  the  single 
fact,  that  in  an  extent  of  country  one  hundred  miles  in  length, 
and  from  twenty  to  thirty  in  breadth,  in  which  there  are  but  few 
towns  where  a  sufficient  number  of  Episcopalians  may  not  be 
found  to  celebrate  the  service  w^ith  order  and  propriety,  there  are 
but  two  clergymen. 

With  pleasure  I  mention,  and  gratefully  acknowledge  the 
assistance  I  have  received  from  the  Rev.  Mr.  Jewett,  by  his 
administration  of  the  Communion  to  the  churches  of  Sandy  Hill 
and  Ticonderoga.  The  effect  which  this  and  other  ordinances 
have  produced,  when  reverently  used  and  esteemed,  has  impressed 
me  with  a  lively  sense  of  their  importance,  and  with  an  additional 
reason  for  a  faithful  adherence  to  their  use.  I  deem  it  proper  to 
state,  that  a  "  Society  for  the  Distribution  of  Bibles,  Common 
Prayer  Books,  and  Tracts,"  has  been  formed  for  the  counties  of 
Washington,  Warren,  and  Essex,  It  promises  to  do  much  toward 
building  up  the  spiritual  Zion,  and  thus  be  a  mean  of  increasing 
the  glory  of  the  Church. 

I  have  officiated  twenty-one  Sundays  at  Sandy  Hill ;  sixteen  at 
Ticonderoga ;  three  at  Hampton,  by  exchange  with  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Jewett ;  also,  by  exchange  with  him,  two  at  Granville  Corner ; 
one  at  Hartford  ;  one  at  Caldwell ;  two  at  Cambridge  ;  one  in 
Plattsburgh. 

Zion  Church,  Sandy  Hill.  Baptisms,  adults  2,  infants  3 — 5 ; 
funerals,  3 ;  communicants,  35 ;  marriages,  2. 

St.  PauVs  Church,  Ticonderoga.  Baptism,  1  infant ;  commu- 
nicants, 10. 

Occasional  service, iv?  often  as  congregations. qpujid  be  conveni- 
ently assembled. 


1817.]  OF   THE    DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  389 

The  Rev.  Russel  Wheeler,  officiating  Minister  and  Missionary 
at  Butternutts,  Unadilla,  and  parts  adjacent,  reports  generally, 
that  it  is  with  high  satisfaction  he  has  continued  to  witness,  for 
the  year  past,  the  increasing  prosperity  of  the  churcheis  under  his 
care. 

The  circuit  through  which  he  has  travelled,  although  not  exten- 
sive, has  imposed  upon  him  much  labour  and  fatigue.  He  has 
travelled  for  every  other  Sunday's  service,  at  least  twenty  miles 
from  home,  and  preached  usually  three  times  on  Sundays,  and 
given  weekly  lectures. 

In  all  the  places  where  he  has  laboured  in  his  missionary  service, 
he  has  found  prompt  attention  paid  to  the  w'ord  spoken,  and  the 
return  of  gratitude  for  sacramental  privileges.  Pious  people  ap- 
pear to  be  animated  in  the  success  of  the  Church,  and  really 
encouraged  with  the  thought,  that  her  apostolical  ministry  and 
evangelical  service,  will,  at  length,  rise  in  their  power  and  splen- 
dour, and  secure  generally  the  admiration  of  Christians. 

From  the  information  which  he  has  collected  in  his  vicinity,  he 
has  a  confidence  in  stating,  that  doubtless  many  wall  rejoice 
eternally  in  consequence  of  missionary  labours.  Li  the  counties 
around  him  there  is  abundance  of  room  for  exertion,  and  a  great 
call  for  Gospel  instruction.  The  people  have  generally  requested 
a  longer  visit  than  he  has  been  able  to  grant.  "  May  the  Lord 
send  forth  labourers  into  His  harvest." 

In  the  congregation  of  Butternutts  he  has  witnessed  a  renewed 
ardour  for  the  interests  of  the  Church  since  the  last  Convention. 
The  present  edifice  is  small  and  inconvenient.  It  was  erected 
many  years  since,  w^hen  the  people  were  indigent,  and  the  number 
of  Churchmen  very  small,  and  never  consecrated.  There  are  now 
ample  provisions  made  for  building  an  elegant  church. 

Baptisms,  25 ;  deaths,  3 ;  the  number  of  communicants,  about 
90. 

The  congregation  of  Unadilla  is  not  less  distinguished  for  zeal 
and  attachment  to  the  services  of  the  Church.  The  audience  has 
been  gradually  increasing  for  the  year  past.  Many  have  been 
added  to  the  communion.  And  on  the  whole,  the  present  state 
of  improvement  is  such  as  cannot  fail  to  delight  and  invigorate 
the  friends  of  the  Redeemer,  and  call  forth  their  devout  gratitude 
for  the  hitherto  continued  evidences  of  His  grace. 

Baptisms,  15 ;  deaths,  3 ;  communicants,  50. 

He  has  visited  the  churches  at  Windsor  and  Binghamton, 
Broome  county ;  and  the  Church  societies  at  Masonville  and 
Franklin,  Delaware  county,  and  at  Coventry  and  Bainbridge, 
Chenango  county.  He  has  preached  at  Burlington,  in  Otsego 
county,  where  a  contribution  has  been  made  of  $500  for  the  pur- 
pose of  building  a  small  church.     Nothing  can  be  more  encour- 


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aging  to  the  missionary  than  to  behold  evidence  in  the  fruits  of 
his  labour,  that  the  great  Head  of  the  Church  is  diffusing  a  spirit 
of  evangelical  supplication,  and  "  adding  to  the  Church  such  as 
shall  be  saved." 

Communicants,  Windsor  25,  Coventry  10 — 35  j  Baptisms  in 
these  places,  10. 

The  Rev.  Charles  Seabury,  Missionarj-'  at  Huntington,  Islip, 
and  Setauket,  reports  as  follows : 

Huntington. — I  have  performed  Divine  service  five  times  within 
the  last  year  to  a  respectable  congregation ;  my  appointments 
at  ray  other  churches  not  permitting  me  to  attend  oftener.  I'he 
want  of  some  active  zealous  person  as  a  leader,  is  the  only  appa- 
rent cause  why  this  congregation  does  not  grow :  my  distant 
situation,  twenty-five  miles,  prevents  my  spending  much  time  with 
them. 

Islip. — This  congregation  is  in  a  flourishing  state  :  the  people 
grow  more  fond  of  the  Church,  attend  steadily,  and  appear  devout. 

Setauket. — This  congregation  has  not  altered  materially  during 
the  last  year ;  the  pecuniary  embarrassments  which  have  prevail- 
ed through  the  country  have  fallen  extremely  hard  upon  this 
society.  At  the  request  of  a  few  individuals  at  a  place  about 
four  miles  from  the  ohurch,  I  have,  during  the  summer,  after 
service  in  the  afternoon,  performed  a  third  service  and  preached 
a  sermon  in  a  private  house ;  this  has  been  done  every  third 
Sunday. 

My  time  is  properly  and  regularly  divided  between  the  churches 
of  Islip  and  Setauket — the  first  takes  one-third ;  the  other,  two- 
thirds  :  besides  this  regular  duty,  I  have  preached  about  fifteen 
lectures  at  different  places  and  on  different  occasions. 

Setauket,  baptisms  3,  marriages  3,  funerals  5 ;  Islip,  baptisms,  9. 

The  Rev.  Alanson  W.  Welton,  Missionary  in  Ontario  and  the 
adjacent  counties,  writes  to  the  Bishop  as  follows  : 

Since  the  date  of  my  last  report  I  have  devoted  my  time  in  such 
a  manner  as  appeared  to  me  most  conducive  to  the  interests  of 
the  Church  in  this  part  of  the  Diocese.  I  have  spent  twenty-three 
Sundays  in  Richmond  ;  fifteen  in  Avon  ;  three  in  Pulteney ville ; 
three  in  Buffalo ;  one  in  Livonia,  eight  miles  west  from  Rich- 
mond ;  one  at  Manlius ;  and  two  in  Batavia.  In  most  of  these 
places  the  Church  is  in  a  very  flourishing  condition.  The  Rev. 
Mr.  Johnston,  while  in  this  country,  with  others  of  the  above- 
named  places,  occasionally  visited  Sheldon ;  and  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Norton  has  visited  Catharine.  I  shall,  in  a  few  days,  make 
another  visit  to  Buffalo,  taking  in  Sheldon  on  my  way  back.     I 


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purpose  to  visit  Catharine  soon.  We  much  need  a  larger  number 
of  Missionaries  employed  here,  and  I  much  regret  that  the  state 
of  the  fund  will  not  allow  us  more.  It  is  of  the  utmost  importance 
that  we  succeed  in  making  a  permanent  establishment  at  Buffalo ; 
and  I  trust  that  I  shall  realize  the  hope  that  a  Missionary,  pos- 
sessing talents  and  experience  sufficient,  by  the  grace  of  God,  to 
ensure  him  the  confidence  of  the  people  there,  will  soon  be  sent 
out.  They  will  exert  themselves  to  do  much,  provided  they 
receive  a  little  encouragement.  They  are  ardent  and  zealous  in 
the  cause  of  the  Church  and  religion,  and  only  need  a  little  assist- 
ance. This  assistance,  I  am  sure,  if  there  are  any  means,  cannot 
long  be  withheld,  since  the  local  situation  of  Buffalo  renders  it 
highly  important  that  the  Church  be  firmly  established  there. 
Besides  these  places  where  the  Church  is  already  established, 
there  are  many  others  where  it  might  be.  In  East  Bloomfield, 
which  has  always  been  deemed  the  least  likely  to  encourage  the 
estabhshment  of  an  Episcopal  society,  I  have  the  fullest  confidence 
one  might  be  formed,  and  a  church  speedily  built,  provided  we 
had  a  little  more  missionary  aid.  In  Livonia,  where  I  have  per- 
formed service  once,  there  are  now  Episcopalians  enough  to 
organize  a  society  with  every  prospect  of  success  and  increase. 
Many  other  places  might  be  named,  but  it  is  needless.  We  are 
well  aware.  Right  Reverend  Sir,  that  you  have  full  knowledge  of 
our  necessities,  and  will  render  us  all  the  assistance  in  your  power. 
We  could  wish,  however,  that  the  wealthy  part  of  the  Laity  of 
our  Church  felt  the  importance  of  the  subject  more. 

When  I  first  visited  Richmond,  (formerly  Honeyoye,)  there 
were  only  eight  persons  there  resident  who  were  communicants, 
and  only  twelve  who  responded  in  the  service.  A  church  has 
since  been  built  and  finished  :  there  are  as  many  as  fifty  commu- 
nicants, and,  I  think,  not  less  than  one  hundred  and  fifty  persons 
who  join  in  the  service.  This,  it  will  be  acknowledged,  is  an 
encouraging  increase. 

If  there  are  any  Prayer  Books  to  be  distributed,  let  me  entreat 
that  they  be  sent  out  soon.  I  have  received  none  from  New  York 
since  the  last  Convention ;  and  one  thousand  could  be  disposed  of 
to  the  best  advantage. 

The  Rev.  William  A.  Clark,  Missionary  at  Manlius,  Onondaga 
county,  and  parts  adjacent,  writes  to  the  Bishop  as  follows : 

The  state  of  the  churches  in  the  county  of  Onondaga,  and  parts 
adjacent,  is  much  as  it  was  last  year,  with,  generally,  an  increase 
of  numbers.  During  the  present  year  I  have  performed  Divine 
service  statedly  at  Manlius  and  Lenox.  I  have  also  visited  and 
performed  Divine  service  in  Oswego,  Tully,  Preble,  Onondaga 
Hill,  Lock,  Dryden,  Auburn,  and  Skaneateles ;  and  at  some  of 


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these  places  many  times.  A  respectable  society  might  be  formed 
in  Lock  and  Dryden,  were  not  these  places  too  distant  from  the 
station  of  any  missionary.  There  are  in  them  not  less  than  twenty- 
five  famihes  of  confirmed  Episcopalians. 

But  Oswego  deserves  the  most  attention.  The  place  seems 
designed  by  natm-e  to  be  important;  the  inhabitants,  mostly  friends 
to  the  Church,  are  people  of  considerable  learning,  talents,  and 
refinement ;  yet  it  is  so  distant  from  the  churches  in  this  county, 
and  the  road  to  it  is  so  excessively  bad,  that  it  is  impossible  for 
any  missionary,  not  resident  there,  to  supply  the  place  with  the 
service  of  the  Church  regularly  at  stated  times.  And  as  there 
are  other  villages  in  the  county  where  churches  may  be  organized, 
I  think  there  cannot  be  a  place  in  the  Diocese  where  a  missionary 
is  more  wanted,  or  where  one  can  do  more  to  the  building  up  of 
the  Church. 

During  the  illness  of  Mr.  Gear,  I  officiated  for  him  at  Onondaga 
and  Tully.  The  Church  is  promising  in  those  places.  The 
church  at  Manlius  has  now  seventy  communicants  ;  at  Lenox  or 
Smithfield  twenty-five;  at  Tully  there  are  ten;  at  Lock  and 
Dryden  about  twenty. 

My  number  of  baptisms  has  been,  infants  35,  adults  10 — 45  ; 
marriages,  6  ;  deaths,  2. 

Besides  what  is  now  reported,  in  July  I  visited  the  Onondaga 
tribe  of  Indians,  in  company  with  Mr.  Williams,  of  Oneida,  and 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Gear.  I  administered  Baptism  to  fifteen,  and  Mr. 
Gear  to  four  or  five.  I  found  many  of  these  people  what  I  did 
not  expect :  one-half  of  the  tribe,  at  least,  friends  to  Christianity, 
and  acquainted  with  the  elementary  principles  of  the  Gospel. 
They  are  intelligent,  temperate,  and  honest :  but  there  are  many 
of  the  tribe  yet  idolaters — yet  in  bondage  to  the  superstitions  of 
Paganism  ;  still  such  do  not  refuse  to  hear.  And  these  miserable 
people  are  objects  for  the  most  important  labours  of  an  evangelist. 
Those  who  are  Christians,  were,  many  of  them,  by  their  conver- 
sation, long  ago,  true  converts  to  the  Church ;  and  all  of  them, 
through  the  influence  of  Mr.  Wilhams,  are  disposed  to  hear 
from  her  ministers  in  preference  to  others.  But  a  catechist  might 
be  placed  among  them  with  no  small  advantage. 

The  Rev.  Daniel  Nash,  Missionary  in  Otsego  county,  &c., 
reports  to  the  Bishop  as  follows : 

It  was  not  until  near  the  close  of  the  last  winter  that  I  had  so 
far  recovered  from  the  severe  wounds  I  had  received  from  being 
thrown  from  my  carriage,  as  to  be  able  to  attend  to  my  mission- 
ary duties.  The  first  place  I  visited  was  the  town  of  Verona^  in 
the  county  of  Oneida,  where  I  attended  Divine  service,  and 
preached  to  a  decent  congregation.    I  baptised  one  adult  and  five 


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children ;  after  which  I  administered  the  Holy  Sacrament  to  a 
small  number  of  very  devout  communicants.  I  also  preached  at  the 
Oneida  Castle,  to  a  remarkably  attentive  audience  of  white  people 
and  Indians,  and  baptised  one  adult.  Mr.  Williams,  the  catechist, 
explained  my  discourse  to  the  Oneidas,  and  attended  prayers  in 
their  language.  It  is  but  seldom  that  so  much  solemnity  is  seen 
in  any  congregation.  Mr.  Williams  was  spoken  of  with  much 
approbation  in  the  neighbourhood  where  he  resides  ;  and,  as  far 
as  I  could  observe,  was  doing  much  good. 

I  have  also  visited  the  churches  at  Butternutts  and  Unadilla,  in 
exchange  with  the  Rev.  Mr.  Russel  Wheeler,  and  found  the  con- 
gregations in  a  flourishing  state,  under  his  ministry.  A  spirit  of 
real  piety  appears  to  increase. 

I  have  likewise  visited  New  Berlin :  the  Church  in  that  place 
has  increased,  under  the  care  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Lacey. 

I  have  preached  in  Cherry  Valley,  Westford,  and  Milford  :  in 
all  those  places  I  was  received  with  affection,  and  the  congrega- 
tions were  solemn  and  respectable.  I  have  occasionally  preached 
in  the  neighbouring  towns,  and  attended  catechetical  lectures. 

The  last  place  I  visited  was  Paris,  in  Oneida  county.  The 
Church  there  is  in  excellent  order. 

The  congregations  under  my  more  immediate  care  are  nearly 
in  the  same  situation  as  when  I  made  my  last  report.  The  num- 
ber of  communicants  gradually  increases,  so  that  we  now  have, 
including  Richfield,  about  120. 

Baptisms,  adults  4,  children  31 — 35;  marriages,  9;  funerals,  8. 

The  reason  why  the  number  of  baptisms  fall  short  of  my  former 
reports,  is  because  I  have  not  had  time  to  attend  upon  all  the 
families  who  have  spoken  to  me  on  the  subject. 

The  people  at  Butternutts  have  raised  sufficient  money  to  build 
a  very  handsome  church.  At  Paris,  also,  while  I  %vas  present, 
they  subscribed  nearly  two  thousand  dollars,  and  were  in  sanguine 
expectation  of  obtaining  as  much  as  three  thousand.  In  both 
those  places  churches  will  be  erected  next  season.  One  farmer 
at  Paris,  together  with  his  sons,  young  men,  subscribed  four 
hundred  and  seventy-five  dollars.  I  mention  this  because  it 
dscovered  that  zeal  and  affection  for  the  Church  which  you  will 
highly  approve  of. 

The  Rev.  Ezekiel  G.  Gear,  Deacon,  Missionary  in  Onondaga 
county,  and  parts  adjacent,  reports  to  the  Bishop  as  follows : 

Since  my  last  report  I  have  performed  Divine  service  twenty- 
four  Sundays  at  Onondaga ;  ten  Sundays  at  Tully ;  seven  Sun- 
days at  Oswego ;  two  Sundays  at  Skaneateles ;  one  Sunday  at 
Eaton ;  and  exchanged  two  Sundays  with  the  Rev.  William  A. 
Clark,  of  Manlius,  who  officiated  for  me  at  Tully  and  Onondaga- 


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A  congregation  has  been  organized  at  Oswego,  and  a  house 
for  worship  is  nearly  completed  at  Onondaga.  I  am  happy  to 
state  that  there  has  been  an  increase  of  piety  and  numbers  in  all 
the  congregations  that  I  have  visited. 

Baptisms,  adults  4,  infants  32 — 36 ;  funerals,  2 ;  marriages,  3. 

The  Rev.  William  H.  Northrop,  Deacon,  officiating  in  Auburn, 
and  its  vicinity,  writes  to  the  Bishop  as  follows : 

The  two  Sundays  succeeding  my  ordination,  in  June  last,  I 
spent  in  Athens  and  Cattskill,  and  the  next  in  Whitesborough, 
preaching  once  in  each  place.  The  gradual  recovery  of  my 
health,  and  other  causes  led  to  this  delay.  Since  that  time  I 
have  spent  twelve  Sundays  in  Auburn,  and,  excepting  one  Sun- 
day on  which  the  Rev.  Mr.  Onderdonk  preached  and  administered 
the  Communion,  have  preached.  I  have  since  exchanged  one 
Sunday  wath  the  Rev.  Mr.  Onderdonk,  at  Canandaigua ;  three 
Sundays  I  have  appropriated  to  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Indian 
Fields,  Genoa. 

St.  Peter's  Church,  Auburn.  Baptisms,  infants,  6 ;  burials, 
infants,  5 ;  communicants,  25. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  Genoa.     Baptisms,  infants,  2. 

I  wish  claims  in  other  quarters  may  not  occasion  our  necessities 
to  be  wholly  overlooked.  Prayer  Books  are  much  wanted,  and 
I  think  I  could  distribute  many  with  lasting  advantage  to  the 
Church.     I  hope  as  many  as  can  be  spared  will  be  sent. 

The  Rev.  George  H.  Norton,  Deacon,  officiating  in  the  western 
parts  of  the  State,  writes  to  the  Bishop  as  follows : 

Since  returning  to  the  place  of  my  residence,  in  the  month  of 
June  last,  my  services  have  been  principally  devoted  to  the  vacant 
congregations  in  this  section  of  the  Diocese.  I  have  performed 
Divine  service  on  Sundays  at  the  following  places :  at  Rochester 
four  times,  at  Buffalo  twice,  at  Batavia  once,  at  Le  Roy  once,  at 
Pulteneyville  once,  and  once  at  Catharine  Town ;  besides  which, 
I  have  officiated  two  Sundays  at  Canandaigua,  two  Sundays  at 
Geneva,  and  one  at  Auburn. 

The  churches  which  have  been  established  west  of  the  Genesee 
River  will,  I  think,  ere  long,  become  very  respectable,  if  they  can 
receive  the  regular  ministrations  of  clergymen.  A  very  extensive 
field  is  open  in  that  quarter  for  the  labours  of  missionaries,  and  at 
least  three  or  four  at  this  time  might  find  ample  employment. 

At  Rochester,  where  a  church  was  organized  in  the  month  of 
July  last,  I  think  there  is  a  prospect  of  raising  up  a  flourishing 
congregation.  The  Society,  I  am  in  hopes,  will  be  able,  in  the 
course  of  the  ensuing  year,  to  erect  a  house  of  worship. 


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Agreeably  to  the  45th  canon  of  tlie  ^General  Convention,  the 
Clergy  rendered  the  following  Parochial  Reports : 

St.  Peter's  Church,  Waterville,  Delaware  county  ;  Rev.  David 
Huntington,  Minister. — The  present  minister  commenced  his 
services  in  August  last.  Baptisms,  40 ;  death,  1 ;  communicants, 
about  30. 

Trinity  Church,  Fishkill,  Dutchess  county,  St.  Philip's  Church, 
Philipstoum,  Putnam  county,  and  St.  Peter's  Church,  Peekskill, 
West  Chester  county  ;  Rev.  Petrus  S.  Ten  Broeck,  Minister. — 
The  congregations  in  these  places  have  been  in  a  depressed  state, 
in  consequence  of  having  been  destitute  of  the  regular  services  of 
a  clergyman  for  some  time  past :  the  two  last  particularly,  which 
have  been  the  longest  destitute.  They  now  appear  to  be  rising 
from  their  depression.  Since  the  last  return,  there  has  been  a 
small  increase  of  communicants  in  Fishkill.  Baptisms,  in  Fish- 
kill,  infants  2;  in  Philipstown,  adult  1,  infants  10 — 11. 

The  minister  of  the  above  churches  has  once  visited  the  con- 
gregation in  Coldenham,  Orange  county ;  performed  Divine 
service,  preached,  and  baptised  one  infant. 

St.  James'  Church,  Hyde  Park,  Dutchess  county  ;  Rev.  John 
M'Vickar,  Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  4,  infants  10 — 14 ;  deaths, 
4;  communicants,  61. 

Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie,  Dutchess  county  ;  Rev.  John 
Reed,  Rector. — Families,  about  100  ;  baptisms,  36  ;  communi- 
cants, 104. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Redhook,  Dutchess  county  ;  Rev.  Henry 
Anthon,  Deacon,  Minister. — Marriage,  1 ;  funerals,  3 ;  baptisms, 
6 ;  communicants,  25. 

St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn,  Long  Island;*  Rev.  Hugh  Smith, 
Deacon,  Minister. — The  present  minister  commenced  his  services 
in  July  last.  Communicants,  added  20,  removed  and  deceased 
2, — present  number  135 ;  baptisms,  27 ;  marriages,  3 ;  funerals, 
14. 

St.  John's  Church,  Johnstoum,  Montgomery  county  ;  Rev.  Eli 
Wheeler,  Rector. — Baptisms,  adult  1,  infants  20 — 21 ;  marriages, 
2  ',  funerals,  9 ;  communicants,  removed,  2, — present  number  40. 

Christ  Church,  JVew  York;  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  6 1 ;  marriages,  35 ;  communicants,  300. 

*  This  report  was  forwarded  to  the  Convention. 


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French  Church  Du  St.  Esprit,  JYew  York  ;  Rev.  Henri  L.  P. 
F.  Peneveyre,  Rector. — Baptisms,  infants,  15  ;  marriages,  6  ; 
funerals,  3 ;  communicants,  15. 

The  services  of  the  Church  are  here  celebrated  in  the  French 
language. 

Grace  Church,  JVew  York ;  Rev.  Nathanael  Bowen,  D.  D., 
Rector. — Baptisms,  32 ;  marriages,  9 ;  communicants,  about  170 ; 
burials,  none  registered  in  this  church,  there  being  no  burial 
ground  attached  or  belonging  to  it. 

St.  George's  Church,  iN'e'w  York  ;  Rev.  James  Milnor,  Rec- 
tor.— Communicants,  added  121,  died  8,  removed  5, — present 
number,  243  ;  marriages,  17 ;  baptisms,  91 ;  funerals, — there  is 
no  place  of  burial  attached  to  this  church,  except  a  few  vaults  in 
the  church-yard.  The  interments  of  its  members  have  generally 
been  made  in  the  cemeteries  of  Trinity  Church,  and  are  presumed 
to  be  recorded  in  that  parish. 

St.  James'  Church,  Kew  York;  Rev.  Samuel  F.  Jarvis,  Rec- 
tor.— Baptisms,  2;  marriage,  1;  burial,  1;  communicants,  (not 
included  in  other  parochial  reports,)  8. 

Since  the  last  report,  one  communicant  has  removed,  and  two 
have  been  added. 

St.  MichaeVs  Church,  J^ew  York;  Rev.  Samuel  F.  Jarvis, 
Minister.  —  Baptisms,  4;  marriages,  3j  burials,  3;  communi- 
cants, 26. 

Since  the  last  report,  two  communicants  have  died,  five  re- 
moved, five  been  added,  and  one  suspended. 

St.  Mark's  Church,  JVew  York;  Rev.  William  Creighton, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  infants  22,  adults  4 — 26  ;  marriages,  3  ; 
burials,  9 ;  communicants,  about  100. 

St.  Stephen's  Church,  JVew  York;  Rev.  Henry  J.  Feltus, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  12,  infants  165 — 177  ;  marriages,  48 ; 
communicants,  deaths  and  removals,  22,  added  28, — present  num- 
ber 400. 

Trinity  Church,  with  iS*^.  Paul's,  and  St.  John's  Chapels,  JVeia 
York;  Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.  D.,  Rector. — Baptisms, 
adults  6,  children  and  infants  193 — 199 ;  marriages,  77 ;  burials, 
589  ;  communicants,  about  750. 

Trinity  Church,  Utica,  Oneida  county;  Rev.  Amos  G.  Bald- 


1817.]  OF   THE    DIOCESE    OF   NEW   YORK.  397 

win,  Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  4,  children  25 — 29 ;  marriages, 
7;  communicants,  59. 

The  rector  of  this  church  visited  the  Oneida  Indians  last  sum- 
mer, preached  to  them  through  an  interpreter,  administered  the 
Lord's  Supper,  and  baptised  nine  or  ten  children. 

St.  James'  Church,  Goshen,  Orange  county  ;  Rev.  Richard  F. 
Cadle,  Deacon,  Minister. — The  present  minister  commenced  his 
services  in  the  month  of  June  last.  Baptisms,  adult  1,  infants 
4 — 5  J  burial,  1 ;  marriage,  1 ;  communicants,  17. 

St.  George's  Church,  JYewburgh,  Orange  county  ;  Rev.  John 
Brown,  Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  7,  children  54 — 61 ;  marriages, 
5 ;  burials,  1 1 ;  families,  40  ;  communicants,  added  17,  died  and 
removed  4, — present  number,  36. 

In  October  last,  the  rector  of  this  Church  officiated  in  the  vil- 
lage of  Monticello,  Sullivan  county,  to  a  very  respectable  congre- 
gation. This  being  the  first  time  the  service  of  the  Church  had 
been  performed  in  this  county,  her  friends  were  so  far  encouraged 
as  to  organize  themselves  shortly  after,  under  the  direction  of  the 
Rev.  James  Thompson,  by  the  name  of  St.  John's  Church.  Mr. 
Brown  has  occasionally  visited  this  congregation  since,  and  has 
baptised  two  children.  If  missionary  aid  could  be  extended  to 
them  f( of  which  they  are  very  desirous,)  there  is  but  little  doubt 
that  the  Church  would  prosper. 

Agreeably  to  appointment,  Mr.  Brown  has  officiated  in  St 
Andrew's  Church,  Coldenham,  Orange  county,  administered  the 
Holy  Communion,  and  baptised  three  children.  This  congrega- 
tion would,  no  doubt,  flourish  under  the  faithful  services  of  a 
minister.  He  also  visited  (previously  to  the  settlement  of  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Ten  Broeck  there,)  Trinity  Church,  Fishkill,  Dutchess 
county,  performed  Divine  service,  attended  one  funeral,  and  bap- 
tised one  child.| 

St.  George's  Church,  Flushing,  Long  Island;  Rev.  Barzillai 
Bulkley,  Rector. — Communicants,  45 ;  baptisms,  11;  marriages, 
8  ;  funerals,  12. 

St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead,  with  Christ  Chapel,  JVorth 
Hempstead,  Long  Island  ;  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector. — Baptisms, 
adults  10,  infants  28 — 38  j  marriages,  27 ;  burials,  24 ;  commu- 
nicants, about  120. 

Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  Long  Island  ;  Rev.  Gilbert  H.  Sayres, 
Minister. — Baptisms,  adults  4,  infants  12 — 16;  funerals,  7;  com- 
mumcants,  about  49. 


398  JOURNALS  OP  THE  CONVENTIONS         [1&17, 

St.  James*  Church,  JSTewtown,  Long  Island;  Rev.  Evan  M. 
Johnson,  Minister. — Baptisms,  adult  1,  children  14 — 15  j  mar 
riages,  7  ;  funerals,  3 ;  communicants,  50. 

Trinity  Church,  Lansinghurgh,  Rensselaer  county,  and  Grace 
Church,  Waterford,  Saratoga  county  ;*  Rev.  Parker  Adams, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  in  these  parishes  7,  in  other  places  9 — 16  ; 
marriages,  4 ;  funerals,  5 ;    communicants,  46. 

The  rector  of  these  churches  has  performed  Divine  service,  and 
preached  one  Sunday  at  Stillwater,  three  Sundays  in  Cambridge, 
and  one  in  Vergennes,  Vermont. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  Rensselaer  county ;  Rev.  David 
Butler,  Rector. — Baptisms,  infants  33,  adults  5 — 38  ;  marriages, 
7 ;  funerals,  13 ;  communicants,  126. 

The  rector  of  this  church  has  visited  Caldwell,  Warren  county, 
performed  Divine  service  there  on  Sunday,  and  baptised  four 
children.  He  has  likewise  performed  Divine  service  on  Sunday 
in  Cambridge,  Washington  county. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  with  Trinity  Chapel,  Staten  Island ; 
Rev.  David  Moore,  Rector. — Families,  400 ;  baptisms,  60 ;  fu- 
nerals, 33  ;  marriages,  6 ;  communicants,  270. 

Christ  Church,  Duanesburgh,  Schenectady  county ;  Rev.  Na- 
thaniel F.  Bruce,  M.  D.,  Deacon,  Minister. — The  present  minister 
commenced  his  duties  in  this  parish  on  the  second  Sunday  in  June. 
He  found  the  congregation  in  a  very  depressed  state :  a  long  time 
having  elapsed  since  the  service  of  the  Church  had  been  regularly 
performed. 

To  the  liberality  of  the  late  Judge  Duane,  by  whom  the  church 
was  erected,  and  to  his  heirs,  the  parish  is  indebted  for  the  iise  of 
a  glebe  lot,  containing  105  acres,  a  considerable  part  of  which  is 
cultivated.  To  the  above-mentioned  lot  has  been  added  another, 
containing  15  acres,  by  Mrs.  Duane,  widow  of  the  late  Judge 
Duane,  who,  with  a  liberality  highly  creditable,  and  a  zeal  for 
the  interest  of  the  Church  worthy  of  imitation,  has  erected  on  said 
lot  a  very  neat  and  commodious  house,  with  other  buildings,  for 
the  residence  and  accommodation  of  the  rector  or  minister  of  the 
church.  Said  lot  and  buildings  have  been  assigned  over  to  a 
Board  of  Trustees,  of  which  the  Bishop  of  this  Diocese,  for  the 
time  being,  is  a  member;  to  be  held  by  them  in  trust,  for  the  sole 
use  and  benefit  of  the  rector  or  minister  for  the  time  being.  - 

Baptisms,  8  j  burial,  1  j  communicants,  15. 

*  TbiB  report  was  forwarded  to  the  ConTcntion.  _,  • 


18 17. J  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  399 

The  minister  observes  with  great  satisfaction,  that  there  is  an 
increasing  reverence  of  deportment,  and  attention  to  the  service, 
generally  manifested. 

St.  George's  Church,  Schenectady ;  Rev.  Cyrus  Stebbins, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  children  40,  adult  1 — 41  ;  marriages,  23  ; 
funerals,  5 ;  communicants,  72. 

During  the  past  year,  several  have  been  added  to  the  commu- 
nion, but  there  appears  to  have  been  nearly  an  equal  number  of 
removals  :  the  whole  number,  therefore,  remains  about  the  same. 

In  comphance  with  the  appointment  of  the  Bishop,  the  rector 
of  this  church  has  performed  Divine  service  in  Christ  Church, 
Duanesburgh,  one  Sunday. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  East  Chester,  West  Chester  county  ;  Rev. 
Ravaud  Kearny,  Minister. — Baptisms,  adults  36,  children  45 — 
81;  marriages,  3;  funerals,  2;  communicants,  (increase  23,)  48. 

Trinity  Church,  JVew  Rochelle,  West  Chester  county  ;  Rev. 
Theodosius  Bartow,  Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  9,  infants  8 — 17  ; 
marriages,  2  ;  funerals,  5 ;  communicants,  20. 

Christ  Church,  Rye,  West  Chester  county;  Rev.  Samuel 
Haskell,  Rector. — Marriages,  9;  baptisms,  19;  funerals,  8; 
communicants,  about  50. 

St.  Peter'' s  Church,  West  Chester  ;  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  D.  D., 
Rector. — Baptisms,  5 ;  marriages,  4 ;  communicants,  about  30. 

St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers,  West  Chester  county ;  Rev. 
"William  Powell,  Minister. — Baptisms,  15 ;  marriages,  13 ;  com- 
municants, 48 ;  funerals,  14. 


The  Clergy  were  called  on  for  an  account  of  the  sums  collected 
in  their  several  churches,  for  the  Missionary  and  Episcopal  Funds; 
and,  agreeably  to  a  resolution  of  the  Convention  of  1815,  a  state- 
ment is  here  subjoined. 


Missionuyi 
8     CTS 


St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany, 

Trinity  Church,  Rensselaerville,  Albany  county, .  4  83 

Trinity  Church,  Fishkill,  Dutchess  county, .        .  13  50 

St  James'  Church,  Hyde  Park,  Dutchess  county,  12  16 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Durham,  Greene  county,        .  2  44 
Christ  Church,  Greeneville,  and  Trinity  Church, 

Windham,  Greene  county,         .        .        .  10  50 


Epiecop&I. 
9     CTS. 

1130 
2  81 


12  16 
106 


400 


JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS 


[1817. 


Missionary. 
$        CTS. 

10  00 


Trinity  Church,  Fairfield,  Herkimer  county, 

St.  i^nn's  Church,  Brooklyn,  Long  Island,  .         .     42  00 

St.  John's  Church,  Johnstown,  Montgomery  co., 

Christ  Church,  New  York,         .         .         .         .  154  63 

French  Church  Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York,  .         .     71  40 

Grace  Church,  New  York,         ....  248  67 

St.  George's  Church,  New  York,        .         .         .155  65 

St.  James'  and  St.  Michael's  Church,  New  York, 

St.  Mark's  Church,  New  York,  .         .         .         .     35  80 

St.  Stephen's  Church,  New  York — two  collections,  129  93 

Trinity  Church,  New  York,        ....  200  51 

St.  Paul's  Chapel,  New  York,   .         .         .         .  182  00 

St.  John's  Chapel,  New  York,   .         .         .         .     84  28 

Added  since  by  a  member  of  the  congregation,  12  00 
Trinity  Church,  tJtica,  Oneida  county,  .  .  26  00 
St.  John's  Church,  Canandaigua,  Ontario  county,  21  06 
St.  James'  Church,  Goshen,  Orange  county,  .  12  25 
St.  George's  Church,  Newburgh,  Orange  county,  5  75 
Christ  Church,  Cooperstown,  Otsego  county, 
St.  Philip's  Church,  Philipstown,  Putnam  county,*  2  75 
St.  George's  Church,  Flushing,  Long  Island,       .     13  37 

Collected  last  year,  but  not  then  returned,  .  20  43 
St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead,  Long  Island,  .  18  52 
St.  James'  Church,  Newtown,  Long  Island,         .     16  19 

Subscribed  by  young  ladies  of  the  congregation,  36  27 
St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  Rensselaer  county,        .     43  75 
St.  Paul's  Church,  Charlton,  Saratoga  county,     . 
St.  George's  Church,  Schenectady,     . 
St.  John's  Church,  Islip,  Long  Island,         .         .       3  00 
Caroline  Church,  Setauket,  Long  Island,     .         .       3  50 
Trinity  Church,  New  Rochelle,  West  Chester  county,  7  12      1  07 
St.  Peter's  Church,  Peekskill,  West  Chester  coun-ty,  5  39 
Christ  Church,  Rye,  West  Chester  county ,t         .     14  13     7  26 
St.  Peter's  Church,  West  Chester,      .         .         .     31  50    18  28 
St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers,  West  Chester  county,    25  72     9  02 

The  Treasurer  of  the  Convention  submitted  his  report,  from 
which  it  appeared  that  the  increase  of  the  Episcopal  Fund,! 
during  the  past  year,  has  been  $1979  41,  and  that  its  present 
aggregate  amount  is  $16,124  38. 

*  The  congregation  in  Phillipstown  had  incorrectly  received  notice,  that  there 
would  not  be  service  on  the  day  appointed  fbr  the  collection.  This  may  account 
for  the  smallness  of  the  return. 

t  Collections  were  made  last  year  in  this  church  for  both  funds,  but  notice  of 
them  in  the  printed  Journal  was  inadvertently  omitted. 

J  The  Episcopal  Fund,  formed  of  annual  collections  for  the  purpose,  is  to  be  per- 
mitted to  accumulate,  without  diminution,  until  its  annual  profits  become  adequate 
to  the  support  of  the  Bishop  of- the  Diocese. 


Episcopal. 
8       CTS. 


9  00 
55  83 
35  00 
120  74 
76  56 
35  18 
30  88 

74  38 
95  00 

58  59 


10  00 
9  62 
4  50 

6  00 

16  18 


2  50 
14  50 


1817.]  OF    THE   DIOCESE    OF   NEW   YORK.  401 

On  motion, 

Resolved  unanimously.  That  the  report  be  accepted,  and  that 
the  thanks  of  the  Convention  be  returned  to  Mr.  Gerrit  H.  Van 
Wagenen,  for  his  faithful  services  as  Treasurer, 

The  following  gentlemen  were  elected  Delegates  to  the  General 
Convention : 

Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  D.  D.,  Rev.  David  Butler,  Rev.  William 
Harris,  D.  D.,  Rev.  Nathanael  Bowmen,  D.  D. ;  Hon.  Rufus  King, 
Dr.  John  Onderdonk,  Philip  S.  Van  Rensselaer,  Esq.,  Mr.  Wil- 
liam Ogden. 

The  follow^ing  gentlemen  were  elected  the  Standing  Committee 
of  this  Diocese : 

Rev.  William  Harris,  D.  D.,  Rev.  Nathanael  Bowen,  D.  D., 
Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rev.  Thomas  Y.  How,  D.  D. ;  Richard 
Harison,  Esq.,  Gen.  Matthew  Clarkson,  Mr.  William  Ogden, 
Nicholas  Fish,  Esq. 

The  follo\ving  gentlemen  were  elected  Members  of  the  Com- 
mittee of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  for  Propagating  the 
Gospel  in  the  State  of  New  York,  of  which  the  Bishop  of  the 
Diocese  is  {ex-qfficio)  President : 

Rev.  Nathanael  Bowen,  D.  D.,  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rev.  Henry 
J.  Feltus;  Mr.  Gerrit  H.  Van  Wagenen,  Dr.  John  Onderdonk, 
Thomas  L.  Ogden,  Esq. 

Mr.  Gerrit  H.  Van  Wagenen  was  elected  Treasurer  of  the 
Convention. 

The  Clergy  who  were  appointed  at  the  last  Convention,  agree- 
ably to  a  canon  of  this  Church  of  1806,  to  officiate  in  vacant 
parishes  within  this  Diocese,  were  called  on  agreeably  to  the 
same  canon,  "  for  an  account  of  the  fulfilment  of  the  duty,  and  to 
report  concerning  the  state  of  the  parishes  which  they  have 
visited ;"  and  the  following  appointments  were  made  for  the 
ensuing  year :  the  Clergy  to  supply  the  congregations  annexed  to 
their  names  respectively,  at  such  times  as  they  may  deem  most 
convenient  and  proper. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Haskell,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Powell,  and  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Kearny,  the  vacant  parishes  in  West  Chester  county. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Powell,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Ten  Broeck,  and  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Cadle,  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Coldenham,  Orange  county. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Thompson,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Brown,  and  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Cadle,  St.  John's  Church,  Monticello,  Sullivan  county. 


402  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [18 17. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Stebbins,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Perry,  and  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Bruce,  the  vacant  parishes  in  Saratoga  county. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Reed,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Ten  Broeck,  the  vacant 
parishes  in  Dutchess  and  Putnam  counties. 

The  Convention  adjourned  sine  die. 

JOHN  HENRY  HOBART,  D.  D., 

Bishop  of  the  Prot.  Episc.  Church  in  the  State  of  New  York,  and  President  of  the  Convention. 

Attested, 
BENJAMIN  T.  ONDERDONK,  Secretary. 


APPENDIX 


EXTRACTS 

From  the  Journal  of  the  House  of  Bishops,  in  the  late  General  Convention, 

Ordered  to  be  printed  with  this  Journal. 

Saturday,  May  24. 
Resolved,  That  the  following  be  entered  on  the  Journal  of  this 
House,  and  be  communicated  to  the  House  of  Clerical  and  Lay 
Deputies : 

The  House  of  Bishops,  impressed  with  the  importance  of 
informing  the  youth  and  others  in  the  Doctrines,  Constitution, 
and  Liturgy  of  the  Church,  deem  it  their  duty  to  call  the  attention 
of  the  Clergy  to  the  22d  canon,  which  enjoins  on  them  diligence 
in  catechetical  instruction  and  lectures.  The  Bishops  consider 
these  as  among  the  most  important  duties  of  clergymen,  and 
among  the  most  effectual  means  of  promoting  rehgious  knowledge 
and  practical  piety. 

Tuesday,  May  27. 

Resolved,  That  the  follovdng  be  entered  on  the  Journal  of  this 
House,  and  be  sent  to  the  House  of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies,  to 
be  read  therein : 

The  House  of  Bishops,  solicitous  for  the  preservation  of  the 
purity  of  the  Church,  and  the  piety  of  its  members,  are  induced 
to  impress  upon  the  Clergy  the  important  duty,  with  a  discreet 
but  earnest  zeal,  of  warning  the  people. of  their  respective  cures, 
of  the  danger  of  an  indulgence  in  those  worldly  pleasures  which 
may  tend  to  withdraw  the  affections  from  spiritual  things.  And 
especially  on  the  subject  of  gaming,  of  amusements  involving 


1817.]  OF    THE    UIOCESE    OF   NEW   YORK.  403 

cruelty  to  the  brute  creation,  and  of  theatrical  representations,  to 
which  some  peculiar  circumstances  have  called  their  attention, — 
they  do  not  hesitate  to  express  their  unanimous  opinion,  that  these 
amusements,  as  well  from  their  licentious  tendency,  as  from  the 
strong  temptations  to  vice  which  they  afford,  ought  not  to  be 
frequented.  And  the  Bishops  cannot  refrain  from  expressing 
their  deep  regret  at  the  information  that  in  some  of  our  large 
cities,  so  little  respect  is  paid  to  the  feelings  of  the  members  of 
the  Church,  that  theatrical  representations  are  fixed  for  the  even- 
ings  of  her  most  solemn  festivals. 


MISSIONARIES. 


The  salaries  of  the  following  missionaries,  viz.,  the  Rev.  Sam- 
uel Johnson,  the  Rev.  Joshua  M.  Rogers,  and  the  Rev.  Charles 
W.  Hamilton,  are  paid  from  the  funds  procured  by  "  the  Protes- 
tant Episcopal  Society  of  Young  Men,  and  others  ;"  they  are, 
therefore,  to  be  designated  as  Missionaries  aided  by  that  Society. 


T  H  I  R  T  Y-T  H  I  R  D   G  O  N  V  E  N  T  I  O  N. 


JOURNiLI. 

OF   THE 

PROCEEDINGS 

OF  THE 

ANNUAL   CONVENTION 

OF 

THE  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH, 

IN  THE  STATE  OP  NEW    YORK ; 

HELD  IN  TRINITY  CHURCH,  IN  THE  CITY  OF  NEWYORK, 

On  Tuesday,  Oct.  20th,  and  Wednesday,  Oct.  Slat,  A.  D.  1818. 


3lfst  of  t^c  Ctlergs  ann  JLaj  JBtltQatts 

WHO  ATTENDED  THE  CONVENTION. 
CLERGY, 

The  Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Dio- 
cese, and  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  including  St.  Paul's  and  St. 
John's  Chapels,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Henry  Anthon,  Deacon,  Minister  of  St.  Paul's 
Church,  Redhook,  Dutchess  county. 

The  Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
Rochelle,  West  Chester  county. 

The  Rev.  David  Brown,  Deacon,  Minister  of  St.  James'  Church, 
Hyde  Park,  Dutchess  county. 

The  Rev.  John  Brown,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  New- 
burgh,  Orange  county. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  C.  Brownell,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church, 
Flushmg,  Queen's  county. 

The  Rev.  David  Butler,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy, 
Rensselaer  county. 

The  Rev.  Richard  F.  Cadle,  Deacon,  Minister  of  St.  James' 
Church,  Goshen,  Orange  county. 


1818.]  JOURNALS   OP   THE    CONVENTIONS,   ETC.         *  405 

The  Rev.  William  Creighton,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's  Church, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Henry  J.  Feltus,  Rector  of  St  Stephen's  Church, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller,  Missionary,  in  Albany  and  Greene 
counties. 

The  Rev.  Charles  W.  Hamilton,  Deacon,  Missionary  in  Wash- 
ington county,  and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  William  Harris,  D.  D.,  President  of  Columbia  College, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Hemp- 
stead, iftcluding  Christ  Chapel,  North  Hempstead,  Queen's 
county. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Haskell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Rye,  West 
Chester  county. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  F.  Jarvis,  Rector  of  St  James'  Church, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Evan  M.  Johnson,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church, 
Newtown,  Queen's  county. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  John  M'Vickar,  Professor  of  Rhetoric  and  Moral 
Philosophy,  in  Columbia  College,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  James  Montgomery,  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  New 
York, 

The  Rev.  David  Moore,  Rector  of  St  Andrew's  Church, 
including  Trinity  Chapel,  Staten  Island. 

The  Rev.  Benjamin  T.  Onderdonk,  an  Assistant  Minister  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Henry  U.  Onderdonk,  Rector  of  St  John's  Church, 
Canandaigua,  Ontario  county. 

The  Rev.  Henri  L.  P.  F.  Peneveyre,  Rector  of  the  French 
Church  Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Athens, 
and  St.  Luke's  Church,  Cattskill,  Greene  county. 

The  Rev.  Joshua  M.  Rogers,  Missionaiy  at  Turin,  Lewis  county, 
and  parts  adjacent 

The  Rev.  Charles  Seabury,  Rector  of  Caroline  Church,  Setauket, 
and  Missionary  to  Huntington  and  Islip,  Suffolk  county. 

The  Rev.  Hugh  Smith,  Deacon,  Minister  of  St.  Ann's  Church, 
Brooklyn,  King's  county. 

The  Rev.  Cyrus  Stebbins,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church, 
Schenectady. 

The  Rev.  James  Thompson,  Missionary  in  Greene  and  Dela- 
ware counties. 

The  Rev.  Eli  Wheeler,  Assistant  Minister  of  St.  George's 
Church,  Hempstead,  Queen's  county. 


400  .  JOURNALS   OF   THE   CONVENTIONS  [1818. 

The  Rev.  Russel  Wheeler,  Missionary  at  Butternutts  and  Una- 
dilla,  Otsego  county,  and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 
West  Chester,  West  Chester  county. 

The  following  Clergy,  not  entitled  to  seats,  were  admitted  to 
the  sittings  of  the  Convention  : 

The  Right  Rev.  John  Croes,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Diocese  of 
New  Jersey. 

The  Rev.  Parker  Adams,  late  Rector  of  Trinity  Church, ' 
Lansingburgh,  Rensselaer  county,  and  Grace  Church,  Water- 
ford,  Saratoga  county. 

The  Rev.  George  B.  Andrews,  Deacon,  residing  in  Red- 
hook,  Dutchess  county. 

The  Rev.  James  W.  Eastburn,  Deacon,  residing  in  New 
York. 

The  Rev.  John  Grigg,  jun..  Deacon,  residing  in  New 
York. 

The  Rev.  Ravaud  Kearny,  Minister  of  St.  Paul's  Church, 
East  Chester,  West  Chester  county. 

The  Rev.  William  B.   Lacey,  Minister  of  St.  Peter's 
Church,  Albany. 

The  Rev.  Wilham  H.  Northrop,  Deacon. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Osborne,  Deacon,  residing  in  Claverack, 
Columbia  county. 

The  Rev.  Amos  Pardee. 

The  Rev.  William  Powell,  Minister  of  St.  John's  Church, 
Yonkers,  West  Chester  county. 

The  Rev.  Alexis  P.  Proal,  Deacon,  residing  in  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Gilbert   H.  Sayres,  Minister  of    Grace  Church, 
Jamaica,  Queen's  county. 

The  Rev.  George  Upfold,  M.  D.,  Deacon,  residing  in  New 
York. 

The  Rev.  Peter  G.  Clark,  Deacon, 

The  Rev.  Origen  P.  Holcomb,  Deacon, 

The  Rev.  James  Keeler,  Deacon, 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Nicholls,  Deacon, 

The  Rev.  Birdsey  G.  Noble, 

The  Rev.  Reuben  Sherwood. 

The  Rev.  John  Croes,  jun.,  of  New  Jersey. 

LAY    DELEGATES. 

Columbia  county. 
Hudson,  Christ  Church,  J.  R.  Van  Rensselaer, Fleming. 


►  of  Connecticut. 


1818.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  407 

Dutchess  county. 

Fishkill,  Trinity  Church,  Daniel  C.  Verplanck,  Abraham  Weeks. 

Hyde  Park,  St.  James'  Church,  Benjamin  Allen. 

Poughkeepsie,  Christ  Church,  James  Emott,  Thomas  J.  Oakley, 
Philo  Ruggles. 

Redhook,  St.  Paul's  Church,  Robert  L.  Livingston,  Ebenezer 
Punderson. 

King's  county. 

Brooklyn,  St.  Ann's  Church,  William  Cornwell,  William 
Grigg,  Charles  Hewlett. 

Montgomery  county. 
Johnstown,  St.  John's  Church,  Nicholas  Philpot. 

City  and  county  of  JVew  York. 

Christ  Church,  George  Dominick,  Israel  Horsfield,  Floyd 
Smith. 

French  Church  Du  St.  Esprit,  Jacob  SchiefFelin. 

Grace  Church,  David  B.  Ogden,  John  Wells. 

St.  George's  Church,  Gerrit  H.  Van  Wagenen,  James  D.  L. 
Walton,  Harry  Peters. 

St.  James'  Church,  Peter  Schermerhorn,  Martin  Hoffman. 

St.  Mark's  Church,  Clement  C.  Moore,  Nicholas  Fish. 

St.  Michael's  Church,  Valentine  Nutter,  William  A.  Davis, 
Isaac  Jones. 

St.  Stephen's  Church,  Marinus  Willett,  Daniel  Mersereau, 
James  Smith. 

Trinity  Church,  Richard  Harison,  Nehemiah  Rogers,  Thomas 
L.  Ogden,  Joshua  Jones. 

Orange  county. 

Coldenham,  St.  Andrew's  Church,  David  Ruggles. 
Goshen,  St.  James'  Church,  John  Duer,  Henry  G.  Wisner, 
Newburgh,  St.  George's  Church,  Johnson  Verplanck. 
New  Windsor,  St.  Thomas'  Church,  Charles  Ludlow. 

Queen's  county. 

Flushing,  St.  George's  Church,  William  Prince. 
Hempstead,  St.  George's  Church,  George  Hulett. 
Jamaica,  Grace  Church,  Timothy  Nostrand,  John  Skidmore. 
Newtown,   St.    James'   Church,   Timothy  Roach,    Benjamin 
Moore,  John  Alsop. 

Rensselaer  county. 

Troy,  St.  Paul's  Church,  Esaias  Warren. 


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Richmond  county. 

Richmond,  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Nathaniel  Britten,  Walter 
Dongan. 

Schenectady  county. 

Duanesbiirgh,  Christ  Church,  G.  W.  Featherstonhaugh. 
Schenectady,  St.  George's  Church,  William  Richmond. 

Suffolk  county. 
Islip,  St.  John's  Church,  John  T.  Champlin. 

Sullivan  county. 
Monticello,  St.  John's  Church,  Livingston  Billings. 

Washington  county. 
Sandy  Hill,  Zion  Church,  Zina  Hitchcock. 

West  Chester  county. 

Bedford  and  Northcastle,  St.  Matthew's  Church,  William  Jay. 
East  Chester,  St.  Paul's  Chm*ch,  John  Townsend,  William 
Popham. 
Mamaroneck,  St.  Thomas*  Church,  William  Delancey. 
New  Rochelle,  Trinity  Church,  Gideon  Cogershell. 
North  Salem,  St.  James'  Church,  Epenetus  Wallace. 
Rye,  Christ  Church,  Jonathan  Purdy,  Peter  J.  Munro. 
West  Chester,  St.  Peter's  Church,  Abijah  Hammond. 
Yonkers,  St.  John's  Church,  Henry  White,  Isaac  Vermillyea. 

The  following  Clergy,  entitled  to  seats  in  the  Convention,  were 
not  present  during  this  session : 

The  Rev.  William  Berrian,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Nathaniel  F.  Bruce,  M.D.,  Rector,  of  Christ  Church, 
Duanesburgh,  Schenectady  county. 

The  Rev.  Leveret  Bush,  Deacon,  Minister  of  St.  Paul's  Church, 
Oxford,  Chenango  county. 

The  Rev.  Orin  Clark,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Geneva, 
Ontario  county. 

The  Rev.  William  A.  Clark,  Missionary  at  Buffalo,  Niagara 
county,  and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  Ezekiel  G.  Gear,  Missionary  at  Onondaga,  Onondaga 
county,  and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  Stephen  Jewett,  Missionary  in  Washington  county. 

The  Rev.  Daniel  M'Donald,  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  and 
Principal  of  the  Academy,  Fairfield,  Herkimer  county. 


1818.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE    OF   NEW   YORK.  '   409 

The  Rev.  James  Milnor,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  New 
York. 

The  Rev.  Daniel  Nash,  Missionary  in  Otsego  and  Chenango 
counties. 

The  R,ev.  George  H.  Norton,  Deacon,  Missionary  in  Ontario 
and  Seneca  counties. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Perry,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Ballston  Spa, 
Saratoga  county. 

The  Rev.  John  Reed,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie, 
Dutchess  county. 

The  Rev.  Alanson  W.  Welton,  Missionary  in  Ontario,  and 
adjacent  counties. 

New  York,  Tuesday,  October  20th,  1818. 

This  being  the  day  appointed  by  the  Constitution  of  the  Pro- 
testant Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of  New  York,  for  the 
meeting  of  the  annual  Convention  of  the  same,  the  Right  Rev. 
John  Henry  Hobart,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Diocese,  and  several 
Clergy  and  Lay  Delegates,  attended,  at  half-past  10  o'clock  a.  m., 
in  Trinity  Church,  in  the  city  of  New  York,  which  had  been  ap- 
pointed by  the  Bishop  as  the  place  of  meeting. 

Morning  Prayer  was  celebrated  by  the  Rev.  David  Butler,  Rec- 
tor of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  Rensselaer  county ;  and  an  appro- 
priate sermon  preached  by  the  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector  of 
Christ  Church,  New  York.  The  Bishop  then  held  an  ordination, 
and  admitted  to  the  holy  order  of  Deacons,  George  B.  Andrews, 
James  W.  Eastburn,  John  Grigg,  jun.,  and  George  Upfold,  M.D., 
of  this  Diocese ;  and  Peter  G.  Clark,  Origen  P.  Holcomb,  and 
James  Keeler,  of  Connecticut. 

The  Convention  then  assembled,  and  a  list  of  the  Clergy  entitled 
to  seats  being  called  over,  agreeably  to  the  second  canon  of  this 
Diocese  of  1803,  the  following  answered  to  their  names,  and  took 
their  seats : 

The  Rev.  David  Brown,  Deacon,  Minister  of  St,  James'  Church, 
Hyde  Park,  Dutchess  county ;  the  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rector 
of  St.  George's  Church,  Flushing,  Queen's  county ;  the  Rev. 
David  Butler,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  Rensselaer 
county ;  the  Rev.  WiUiam  Creighton,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's 
Church,  New  York ;  the  Rev.  Henry  J.  Feltus,  Rector  of  St.  Ste- 
phen's Church,  New  York  ;  the  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller,  Missionary 
in  Albany  and  Greene  counties ;  the  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector  of 
St.  George's  Church,   Hempstead,  Queen's  county ;    the  Rev. 


410  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1818, 

Samuel  Haskell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Rye,  West  Chester 
county;  the  Rev.  Samuel  F.  Jarvis,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church, 
New  York ;  the  Rev.  Evan  M.  Johnson,  Rector  of  St.  James' 
Church,  Newtown,  Queen's  county  ;  the  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell, 
Rector  of  Christ  Chmch,  New  York  ;  the  Rev.  James  Montgom- 
ery, Rector  of  Grace  Church,  New  York ;  the  Rev.  David  Moore, 
Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Staten  Island ;  the  Rev.  Benjamin 
T.  Onderdonk,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  New 
York;  the  Rev.  Henry  U.  Onderdonk,  Rector  of  St.  John's 
Church,  Canandaigua,  Ontario  county ;  the  Rev.  Henri  L.  P.  F. 
Peneveyre,  Rector  of  the  French  Church  Du  St.  Esprit,  New 
.York;  the  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church, 
Athens,  and  St.  Luke's  Church,  Cattskill,  Greene  county ;  the 
Rev.  Joshua  M.  Rogers,  Missionary  at  Turin,  Lewis  county,  and 
parts  adjacent ;  the  Rev.  Hugh  Smith,  Deacon,  Minister  of  St. 
Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn,  King's  county ;  the  Rev.  Cyrus  Steb- 
bins,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Schenectady ;  the  Rev. 
James  Thompson,  Missionary  in  Greene  and  Delaware  counties ; 
the  Rev.  Eli  Wheeler,  Assistant  Minister  of  St.  George's  Church, 
Hempstead,  Queen's  county ;  the  Rev.  Russel  Wheeler,  Mission- 
ary at  Butternutts  and  Unadilla,  Otsego  county,  and  parts  adja- 
cent ;  the  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  D.D.,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 
West  Chester,  West  Chester  county. 

The  following  Lay  Delegates  presented  certificates  of  their 
respective  appointments,  which  were  read,  and  approved,  and 
they  accordingly  took  their  seats  in  the  Convention : 

From  Christ  Church,  Hudson,  Columbia  county,  Jacob  R.  Van 

Rensselaer,    Fleming  ;    from    Trinity    Church,    Fishkill, 

Dutchess  county,  Daniel  C.  Verplanck ;  from  St.  James'  Church, 
Hyde  Park,  Dutchess  county,  Benjamin  Allen  ;  from  Christ 
Church,  Poughkeepsie,  Dutchess  county,  James  Emott,  Thomas 
J.  Oakley,  Philo  Ruggles;  from  St.  Paul's  Church,  Redhook, 
Dutchess  county,  Robert  L.  Livingston ;  from  St.  Ann's  Church, 
Brooklyn,  King's  county,  William  Cornwell,  William  Grigg, 
Charles  Hewlett;  from   St.  John's  Church,  Johnstown,  Mont- 

fomery  county,  Nicholas  Philpot ;  from  Christ  Church,  New 
ork,  George  Dominick,  Israel  Horsfield ;  from  the  French 
Church  Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York,  Jacob  SchiefFelin ;  from  Grace 
Church,  New  York,  David  B.  Ogden,  John  Wells ;  from  St. 
George's  Church,  New  York,  Gerrit  H.  Van  Wagenen,  James 
D.  L.  Walton ;  from  St.  James'  Church,  New  York,  Peter  Scher- 
merhorn,  Martin  Hoffman  ;  from  St,  Mark's  Church,  New  York, 
Clement  C.  Moore,  Nicholas  Fish ;  from  St.  Michael's  Church, 
New  York,  Valentine  Nutter ;   from  St.  Stephen's  Church,  New 


1818.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  411 

York,  Marinus  Willett,  Daniel  Mersereau  ;  from  Trinity  Church, 
New  York,  Neheraiah  Rogers,  Thomas  L.  Ogden,  Joshua  Jones  ; 
from  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Coldenham,  Orange  county,  David 
Ruggles ;  from  St.  George's  Church,  Newburgh,  Orange  county, 
Johnson  Verplanck  ;  from  St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead, 
Queen's  county,  George  Hulett ;  from  Grace  Church,  Jamaica, 
Queen's  county,  Timothy  Nostrand ;  from  St,  James'  Church, 
Newtown,  Queen's  county,  Timothy  Roach,  Benjamin  Moore, 
John  Alsop ;  from  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Richmond,  Richmond 
county,  Nathaniel  Britten,  Walter  Dongan;  from  St.  George's 
Church,  Schenectady,  William  Richmond  ;  from  St.  John's 
Church,  Islip,  Suffolk  county,  John  T.  Champhn ;  from  St.  Mat- 
thew's Church,  Bedford  and  Northcastle,  West  Chester  county, 
WilUam  Jay ;  from  St.  Paul's  Church,  East  Chester,  West  Ches- 
ter county,  John  Townsend,  William  Pophamj  from  St.  Thomas' 
Church,  Maraaroneck,  West  Chester  county,  William  De  Lan- 
cey ',  from  Trinity  Church,  New  Rochelle,  West  Chester  county, 
Gideon  Cogershell  ;  from  St.  Peter's  Church,  West  Chester, 
West  Chester  county,  Abijah  Hammond ;  from  St.  John's  Church, 
Yonkers,  Henry  White,  Isaac  Vermillyea. 

Certificates  were  read,  and  severally  approved,  of  the  incor- 
poration of  St.  Thomas'  Church,  New  Windsor,  Orange  county ; 
Zion  Church,  Sandy  Hill,  Washington  county;  and  St.  Paul's 
Church,  Turin,  Lewis  county ;  and  the  said  churches  were  receiv- 
ed into  union  with  this  Convention. 

Certificates  were  read,  and  severally  approved,  of  the  appoint- 
ment of  Charles  Ludlow,  as  a  Lay  Delegate  from  St.  Thomas' 
Church,  New  Windsor,  Orange  county ;  and  of  Zina  Hitchcock, 
as  a  Lay  Delegate  from  Zion  Church,  Sandy  Hill,  Washington 
county ;  and  those  gentlemen  took  their  seats  accordingly. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  the  Right  Rev.  John  Croes,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of 
the  Diocese  of  New  Jersey,  now  in  this  city,  be  admitted  to  the 
sittings  of  this  Convention. 

The  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Croes  took  his  seat  accordingly. 

On  motion. 

Resolved,  That  clergymen  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church, 
who  may  be  in  the  city  of  New  York  during  the  session  of  this 
Convention,  and  are  not  members  thereof,  be  admitted  to  its 
sittings. 


412  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1818. 

Agreeably  to  this  resolution,  the  following  clergymen  took 
their  seats : 

The  Rev.  Parker  Adams,  late  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Lans- 
ingburgh,  Rensselaer  county,  and  Grace  Church,  Waterford, 
Saratoga  county  ;  the  Rev.  George  B.  Andrews,  Deacon,  residing 
in  Redhook,  Dutchess  county;  the  Rev.  James  W.  Eastburn/ 
Deacon,  residing  in  New  York ;  the  Rev.  John  Grigg,  jun.. 
Deacon,  residing  in  New  York ;  the  Rev.  Ravaud  Kearney,  Min- 
ister of  St.  Paul's  Church,  East  Chester,  West  Chester  county  ; 
the  Rev.  Thomas  Osborne,  Deacon,  residing  in  Claverack,  Co- 
lumbia county ;  the  Rev.  William  Powell,  Minister  of  St.  John's 
Church,  Yonkers,  West  Chester  county ;  the  Rev.  Alexis  iP. 
Proal,  Deacon,  residing  in  New  York ;  the  Rev.  Gilbert  H. 
Sayres,  Minister  of  Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  Queen's  county: 
the  Rev.  George  Upfold,  M.  D.,  Deacon,  residing  in  New  York, 
of  this  Diocese;  the  Rev.  Peter  G.  Clark,  Deacon,  the  Rev. 
Origen  P.  Holcomb,  Deacon,  the  Rev.  James  Keeler,  Deacon, 
the  Rev.  Samuel  Nicholls,  Deacon,  the  Rev.  Birdsey  G.  Noble, 
the  Rev.  Reuben  Sherwood,  of  Connecticut. 

The  Convention  proceeded  to  the  election  of  a  Secretary,  and 
the  Rev.  Benjamin  T.  Onderdonk  was  chosen. 

The  Convention  adjourned  until  to-morrow  morning,  at  half- 
past  9  o'clock. 

Wednesday,  October  21st. 

The  Convention  met  pursuant  to  adjournment. 

Morning  Prayer  was  celebrated  by  the  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss, 
Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Athens,  and  St.  Luke's  Church, 
Cattskill,  Greene  county. 

The  following  Clergy,  members  of  the  Convention,  not  present 
yesterday,  appeared,  and  took  their  seats ; 

The  Rev.  Henry  Anthon,  Deacon,  Minister  of  St.  Paul's 
Church,  Redhook,  Dutchess  county;  the  Rev.  Theodosius  Bar- 
tow, Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New  Rochelle,  West  Chester 
county ;  Rev.  John  Brown,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church, 
Newburgh,  Orange  county ;  the  Rev.  Thomas  C.  Brownell,  an 
Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York ;  the  Rev, 
Richard  F.  Cadle,  Deacon,  Minister  of  St.  James'  Church,  Go- 
shen, Orange  county ;  the  Rev.  Charles  W.  Hamilton,  Deacon^ 
Missionary  in  Washington  county,  and  parts  adjacent  j  the  Rev. 


18 18. J  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW    YOEK.  413 

William  Harris,  D.  D.,  President  of  Columbia  College,  New 
York ;  the  Rev.  John  M'Vickar,  Professor  of  Rhetoric  and  Moral 
Philosophy,  in  Columbia  College,  New  York ;  the  Rev.  Charles 
Seabury,  Rector  of  Caroline  Church,  Setauket,  and  Missionary  to 
Huntington  and  Ishp,  Suffolk  county. 

The  following  Lay  Delegates,  having  produced  testimonials 
of  their  respective  appointments,  which  were  read  and  approved, 
took  their  seats  accordingly : 

From  Trinity  Church,  Fishkill,  Dutchess  county,  Abraham 
Weeks ;  from  St.  Paul's  Church,  Redhook,  Dutchess  county, 
Ebenezer  Punderson ;  from  Christ  Church,  New  York,  Floyd 
Smith ;  from  St.  George's  Church,  New  York,  Harry  Peters ; 
from  St.  Michael's  Church,  New  York,  William  A.  Davis,  Isaac 
Jones ;  from  St.  Stephen's  Church,  New  York,  James  Smith ; 
from  Trinity  Church,  New  York,  Richard  Harison ;  from  St. 
James'  Church,  Goshen,  Orange  county,  John  Duer,  Henry  G. 
Wisner;  from  St.  George's  Church,  Flushing,  Queen's  county, 
William  Prince ;  from  Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  Queen's  county, 
John  Skidmore ;  from  St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  Rensselaer  coun- 
ty, Esaias  Warren ;  from  Christ  Chm'ch,  Duanesburgh,  Schenec- 
tady county,  G.  W.  Featherstonhaugh ;  from  St.  John's  Church, 
Monticello,  Sullivan  county,  Livingston  Billings;  from  St.  James' 
Church,  North  Salem,  West  Chester  county,  Epenetus  Wallace ; 
from  Christ  Church,  Rye,  West  Chester  county,  Jonathan  Purdy, 
Peter  J.  Munro. 

Agreeably  to  the  resolution  of  yesterday,  admitting  to  the 
sittings  of  this  Convention,  clergymen  who  are  not  members 
thereof,  the  following  gentlemen  took  their  seats : 

The  Rev.  William  B.  Lacey,  Minister  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 
Albany  ;  the  Rev.  William  H.  Northrop,  Deacon ;  and  the  Rev. 
Amos  Pardee,  of  this  Diocese ;  and  the  Rev.  John  Croes,  jun.,  of 
New  Jersey.    " 

The  minutes  of  the  proceedings  yesterday  were  read,  and 
approved. 

Agreeably  to  the  45th  canon  of  the  General  Convention,  the 
Right  Rev.  Bishop  Hobart  delivered  the  following  Address  : 

MY  BRETHREN  OP  THE  CLERGY  AND  LAITY, 

The  attendance  at  this  Convention  of  so  large  a  proportion  of  the  Clergy, 
and  of  so  numerous  and  respectable  a  delegation  from  the  Laity,  may  be 
regarded  as  a  gratifying  evidence  of  an  increasing  zeal  for  the  interests  of  our 
Church. 


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It  is  my  duty,  m  pursuance  of  one  of  the  canons,  to  lay  before  you  a  view 
of  my  official  acts  since  the  last  annual  Convention. 

In  the  month  of  June  last,  I  visited  the  church  at  Windham,  Greene  county, 
and  also  performed  Divine  service  at  Cattskill,  Athens,  and  Hudson. 

In  the  month  of  July,  I  visited  the  church  at  Yonkers,  West  Chester  county, 
which  has  recently,  in  the  interior,  been  repaired  and  altered  in  a  very  hand- 
some  manner. 

In  the  month  of  August,  I  visited  Christ  Church,  Ballston  Spa,  and  the 
churches  at  Milton  and  Charlton,  Saratoga  county ;  Trinity  Church,  Utica, 
Oneida  county;  St.  Paul's  Church,  Turin,  on  the  Black  River,  Lewis  county ; 
St.  Paul's  Church,  Waddington,  on  the  St.  Lawrence,  and  the  church  at  Rus- 
sell, St.  Lawrence  county ;  Trinity  Church,  Fairfield,  Herkimer  county ;  St. 
John's  Church,  Johnstown,  Montgomery  county  ;  and  St.  George's  Church, 
Schenectady;  and  also  perfoimed  Divine  service  in  the  course  of  this  visitation, 
in  LowviUe,  Lewis  county,  and  Ogdensburgh  and  Potsdam,  St.  Lawrence 
county. 

In  the  month  of  September,  I  visited  the  churches  at  Duanesburgh,  Schenec- 
tady county;  Paris,  and  the  Oneida  Castle,  Oneida  county;  Manlius,  and 
Onondaga,  West  Hill,  Onondaga  county ;  Auburn,  Cayuga  county;  Geneva, 
PulteneyviUe,  Canandaigua,  Victor,  Pittsford,  Rochester,  Richmond,  and  Avon, 
and  performed  Divine  service  at  the  town  of  Pennfield,  Ontario  county.  The 
congregations  at  Le  Roy  and  Batavia,  Genesee  county,  and  BuflFalo,  Nit^ra 
county,  were  also  visited.  In  all  of  these  places  I  preached,  in  most  of  them 
held  confirmations,  and  in  several  administered  the  sacrament  of  the  Lord's 
Supper. 

On  my  return  from  visiting  the  churches  at  the  westward,  I  assisted,  at 
Philadelphia,  in  the  consecration  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Bovven,  the  Bishop  elect  of 
the  Church  in  South  Carolina. 

The  following  new  churches  have  been  consecrated : — St.  Paul's  Church, 
Windham,  Greene  county;  Christ  Church,  Ballston  Spa,  Saratoga  county;  St 
Paul's  Church,  Turin,  Lewis  county;  St.  Paul's  Church,  Waddington,  St. 
Lawrence  county;  Zion  Church,  Onondaga,  West  Hill,  Onondaga  county;  and 
St.  Paul's  Church,  Richmond,  Ontario  county.  New  churches  erecting  at 
Paris,  Oneida  county;  Butternutts,  Otsego  county;  and  Binghamton,  Broome 
county,  are  nearly  ready  for  consecration. 

I  have  held  the  following  ordinations: — On  the  23d  of  October  last,  in 
Trinity  Church,  New  York,  the  Rev.  Samuel  Johnston  was  admitted  to  the 
holy  order  of  Priests,  and  David  Brown  to  that  of  Deacons.  On  the  17th  of 
March  last,  in  Christ  Church,  New  York,  the  Rev.  Charles  Smyth,  of  the 
Diocese  of  Connecticut,  Deacon,  was  admitted  to  the  order  of  Priests.  On  the 
25th  of  April  last,  in  Trinity  Church,  New  York,  Rodney  Rossetter,  of  the 
Diocese  of  Connecticut,  was  admitted  to  the  order  of  Deacons.  On  the  26th  of 
May,  at  Stamford,  Connecticut,  Augustus  Fitch,  of  that  Diocese,  and  Leveret 
Bush,  of  this  Diocese,  were  admitted  to  the  order  of  Deacons.  On  the  26th  of 
June,  at  Windham,  Greene  county,  the  Rev.  Ezekiel  G.  Gear,  Deacon,  Mis- 


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sionary  in  Onondaga  county ;  and  on  the  28th  of  the  same  month,  in  Christ 
Church,  Hudson,  the  Rev.  Gregory  T.  Bedell,  Deacon,  minister  of  that  church, 
were  admitted  to  the  order  of  Priests ;  and  on  the  latter  day,  Thomas  Osborne 
to  that  of  Deacons.  On  the  10th  of  September,  at  Duanesburgh,  the  Rev. 
Nathaniel  F.  Bruce,  M.  D.,  Deacon,  minister  of  the  church  in  that  place,  was 
admitted  to  the  order  of  Priests ;  and  Intrepid  Morse,  and  Charles  McCabe,  to 
that  of  Deacons.  On  the  18th  inst.  in  the  French  Church  Du  St.  Esprit,  New 
York,  Alexis  Peter  Proal  was  admitted  to  the  order  of  Deacons ;  and  yesterday, 
at  the  opening  of  the  Convention,  George  Upfold,  M.  D.,  John  Grigg,  jun., 
James  W.  Eastburn,  Greorge  B.  Andrews,  of  this  Diocese  ;  and  Peter  G. 
Clark,  Origen  P.  Holcomb,  and  James  Keeler,  of  the  Diocese  of  Connecticut, 
were  admitted  to  the  same  order. 

The  following  persons  are  candidates  for  orders  : — William  Richmond, 
Deodatus  Babcock,  James  P.  Cotter,  James  Bowden,  James  P.  F.  Clarke, 
William  H.  De  Lancey,  George  W.  Doane,  Moses  Burt,  G.  M.  Robinson,  and 
Eleazar  Williams.  GJeorge  W.  Woodruff,  a  candidate  for  orders,  has  been 
regularly  transferred  to  the  Diocese  of  New  Jersey,  and  Alonzo  Potter  to 
Pennsylvania. 

The  Rev.  James  Montgomery,  from  the  Diocese  of  New  Jersey,  has  been 
instituted  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  in  the  city  of  New  York,  vacated  by  the 
removal  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Bowen  to  the  Diocese  of  South  Carolina;  the  Rev. 
Henry  U.  Onderdonk,  M.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Canandaigua;  the 
Rev.  Evan  Malbone  Johnson,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church,  Newtown,  Long 
Island;  and  the  Rev.  Nathaniel  F.  Bruce,  M.  D.,  Rector  of  Christ  Church, 
Duanesburgh,  Schenectady  county.  The  Rev.  Samuel  Johnston,  Missionary 
in  the  western  parts  of  the  State,  and  the  Rev.  Intrepid  Morse,  recently 
ordained  Deacon,  have  removed,  by  letters  dismissory,  from  me,  to  the  State 
of  Ohio ;  as  also,  the  Rev.  Gregory  T.  Bedell,  from  Hudson,  to  Fayetteville, 
North  Carolina ;  and  the  Rev.  Parker  Adams,  from  Waterf ord  and  Lansing- 
burgh,  to  the  Diocese  of  South  Carolina.  The  Rev.  Samuel  Nicholls  Deacon., 
has  removed  from  Fairfield,  and  resides  at  present  in  the  Diocese  of  Connecti- 
cut ;  and  the  Rev.  Petrus  S.  Ten  Broeck  has  removed  from  Fishkill  to  the 
Eastern  Diocese. 

The  following  changes  have  also  taken  place  in  this  Diocese : — ^The  Rev. 
Asahel  Davis,  Deacon,  has  removed  from  New  Berlin,  Chenango  county,  and 
resides  at  present  at  Geneva,  where  he  has  the  charge  of  a  school  established 
by  the  Vestry  of  the  Church  in  that  place ;  and  the  church  at  New  Berlin,  is 
now  under  the  charge  of  the  Rev.  Daniel  Nash.  The  Rev.  John  M'Vickar 
has  been  appointed  Professor  of  Moral  Philosophy  and  Rhetoric  in  Columbia 
College ;  and  the  church  at  Hyde  Park,  of  which  he  was  the  Rector,  is  at 
present  supplied  by  the  Rev.  David  Brown,  Deacon.  The  Rev.  William  A. 
Clark,  for  several  years  missionary  at  Manlius,  and  parts  adjacent,  has  removed 
to  Buffalo.  The  Rev.  Amos  Pardee,  from  the  Diocese  of  Massachusetts,  act* 
as  missionary  at  Manlius.  The  Rev.  William  B.  Lacey,  the  late  missionary 
at  Oxford,  Chenango  county,  has  removed  to  Albany ;  and  the  church  at  Ox- 


416  JOURNALS  OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1818. 

ford  is  now  supplied  by  the  Rev.  Leveret  Bush,  Deacon.  The  Rev.  Amos  G. 
Baldwin  has  removed  from  Utica,  and  has  charge  of  the  congregations  at 
Waddington  and  Ogdensburgh,  on  the  St.  Lawrence,  and  in  parts  adjacent. 
The  Rev.  William  H.  Northrop,  Deacon,  on  account  of  ill  health,  has  relin- 
quished the  charge  of  the  church  at  Auburn.  The  Rev.  Thomas  C.  Brownell, 
late  Professor  in  Union  College,  has  been  elected  an  Assistant  Minister  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Phinney  has  produced  to  me  the  requisite  testimonials 
from  the  Bishop  of  the  Church  in  Pennsylvania,  and  has  been  chosen  Rector 
of  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Coldenham,  Orange  county.  The  Rev.  Eli  Wheeler 
has  resigned  the  Rectorship  of  St.  John's  Church,  Johnstown,  Montgomery 
county,  and  been  chosen  Assistant  Minister  of  St.  George's  Church,  Hemp- 
stead, Long  Island.  The  Rev.  Thomas  Osborne,  Deacon,  has  removed,  by 
letters  dismissory,  to  South  Carolina. 

The  following  Missionaries  are  employed: — The  Rev.  Daniel  Nash,  in 
Otsego  and  Chenango  counties ;  the  Rev.  William  A.  Clark,  at  Buffalo,  Balavia, 
and  parts  adjacent ;  the  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller,  Albany  and  Greene  counties ;  the 
Rev.  James  Thompson,  Windham,  Greene  county,  and  other  places  in  that 
and  Delaware  county ;  the  Rev.  Stephen  Jewett,  in  Hampton  and  Granville, 
Washington  county;  the  Rev.  Alanson  W.  Welton,  Ontario,  and  adjacent 
counties ;  the  Rev.  Russel  Wheeler,  Butternutts  and  Unadilla,  Otsego  county, 
and  parts  adjacent;  the  Rev  Ezekiel  G.  Gear,  Onondaga  county,  and  parts 
adjacent;  the  Rev.  Charles  W.  Hamilton,  Sandy  Hill,  Washington  county, 
tind  parts  adjacent;  the  Rev.  Charles  Seaburj-,  Brookhaven,  Huntington,  and 
Islip,  Long  Island ;  the  Rev.  Joshua  lyi.  Rogers,  Turin,  Lewis  county,  and 
parts  adjacent ;  the  Rev.  George  H.  Norton,  Deacon,  Seneca  and  Ontario  coun- 
ties; the  Rev.  Leveret  Bush,  Deacon,  Oxford,  Chenango  county,  and  parts 
adjacent. 

Under  a  canon  of  the  late  General  Convention,  the  Rev.  Thomas  Y.  How, 
late  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York,  has  been  suspended 
from  the  ministry.  The  canon  being  in  some  respects  of  a  doubtful  tenor,  I 
proceeded  in  the  exercise  of  discipline,  on  this  occasion,  as  far  as  I  conceived 
the  canon  fully  authorized.  A  presentment  of  this  gentleman,  containing  a 
most  serious  charge  against  his  moral  conduct,  has,  within  a  few  days,  been 
made  to  me  under  the  canons  of  the  Church  in  this  State.  I  have  often  ex- 
pressed an  opinion,  that  if  a  presentment,  containing  that  charge,  should  be 
made,  it  would  be  incumbent  upon  me,  on  conviction,  to  inflict  the  sentence 
of  degradation  from  the  ministry.  I  shall,  without  delay,  discharge  my  duty 
in  this  business. 

It  is  a  subject  of  congratulation,  that  our  Church  has  resumed  the  labours, 
which  for  a  long  period  before  the  revolutionary  war,  the  Society  in  England, 
for  Propagating  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts,  directed  to  the  religious  instruc- 
tion of  the  Indian  tribes.  Those  labours  were  not  wholly  unsuccessful ;  for 
on  my  recent  visit  to  the  Oneidas,  I  saw  an  aged  Mohawk,  who,  firm  in  the 
faith  of  the  Gospel,  and  adorning  his  profession  by  an  .exemplary  life,  is 


1818.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  417 

indebted,  under  the  Divine  blessing,  for  his  Christian  principles  and  hopes,  to 
the  Missionaries  of  that  venerable  Society.  The  exertions  more  recently  made 
for  the  conversion  of  the  Indian  tribes,  have  not  been  so  succestiul,  partly 
because  not  united  with  efforts  to  introduce  among  them  those  arts  of  civiliza- 
tion, without  which  the  Gospel  can  neither  be  understood  nor  valued;  but 
principally  because  religious  instruction  was  conveyed  through  the  imperfect 
medium  of  interpreters,  by  those  unacquainted  with  their  dispositions  and 
habits,  and  in  whom  they  were  not  disposed  to  place  the  same  confidence,  as 
in  those  who  are  connected  with  them  by  the  powerful  ties  of  language,  of 
manners,  and  of  kindred.  The  religious  instructor  of  the  Oneidas,  employed 
by  our  Church,  enjoys  all  these  advantages.  Being  of  Indian  extraction,  and 
acquainted  with  their  language,  dispositions,  and  customs,  and  devoting  him- 
self unremittingly  to  their  spiritual  and  temporal  welfare,  he  enjojs  their  full 
confidence;  while  the  education  which  he  has  received,  has  increased  his 
qualifications  as  their  guide  in  the  faith  and  precepts  of  the  Gospel.  Mr 
Eleazar  Williams,  at  the  earnest  request  of  the  Oneida  chiefs,  was  licensed  by 
me  about  two  years  since,  as  their  Lay  Reader,  Catechist,  and  Schoolmaster. 
Educated  in  a  different  communion,  he  connected  himself  with  our  Church 
from  conviction,  and  appears  warmly  attached  to  her  doctrines,  her  apostolic 
ministry,  and  her  worship.  Soon  after  he  commenced  his  labours  among  the 
Oneidas,  the  Pagan  pau^y  solemnly  professed  the  Christian  faith.  Mr.  Wil- 
liams repeatedly  explained  to  them  in  councils  which  they  held  for  this  pur- 
pose, the  evidences  of  the  Divine  origin  of  Christianity,  and  its  doctrines, 
institutions,  and  precepts.  He  combated  their  objections,  patiently  answered 
their  inquiries,  and  was  finally,  through  the  Divine  blessing,  successful  in 
satisfying  their  doubts.  Soon  after  their  conversion,  they  appropriated,  in 
conjunction  with  the  old  Christian  party,  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  some  of 
their  lands  to  the  erection  of  a  handsome  edifice  for  Divine  worship,  which 
will  be  shortly  completed.* 

In  the  work  of  their  spiritual  instruction,  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer,  a 
principal  part  of  which  has  been  translated  for  their  use,  proves  a  powerful 
auxiliary.  Its  simple  and  affecting  exhibition  of  the  truths  of  redemption,  is 
calculated  to  interest  their  hearts,  while  it  informs  their  understanding;  and 
its  decent  and  significant  rites,  contribute  to  fix  their  attention  in  the  exercises 
of  worship.  They  are  particularly  gratified  with  having  parts  assigned  them 
in  the  service,  and  repeat  the  responses  with  great  propriety,  and  devotion. 
On  my  visit  to  them,  several  hundred  assembled  for  worship ;  those  who  could 
read  were  furnished  with  books ;  and  they  uttered  the  confessions  of  the 
Liturgy,  responded  its  supplications,  and  chanted  its  hymns  of  praise,  with  a 
reverence  and  fer\'our,  which  powerfully  interested  the  feelings  of  those  who 
witnessed  the  solemnity.  They  listened  to  my  address  to  the  m,  interpreted  by 
Mr.  Williams,  with  so  much  solicitous  attention;  they  received  the  laying  on 
of  hands  with  such  grateful  humility ;  and  participated  of  the  symbols  of  their 

*  See  Appendix  for  an  interesting  Address  from  the  Chiefs  of  the  Oneidas  to  the 
Bishop. 


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Saviour's  love  with  such  tears  of  penitential  devotion,  that  the  impression 
which  the  scene  made  on  my  mind  will  never  be  effaced.  Nor  was  this  the 
excitement  of  the  moment,  or  the  ebullition  of  enthusiasm.  The  eighty-nine 
who  were  confirmed,  had  been  well  instructed  by  Mr.  Williams;  and  none 
were  permitted  to  approach  the  Communion,  whose  lives  did  not  correspond 
with  their  Christian  professions.  The  numbers  of  those  who  assembled  for 
worship,  and  partook  of  the  ordinances,  would  have  been  greater,  but  from 
the  absence  of  many  of  them  at  an  Indian  council  at  Buffalo. 

I  have  admitted  Mr.  Williams  as  a  candidate  for  orders,  on  the  recommen- 
dation of  the  Standing  Committee ;  and  look  forward  to  his  increased  influence 
and  usefulness,  should  he  be  invested  with  the  office  of  the  ministry. 

There  is  a  prospect  of  his  having,  some  time  hence,  a  powerful  auxiliary  in 
a  young  Indian,  the  son  of  the  head  warrior  of  the  Onondagas  who  was 
kUled  at  the  battle  of  Chippewa,  and  who,  amiable  and  pious  in  his  dispo-si- 
tions,  and  sprightly  and  vigorous  in  his  intellectual  povpers,  is  earnestly  desirous 
of  receiving  an  education  to  prepare  him  for  the  ministry  among  his  country- 
men. I  trust  that  means  will  be  devised  for  accomplishing  his  wishes.  We 
ought  never  to  forget,  that  the  salvation  of  the  Gospel  is  designed  for  all  the 
human  race ;  and  that  the  same  mercy  which  applies  comfort  to  our  wounded 
consciences,  the  same  grace  which  purifies  and  soothes  our  corrupt  and  troubled 
hearts,  and  the  same  hope  of  immortaUty  which  fills  us  with  peace  and  joy, 
can  exert  their  benign  and  celestial  influence  on  the  humble  Indian. 

In  my  visitation  of  the  Diocese,  I  found  abundant  evidence  of  the  zeal  and 
fidelity  of  the  Clergy,  generally,  and  particularly  of  those  whose  labours  as 
missionaries,  have  been  so  much  blessed  in  the  extension  of  the  kingdom  of 
the  Redeemer.  Nor  was  I  less  gratified  with  the  many  honourable  testimoni- 
als afforded  of  the  solicitude  of  the  Laity  of  our  Church,  in  the  new  settlements, 
to  enjoy  her  ministrations,  evidenced  by  their  large  contributions  for  the  erection 
of  churches,  and  the  support  of  the  Clergy.  Both  these  objects,  in  many  places, 
are  accomplished,  principally  by  a  few  individuals.  In  every  instance  where 
new  churches  have  been  consecrated,  the  contributions  of  individuals  afforded 
the  strongest  evidence  of  their  liberality  and  zeal. 

In  reference  to  the  affairs  of  the  Diocese,  I  ought  to  mention,  with  high 
commendation,  the  pious  zeal  of  the  New  York  Protestant  Episcopal  Mission- 
ary Society,  constituted  in  aid  of  the  "  Committee  for  Propagating  the  Gospel," 
charged  with  the  business  of  missions.  But  for  the  meritorious  exertions  of 
the  members  of  that  institution,  we  should  have  been  unable  to  have  paid  the 
low  salaries  of  our  missionaries.  This  Society  has  contributed  for  this  purpose, 
for  the  past  year,  about  800  dollars. 

Eminent  good  has  been  done  by  the  Bible  and  Common  Prayer  Book  Societies. 
The  circulation  of  the  Prayer  Book  among  those  unacquainted  with  it,  has 
almost  invariably  tended  to  soften,  if  not  to  remove  prejudices,  and,  in  many 
instances,  to  produce  a  warm  attachment  to  it.  In  one  place,  a  well  organized 
and  respectable  Episcopal  congregation  subsists,  where  a  year  since  there  was 
not  an  Episcopal  family ;  and  many  of  the  persons  who  compose  it,  owe  either 


1818.]  OF   THE    DIOCESE    OF   NEW    YORK.  419 

their  first  serious  impressions,  or  the  confirmation  of  their  pious  principles  and 
hopes,  to  the  perusal  of  the  Prayer  Book  with  which  they  had  been  unac- 
quainted, and  which  was  put  into  their  hands. 

But  while  my  recent  visitation  of  the  Diocese  afforded  me  many  subjects  of 
gratification,  emotions  of  a  ditlerent  nature  were  frequently  excited.  I  often 
heard  earnest  calls  for  the  ministry  and  worship  of  our  Church,  which  could 
not  be  gratified.  And  I  saw  fields  ripe  for  the  harvest,  which  were  reaped  by 
others,  from  our  want  of  labourers  to  enter  on  the  work.  The  indispensable 
importance  of  a  Theological  Seminary,  and  of  provisions  for  missionaries, 
more  forcibly  than  ever  impressed  my  mind.  We  now  lose  many  young  men 
of  talents  and  piety,  from  our  want  of  the  means  of  aiding  them  in  their  prepa- 
ration for  the  ministry.  And  even  if  the  number  of  those  who  enter  the  min- 
istry of  our  Church,  were  not,  as  they  are,  greatly  inadequate  to  supply  all  the 
situations  where  their  labours  might  be  profitably  exerted,  a  Theological 
Institution  would  be  necessary,  as  the  best  and  the  only  effectual  means  of 
furnishing  our  candidates  for  orders,  with  those  acquirements  which  will  enable 
them  forcibly,  eloquently,  and  successfully  to  explain,  defend,  and  inculcate 
the  truths  of  religion.  Prosperous  in  many  respects,  as  is  our  Church  in  this 
Diocese,  her  prosperity  would  have  been  tenfold  greater,  if  we  had  enjoyed 
adequate  means  of  theological  education,  and  of  Missionary  support.  To  these 
objects  then,  my  brethren  of  the  Clergy  and  Laity,  let  me  direct  your  zealous 
efforts,  and  beseech  you  unceasmgly  to  direct  the  efforts  of  all  over  whom  you 
may  have  any  influence.  Your  Church  n^eds  all  your  affection,  all  your  zeal, 
and  all  your  pecuniary  means;  and  she  deserves  them  all.  In  promoting  the 
extension  of  this  pure  branch  of  the  Church  of  the  Redeemer,  you  will  best 
advance  the  glory  of  God  in  the  salvation  of  men ;  and  faithful  to  the  lessona 
of  evangelical  truth  which  our  Church  inculcates,  you  will  save  your  own 
souls,  while  you  contribute  your  part  in  the  most  exalted  work  of  benevolence, 
the  salvation  ol  the  souls  of  your  fellow-men.* 

JOHN  HENRY  HOBART. 
New  York,  October  21,  1818. 

The  Clergy  who  were  absent  from  the  last  Convention,  were 
called  on  for  the  reasons  of  their  absence,  which  were  severally 
accepted. 


The  Bishop,  from  "  the  Committee  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  for  Propagating  the  Gospel  in  the  State  of  New  York," 
presented  from  the  missionaries!  the  following  Report  : 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller,  Missionary  at  Rensselaerville,  and 
parts  adjacent,  reports  to  the  Bishop  as  follows : 

*  In  this  Address,  the  names  of  John  V.  E.  Thome,  Frederick  T.  Tiffany,  and 
William  B.  Thomis,  should  be  maerted  among  the  candidates  for  orders, 
t  For  the  list  of  missionaries,  see  the  Address  of  the  Bishop — p  416, 


420  JOURNALS   OF   THE   CONVENTIONS  [1818. 

The  last  year  has  been  devoted  principally  to  Rensselaerville 
and  Durham. 

In  the  month  of  January,  however,  I  visited  the  Episcopal 
congregation  at  New  Berlin,  Chenango  county,  and  performed 
Divine  service,  and  preached  one  evening  and  one  Sunday. 

I  then  proceeded  to  Lenox,  Madison  county,  and  officiated  to 
the  Episcopal  congregation  in  that  place  one  evening  and  one 
Sunday,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion  to  24  persons. 
This  society  consists  of  about  15  or  16  families  of  well  informed 
and  correct  Episcopalians.  In  the  service,  they  responded  with 
great  propriety,  their  singing  was  good,  and  they  exhibited  every 
appearance  of  rational  and  fervent  devotion. 

In  returning  from  Lenox,  I  officiated  one  evening  to  a  congre- 
gation of  Presbyterian  people  in  the  village  of  Peterborough,  in 
compliance  with  the  polite  invitation  of  their  clergyman. 

In  the  month  of  June  I  performed  Divine  service  and  preached 
in  the  Church  at  Milton,  Saratoga  county,  and  administered  the 
Communion  to  40  persons.  About  15  of  these  were  Presbyterian 
people,  who  united  with  the  Church  in  commemorating  the  d3dng 
love  of  our  common  Lord. 

In  the  month  of  July  I  officiated  one  Sunday  and  one  other  day, 
in  a  part  of  Middleburgh,  Schoharie  county. 

In  August  I  officiated  one  Sunday  at  Cairo,  Greene  county. 

In  October  I  spent  one  Sunday  at  Duanesburgh,  Schenectady 
county,  at  the  institution  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Bruce,  and  preached  one 
part  of  the  day. 

I  have  also  preached  at  two  funerals  at  Greeneville,  Greene 
county. 

Baptisms,  Rensselaerville,  4  children. 

Collections  for  the  Missionary  Fund. — Rensselaerville,  $4  34; 
Durham,  $2  20— $6  54. 

Collections  for  the  Bishop's  Fund. — Rensselaerville,  3  06. 

The  Rev.  Stephen  Jewett,  Missionary  at  Hampton,  Granville, 
and  parts  adjacent,  reports  to  the  Bishop  as  follows : 

During  about  three  months  of  the  past  year,  it  has  pleased 
Almighty  God  to  suspend  ray  labours  by  sickness.  At  this  time 
I  am  visited  with  a  return  of  the  same  complaint  (a  general 
debility)  with  which  I  was  afflicted  last  fall.  But  I  am  happy  in 
being  able  to  say,  the  present  attack  is  not  so  severe  as  the  former 
one.  I  have  not  been  able  this  year,  as  formerly,  to  do  much  out 
of  the  parishes  of  Hampton  and  Granville.  Affairs  in  these  two 
parishes  still  wear  a  promising  aspect. 

During  the  past  year  there  have  been, — baptisms,  adults  2, 
infants  11 — 13;  marriages,  3;  burials,  6;  added  to  the  commu- 
nion, 8 ;  diminution,  by  removal,  2. 


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I 

Had  I  been  able  to  have  officiated  two  Sundays  past,  there 
were  to  have  been  baptised  two  adults,  and  three  families  of  chil- 
dren, which  would  about  double  the  number  of  baptisms. 

The  Rev.  Henry  U.  Onderdonk,  Missionary  at  Canandaigua, 
and  parts  adjacent,  begs  leave  respectfully  to  report  to  the  Bishop 
his  proceedings  from  the  last  report,  up  to  February  5th,  1818, 
on  which  day  he  closed  his  missionary  duties,  and  took  charge  of 
the  church  at  Canandaigua  as  its  rector. 

Besides  holding  services  in  the  village  of  Canandaigua  regularly 
on  Sundays,  and  occasionally  on  week  days,  he  attended,  on  nearly 
every  Sunday,  a  third  service  in  the  west  part  of  the  town.  He 
also  officiated  at  Waterloo,  on  Sundays  twice ;  at  Pittsford,  on 
Sunday  once,  and  once  on  a  week  day ;  at  Victor,  on  Sunday 
once ;  and  at  Geneva,  one  Sunday,  in  exchange  with  the  Rev. 
0.  Clark. 

On  the  5th  of  February,  18  IS,  a  congregation  was  organized 
by  the  name  of"Zion  Church,  Pittsford  ;"  the  prospects  of  which 
are  favourable.  This  congregation,  and  that  at  Rochesterville, 
are  eligibly  situated  to  make  one  cure ;  and  although  both  in 
infancy,  they  conjointly  offer  a  competent  maintenance  to  a  cler- 
gyman. 

St.  Luke's,  Genesee  Falls,  {Rochesterville.)  Baptisim,  1 ; 
marriage,  1 ;  funeral,  1. 

Victor.     Baptism,  1. 

The  Rev.  Joshua  M.  Rogers,  Missionary  at  Turin,  Lewis  coimty, 
and  parts  adjacent,  reports  to  the  Bishop  as  follows : 

In  the  pleasing  prospect  of  raising  up  a  congregation  at  Turin, 
I  have,  during  the  last  year,  absented  myself  from  it  but  eight 
Sundays,  having,  in  the  summer  season,  frequently  performed  a 
third  service  in  the  neighbouring  towns. 

I  am  happy  to  state  that  my  labours  here  have  been  so  far 
crowned  with  success,  as  to  effect  the  building  of  a  church,  which, 
on  the  16th  of  August,  was  consecrated,  by  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop 
Hobart,  to  the  service  of  Almighty  God.  And  I  have  the  satis- 
faction of  seeing  a  respectable  congregation  assemble,  where,  not 
two  years  since,  only  two  Episcopal  families  resided. 

From  entire  ignorance  of  our  worship,  warm  prejudices  existed 
against  it,  but  these  are  fast  wearing  away. 

It  may  be  truly  observed,  that  St.  Paul's  Church,  at  Turin,  has 
been  erected  under  very  peculiar  disadvantages,  and  has  thus  far 
enjoyed,  in  an  eminent  degree,  the  blessing  of  God  ;  which,  toge- 
ther with  the  excellence  of  our  Liturgy,  we  have  reason  to  hope, 
will  promote  the  general  establishment  of  Episcopacy. 


422  JOURNALS   OF   THE   CONVENTIONS  [18 18. 

Communicants,  in  1817,  16,  added  since  3 — 19;  funeral,  1; 
marriage,  3 ;  baptisms,  14. 

The  Rev.  James  Thompson,  Missionary  in  Greene  and  Dela- 
ware counties,  reports  to  the  Bishop  as  follows : 

Since  the  last  Convention,  I  have  officiated  one-half  of  the  time 
at  Greeneville,  the  other  half  at  Windham  and  Lexington,  except 
four  Sundays  at  Cairo,  and  one  at  Humphrey ville ;  have  frequently 
preached  three  times  on  Sundays,  and  lectured  on  week  days ; 
have  attended  two  funerals,  baptised  nine  children,  and  married 
two  couple.  Five  have  been  added  to  the  communion  at  "Wind- 
ham; the  congregation  is  increasing,  and  zealous  in  religion. 
The  Bible  and  Common  Prayer  Book  Society  supply  all  who 
want  books.  The  building  of  the  new  church  at  Windham  has 
been  the  means  of  increasing  the  number  of  attendants  on  worship 
nearly  one-half  The  corner  stone  of  the  church  was  laid  about 
the  18th  of  June,  18 17.  It  was  finished  in  a  handsome  style  by 
the  8th  of  December  following;  and  was  consecrated  on  the 
26th  of  June  last.  I  preached  the  Missionary  and  Episcopal 
sermons. 

The  Rev.  Charles  W.  Hamilton,  Deacon,  Missionary  in  Wash- 
ington county,  and  parts  adjacent,  reports  to  the  Bishop  as  fol- 
lows: 

The  occurrences  of  my  mission  for  the  year  past  have  not  been 
of  any  considerable  importance.  My  residence  has  been  at  Sandy 
Hill,  and  my  time  has  been  principally  spent  there.  I  have  visited 
and  preached  at  Caldwell,  Whitehall,  Glen's  Falls,  and  Fort  Ed- 
ward. At  the  two  former  places,  I  have  administered  the  sacra- 
ment of  Baptism.  The  illness  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Jewett,  occasioned 
my  officiating  for  him  two  Sundays  in  the  churches  of  Hampton 
and  Granville.  In  discharging  the  duties  belonging  to  my  office 
and  appointment,  as  Minister  and  Missionary,  I  have  found  it 
expedient  to  preach  frequently  in  the  evening.  In  Sandy  Hill 
the  sacrament  of  Baptism  has  been  administered  to  two  infants. 
I  have  celebrated  three  marriages,  and  buried  four  persons  in  that 
vicinity.  A  change  has  taken  place  in  regard  to  the  communicants 
at  Sandy  Hill :  some  have  removed,  and  others  have  been  added. 
The  present  number  is  about  forty.  It  is  gratifying  to  observe 
that  this  communion  is  most  generally  enlarged  by  several  of 
other  denominations,  who  appear  to  participate  with  much  charity 
and  brotherly  kindness. 

The  people  at  Sandy  Hill  are  still  without  a  house  for  public 
worship.  It  is  their  united  and  ardent  wish  to  erect  a  building 
for  this  purpose,  but  their  means  are  confined;    and  without 


1818.]  OF    THE    DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  423 

assistance  foreign  to  their  own  pecuniary  strength,  they  never  can 
expect  to  attain  the  object  of  their  desires.  It  is  believed  by  tKe 
writer  of  this  report,  that  if  a  donation  was  granted  to  the  parish 
of  Sandy  Hill,  to  defray  the  expenses  of  a  church  building,  the 
interest  of  religion  generally,  and  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
communion  particularly,  would  be  very  considerably  promoted. 

The  Rev.  Russel  Wheeler,  officiating  Minister  and  Missionary 
at  Butternutts  and  Unadilla,  Otsego  county,  and  parts  adjacent, 
reports,  that  under  the  good  providence  of  God,  he  has  prosecuted 
the  great  object  of  his  mission  for  one  year  more,  and  has  the 
satisfaction  to  state,  with  considerable  success  to  the  interests  of 
the  Church. 

There  has  been  a  gradual  accession  to  the  congregations  under 
his  care.  Many  pious  members  have  been  added  to  the  commu- 
nion. If  I  have  done  good,  he  says,  in  any  year  of  my  missionary 
labours,  I  think  it  has  been  the  last.  In  a  number  of  instances  I 
have  received  visits  from  individuals,  who,  having  lived  "  w^ithout 
God  in  the  world,"  or  any  real  knowledge  of  the  Gospel  of  Jesus 
Christ,  have  earnestly  sought  information  in  relation  to  the  min- 
istry and  w^orship  of  the  Episcopal  Church.  A  growing  respect 
for  the  institutions  of  the  Gospel  has  been  very  apparent.  The 
friends  of  Episcopacy,  I  verily  think,  have  been  comforted,  anima- 
ted, and  strengthened  in  the  goodness  of  their  cause. 

I  noticed  in  my  last  annual  report  that  I  had  witnessed  a  re- 
newed ardour  for  the  interests  of  the  Church  within  the  limits  of 
the  congregation  of  Butternutts,  I  then  observed  that  ample 
provision  was  made  for  building  a  church  at  that  place.  It  is 
with  pleasure  that  I  have  announced  to  the  Bishop,  that  the 
building  will  be  ready  for  consecration  the  first  Sunday  in  No- 
vember. 

This  church,  which  is  of  stone,  67  feet  long  and  47  feet  wide, 
is  constructed  entirely  in  the  Gothic  order,  and,  I  trust,  will  rank 
with  some  of  the  first  country  churches  in  this  Diocese. 

When  communicating  this  fact,  which  is  very  interesting  to  me, 
I  am  not  insensible  to  the  higher  importance  which  the  Convention 
attaches  to  that  spiritual  edification  which  our  gracions  Lord  is 
pleased  to  promote  in  the  hearts  of  men.  I  therefore  write  with 
confidence,  that  this  congregation  is  growing  in  zeal,  "  in  grace, 
and  in  the  knowledge  of  our  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ." 
The  assemblies  of  the  people  are  more  full  and  solemn  than 
they  were  last  season. 

Baptisms,  20  ;  deaths,  4 ;  communicants,  about  100. 

The  congregation  of  Unadilla,  in  which  I  reside,  has  received 
a  greater  share  of  my  attention  than  the  congregation  of  Butter- 
nutts.    In  addition  to  the  services  of  the  Lord's  day,  I  have  given 


424  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1818. 

this  people  statedly  weekly  lectures.  I  have  visited  from  house 
to  house,  expostulating  with  some  at  their  unconcern  about  the 
salvation  of  their  souls,  and  animating  others  with  the  comforts  of 
the  pious  and  devout  life,  and  with  the  hopes  of  salvation. 

Baptisms,  10  ;  deaths,  6  ;  communicants,  about  60. 

I  have  visited  Church  societies  and  vacant  congregations  in  the 
counties  around  me,  and  have  administered  the  sacraments  of 
Baptism  and  the  Lord's  Supper  to  those  who  are  deprived  of  the 
stated  services  of  the  Church.  I  have  preached  at  Windsor, 
Broome  county  j  at  Masonville,  Franklin,  and  Sidney,  DelawBre 
county. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Nash  having  withdrawn  his  labours  from  the 
Church  at  Cooperstownj  in  the  month  of  September  I  visited  that 
congregation,  and  continued  there  and  in  its  vicinity  two  days. 

Notwithstanding  the  deprivations  and  fatigues  which  are  inse- 
parable from  the  missionary  cause,  there  is  a  reward  in  the 
thought,  that  blessed  are  those  who  with  warm  affection  become 
agents  in  promoting  and  advancing  the  prosperity  of  the  Church, 
and  the  interests  of  the  Redeemer's  kingdom. 

Baptisms  in  all  these  places,  not  including  Cooperstown,  12 ; 
communicants,  40. 

The  Rev.  Charles  Seabury,  Missionary  at  Huntington,  Islip, 
and  Setauket,  Suffolk  county,  reports  as  follows : 

This  mission  is  in  rather  a  growing  situation,  especially  Islip 
and  Huntington.  In  this  last  place  I  have  so  far  succeeded  as  to 
induce  a  wish  on  the  part  of  the  people  that  I  would  perform  Di- 
vine service  among  them  regularly  every  fourth  Sunday,  To  this 
I  have  assented. 

Setauket.  Baptism,  1 ,  funerals,  2 ;  marriages,  5.  Islip< 
Baptisms,  3 ;  marriages,  2.     Huntington.     Baptism,  1. 

Collection  for  Missionary  Fund,  at  Setauket,  $4  50o 

The  Rev.  Alanson  W.  Welton,  Missionary  in  Ontario  and  the 
adjacent  counties,  writes  to  the  Bishop  as  follows  : 

Since  the  date  of  my  last  report  I  have  spent  22  Sundays  in 
Richmond,  8  in  Buffalo,  12  in  Avon,  6  in  Le  Roy,  2  in  Batavia, 
one  in  Livonia,  and  one  in  Canandaigua,  (the  Sunday  of  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Onderdonk's  institution.)  Besides  these,  I  have  preached 
lectures  frequently,  and  sometimes  rode  from  one  to  another 
society  to  perform  a  third  service.  The  Church  increases  in  num- 
bers and  piety,  in  most  of  the  places  which  have  fallen  under  my 
missionary  charge.  What  we  have  to  regret  most  is,  that  the 
funds  of  the  Church  are  not  more  ample,  in  order  that  a  greater 
number  of  labourers  might  be  employed  in  this  part  of  the  vine- 


18 18.  J  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW    YORK.  425 

yard  of  our  Lord.  Many  friends  of  the  Church  are  settled  at  so 
great  a  distance  from  any  society,  that  they  have  not  the  means 
of  enjoying  her  ordinances.  Many  also  are  the  places  where 
churches  might  be  organized,  had  we  missionaries  to  supply  them. 
Until  we  have  more  missionaries,  it  will  doubtless  be  inexpedient 
to  organize  many  more  churches.  With  the  merciful  assistance 
of  God,  we  trust  our  number  will  be  increased. 

The  Rev.  Daniel  Nash,  Missionary  in  Otsego  county,  &c., 
reports  to  the  Bishop  as  follows ; 

I  have  visited  and  preached  in  different  places  in  Otsego  count^', 
and  in  the  counties  of  Chenango  and  Oneida.  Wherever  I  have 
officiated,  I  have  been  received  with  affection.  A  decent  if  not  a 
deep  attention  has  been  paid  to  the  word  spoken  ;  in  particular  at 
New  Berlin,  where  a  number  have  been  added  to  the  communion. 
I  look  forward  for  a  further  increase  in  that  place.  I  trust, 
thrQugh  the  blessing  of  God,  there  may  be  a  plentiful  harvest. 
The  congregation  appear  devout  and  solemn.  In  the  midst  of 
such  worshippers,  a  pious  person  must  feel  that  the  service  of  the 
Church  is  evangelical — that  is  a  pure  strain  of  devotion — that  it 
indeed  elevates  the  soul  to  heaven — and  that  they  are  all  with  one 
accord  joining  the  Church  triumphant  in  celebrating  the  praises 
of  Jehovah. 

Baptisms — At  Verona,  nine,  2  adults  and  7  children.  At  New 
Berlin  and  its  vicinity,  ten,  2  adults  and  8  children.  At  St.  John's, 
and  its  vicinity,  twenty-one,  6  adults  and  15  children.  At  Coopers- 
town  and  its  vicinity,  twenty-nine,  2  adults  and  27  children.  Among 
the  Oneida  Indians,  thirty-one,  3  adults  and  28  children.  In  all,  100. 

I  have  attended  10  marriages  and  6  funerals. 

Eighteen  have  been  added  to  the  communion. 

I  shall  expect  for  the  future  to  confine  ray  labours  principally 
to  New  Berlin,  St.  John's,  Otsego,  and  Verona,  in  the  county  of 
Oneida,  and  other  places  w^here  a  door  shall  be  opened  for  use- 
fulness. 

The  Rev.  Ezekiel  G.  Gear,  Deacon,  Missionary  in  Onondaga 
county,  and  parts  adjacent,  reports  to  the  Bishop  as  follows : 

During  the  last  year  I  have  performed  Divine  service  9  Sun- 
days at  Tully ;  2  Sundays  at  Lenox;  5  Sundays  at  Manlius,  since 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Clark's  removal  from  that  place;  2  Sundays  at 
Auburn,  in  exchange  with  the  Rev.  Mr.  Northrop.  The  rest  of 
my  time  has  been  confined  to  Onondaga,  in  consideration  of  the 
people  of  that  congregation  having  built  a  house  for  Divine  wor- 
ship. Since  the  administration  of  Confirmation  at  Onondaga, 
there  has  been  a  large  addition  to  the  communion.    I  am  happy 


426  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1818. 

to  State,  that  all  the  congregations  which  I  have  visited  are  in- 
creasing in  numbers,  piety,  and  zeal.  But  as  it  was  in  the  days 
of  our  Saviour,  the  field  is  extensive,  "  the ,  harvest  is  great,  but 
the  labourers  are  few."  Besides  performing  Divine  service  every 
Sunday,  I  have  preached  many  lectures  on  week  days,  in  various 
places.  I  have  been  twice  at  Eaton,  and  should  have  visited  there 
oftener,  were  not  the  distance  so  great. 

Baptisms,  infants  and  children,  35  ;  adults,  7  ;  marriages,  4  ; 
funerals,  3. 

I  cannot  close  this  report  without  mentioning,  that  great  praise 
is  due  to  the  people  of  Onondaga  for  their  exertions  and  pious 
liberality  in  building  a  neat  and  commodious  little  church. 

The  Rev.  George  H.  Norton,  Deacon,  Missionary  in  Ontario 
and  Seneca  counties,  writes  to  the  Bishop  as  follows : 

During  the  year  past,  I  have  officiated  at  Rochester,  Pittsfojd, 
Sodus  Bay,  Vienna,  Waterloo,  and  Auburn.  Since  the  month  of 
May,  my  time  has  been  pretty  much  divided  between  Vienna  and 
Waterloo.  The  former  place  is  a  flourishing  little  village,  situated 
about  four  miles  east  of  the  Clifton  Springs.  At  the  solicitation 
of  several  Episcopal  families,  who  reside  there  and  in  its  vicinity, 
the  services  of  our  Church  have  been  introduced  amongst  them, 
and  there  is  now  a  favourable  opportunity  of  raising  up  a  respect- 
able congregation.  In  effecting  this  object,  our  friends  at  the 
Springs  are  disposed  to  unite,  which,  I  doubt  not,  will  be  of  con- 
siderable benefit  to  their  little  society,  as  it  has  for  some  time  past 
been  in  a  very  languishing  state,  for  the  want  of  the  regular  minis- 
trations of  a  clergyman.  The  inhabitants  of  Vienna  seem  very 
generally  inclined  to  adopt  the  Episcopal  mode  of  worship,  and 
for  the  purpose  of  preserving  it  in  their  village,  have  been  making 
some  exertion,  and  will  probably  succeed,  in  employing  a  minister 
for  one-half  of  his  time. 

At  Waterloo  an  Episcopal  church  was  formed  nearly  a  year 
ago ;  and  though  attempts  have  been  made  to  impede  its  progress, 
I  am  happy  to  state  that  there  is  now  every  probability  of  its 
flourishing.  It  is  at  present  composed  of  about  twenty  famihes^ 
and  besides  these,  there  are  many  who  attend  very  constantly 
upon  our  services.  Throughout  the  congregation  there  prevails 
a  more  than  ordinary  attention  to  the  subject  of  religion,  and 
several  have  manifested  a  wish  to  come  forward  to  Baptism  and 
the  Lord's  Supper.  Both  of  these  ordinances  will  shortly  be  ad- 
ministered in  this  place.  A  liberal  distribution  of  the  Book  of 
Common  Prayer  has  been  attended  with  a  very  good  effect,  which 
is  discoverable  not  only  in  the  general  use  which  is  made  of  it  in 
the  time  of  Divine  service,  but  also  in  the  strong  attachment 


1818.]  OF    THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW    YORK.  427 

expressed  for  it  by  many  individuals,  who  are  able  to  date  the 
commencement  of  their  serious  concern  for  their  souls,  from  their 
first  acquaintance  with  this  truly  valuable  little  volume. 

Something  has  been  done  by  our  friends  in  this  village  for  the 
sudport  of  the  Gospel.  They  have  raised  a  sufficient  sum  to  secure 
to  them  the  services  of  a  clergyman  for  half  the  ensuing  year. 
In  another  season  it  is  to  be  hoped  still  more  will  be  effected  ; 
and  should  the  times  be  more  favourable,  the  period,  I  trust,  is  not 
very  distant,  when  they  will  be  enabled  to  erect  a  house  for  public 
worship. 

The  Rev.  Leverett  Bush,  Deacon,  Missionary  in  Chenango 
county,  and  parts  adjacent,  reports  to  the  Bishop  as  follows : 

I  visited  the  congregation  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Oxford,  on  the 
14th  of  July,  and  have  since  that  time  preached  regularly  on 
Sundays,  to  an  attentive  and  apparently  devout  auditory.  Owing 
to  the  little  time  that  I  have  had  the  charge  of  this  congregation, 
I  cannot  speak  confidently  of  their  state ;  but  many,  I  have  reason 
to  believe,  have  a  strong  attachment  to  the  doctrine  and  worship 
of  the  Church,  and  cherish  a  lively  sensibility  to  their  spiritual 
interest. 

During  my  residence  here,  I  have  performed  Divine  service 
once  in  Binghampton,  and  also  in  the  villages  of  Greene  and  Lysle, 
In  St.  Paul's  Church,  Oxford,  the  number  of  communicants  is  39, 
considerably  diminished  by  removals. 

Baptism,  1 ;  burials,  2. 


Agreeably  to  the  45th  canon  of  the  General  Convention,  the 
Clergy  rendered  the  following  Parochial  Reports : 

St.  Peter^s  Church,  Albany ;  the  Rev.  William  B.  Lacey, 
Minister. — Baptisms,  adult  1,  infants  19 — 20  ;  marriages,  5  ; 
funerals,  11;  communicants,  90. 

Since  the  last  Convention,  the  minister  of  this  church  has  offi- 
ciated as  missionary,  twenty-six  Sundays  in  St.  Paul's  Church, 
Oxford,  Chenango  county  ;  one  Sunday  in  Owego,  Broome  coun- 
ty ;  and  two  in  Norwich,  Chenango  county.  He  has  likewise 
performed  Divine  service,  on  week  days,  in  New  Berlin,  Bing- 
hampton, Ithaca,  Hamilton,  Eaton,  Lysle,  and  Bainbridge.  The 
churches  in  Chenango  county,  are,  through  Divine  goodness,  in  a 
flourishing  state. 

St.  Peter's  Church,  Waterville,  Delaware  county;*  the  Rev.  Da- 
♦  This  report  was  forwarded  to  the  Convention. 


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vid  Huntington,  Minister. — Baptisms,  adults  2,  infants  13 — 15  ; 
marriage,  1 ;  burials,  4 ;  communicants,  30. 

Since  the  first  Sunday  in  January  last,  the  service  of  the  Church 
has,  at  stated  periods,  been  performed  in  the  court-house  at  Delhi ; 
and  the  Holy  Communion  has  lately  been  celebrated  there.  A 
numerous  congregation  is  usually  present  at  the  worship ;  and 
gentlemen  of  the  highest  respectability,  and  most  extensive  influ- 
ence of  any  in  the  county,  although  hitherto  not  connected  with 
the  Church,  have  discovered  a  willingness  to  patronize  and  support 
it  in  that  place. 

St.  James'  Church,  Hyde  Park,  Dutchess  county  ;  the  Rev. 
David  Brown,  Deacon,  Minister. — Baptisms,  6  ;  marriage,  1 ; 
communicants,  70. 

Christ  Church,  Poughkecpsie,  Dutchess  county  ;*  the  Rev.  John 
Reed,  Rector.  —  Baptisms,  27;  marriages,  7;  families,  about 
100  ;  communicants,  120. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Redhook,  Dutchess  county;  the  Rev.  Henry 
Anthon,  Deacon,  Minister. — Baptisms,  13  ;  funerals,  2 ;  commu- 
nicants, added  7,  removed  4, — present  number,  28. 

The  corner  stone  of  the  church  was  laid  at  Redhook  in  July 
last.  The  building  is  now  enclosed,  and  it  is  hoped,  will  be  ready 
for  consecration  early  in  June  next.  In  compliance  with  the 
wishes  of  his  vestry,  and  of  certain  inhabitants  of  the  township  of 
North  East,  the  Minister  of  St.  Paul's  has  officiated,  since  last 
May,  nearly  one-half  of  his  time  near  the  village  of  Pine  Plams, 
in  that  township. 

Baptisms  at  the  Plains,  3 ;  funeral,  1. 

Trinity  Church,  Athens,  and  St.  Luke's  Church,  Cattskill, 
Greene  county  ;  the  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss,  Rector. — Baptisms, 
about  80 ;  marriages,  14 ;  communicants,  84 ;  funerals,  about 
18. 

St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn,  King's  county  ;  the  Rev.  Hugh 
Smith,  Deacon,  Minister. — Baptisms,  16 ;  marriages,  18  ;  fune- 
rals, 20;  communicants,  died  and  removed  9,  added  11,— present 
number  137. 

St.  John's  Church,  Johnstown,  Montgomery  county ;  (a  vacant 
parish.f ) — This  church  remains  about  the  same  as  reported  last 
year,  except  the  vacancy  occasioned  by  the  removal  of  the  Rev. 

*  This  report  was  forwarded  to  the  Convention. 

t  This  report  was  rendered  by  the  Wardens  and  Vestry  of  the  Farish. 


1818.]  OF  THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  429 

Eli  Wheeler.  Every  exertion  has  been  made  to  fill  that  vacancy ; 
and  it  is  confidently  hoped,  that,  through  the  assistance  of  Divine 
providence,  the  endeavours  to  that  effect  will  soon  be  crowned 
with  success. 

Christ  Church,  JVew  York  ;  the  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector. — 
Marriages,  30 ;  communicants,  about  300. 

French  Church  Du  St.  Esprit,  JVew  York  ;  the  Rev.  Henri  L. 
P.  F.  Peneveyre,  Rector. — Baptisms,  infants,  4 ;  marriages,  6  ; 
communicants,  20. 

The  services  of  the  Church  are  here  celebrated  in  the  French 
language. 

Grace  Church,  JVew  York  ;  the  Rev.  James  Montgomery, 
Rector. — Since  April  1,  1818,  when  the  present  rector  took 
charge  of  this  parish,  there  have  been, — baptisms,  infants,  16 ; 
marriages,  3 ;  communicants,  the  same  as  last  reported  viz., 
about  170  ;  burials — none  registered  ;  there  being  no  burial 
ground  attached  or  belonging  to  this  church. 

St.  George's  Church,  JVew  York  ;*  the  Rev.  James  Milnor, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  72 ;  marriages,  26 ;  communicants,  added  74, 
died  9,  removed  8, — present  number,  300. 

St.  James*  Church,  JVew  York ;  the  Rev.  Samuel  F,  Jarvis, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  2,  infants  2 — 4 ;  marriage,  1 ;  burials, 
none — there  being  no  cemetery  connected  with  this  church. 
Communicants,  not  included  in  the  reports  of  other  parishes,  nearly 
the  same  as  last  year,  three  having  been  since  added,  and  two 
removed. 

St.  J[Iark's  Church,  JVew  York  ;  the  Rev.  William  Creighton, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  16  ;  marriages,  6  j  communicants,  about 
100;  burials,  21. 

St.  JWichaePs  Church,  JVew  York  ;  the  Rev.  Samuel  F.  Jarvis, 
Minister. — Baptisms,  adults  2,  infants  17 — 19;  marriages,  3; 
burials,  7  ;  communicants,  (not  included  in  other  parochial  re- 
ports,) 27. 

Since  the  last  report,  the  person  suspended  from  the  commu- 
nion has  been  restored;  4  have  died,  7  removed,  and  9  been 
added. 

The  parish  school  connected  with  this  church  has  been  in  opera- 
tion one  year  and  a  half.      The  average  number  of  children 

*  This  report  was  forwarded  in  a  letter  to  the  Bishop,  stating  that  unavoidable 
abeence  from  the  city  prevented  the  attendance  of  the  rector  at  the  Convention. 


430  JOURNALS   OF   THE   CONVENTIONS  [1818. 

taught  during  the  year  ending  the  first  of  May  last,  was  38  per 
quarter. 

St.  Stephen's  Church,  JYew  York  ;  the  Rev.  Henry  J.  Feltus, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  124 ;  marriages,  46  j  communicants,  400. 

Trinity  Church,  with  St.  PauVs,  and  St.  John's  Chapels,  JVew 
York;  the  Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.  D.,  Rector. — Bap- 
tisms, adults  6,  children  191 — 197;  marriages,  35;  burials,  678; 
communicants,  between  7  and  800. 

St.  JohrCs  Church,  Canandaigua,  Ontario  county ;  the  Rev. 
Henry  U.  Onderdonk,  Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  6,  infants  20 — 
26  ;  marriages,  4 ;  funerals,  5 ;  communicants,  added  25,  died  2, 
removed  5, — present  number  42. 

1000  tracts  have  been  printed  from  the  commimion  fund  ;  and 
600  sermons  on  forms  of  prayer,  and  400  tracts,  from  individual 
contributions. 

The  rector  of  this  church  has  officiated  at  Waterloo,  Seneca 
county,  twice  on  Sundays ;  at  Utica,  Oneida  county,  once  on  a 
week  day ;  at  Rochesterville,  Ontario  county,  once  on  a  week 
day. 

Trinity  Church,  Geneva,  Ontario  county;*  the  Rev.  Orin  Clark, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  6,  infants  11 — 17  ;  marriages,  6  ; 
funerals,  7;  communicants  (9  added,)  50. 

St.  Andrew'' s  Church,  Coldenham,  Orange  county;*  the  Rev. 
Samuel  Phinney,  Minister. — The  present  minister  of  St.  Andrew's 
commenced  his  labours  in  that  parish  on  the  28th  of  June  last, 
since  which  time  there  have  been, — baptisms,  adult  1,  children 
6 — 7  ;  marriages,  2  ;  communicants,  40. 

The  zeal  manifested  in  attending  public  worship,  and  joining 
in  the  service,  is  such  as  to  be  highly  gratifying  to  the  friends  of 
religion.  A  society  has  been  formed  in  this  parish,  denominated 
the  Female  Bible  and  Common  Prayer  Book  Society  of  St.  An- 
drew's Church,  Orange  county. 

St.  James'  Church,  Goshen,  Orange  county  ;  the  Rev.  Richard 
F.  Cadle,  Deacon,  Minister. — Baptisms,  adult  1,  children  11 — 
12 ;  communicants,  20 ;  burials,  7. 

The  minister  of  this  church  officiated  in  St.  Andrew's  Church, 
Coldenham,  previously  to  the  settlement  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Phinney 
there,  one  Sunday,  baptised  one  infant,  and  married  a  couple.    He 

*  This  report  was  forwarded  to  the  Conveution. 


1818.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  431 

has  also  officiated  two  Sundays  in  Monticello,  Sullivan  county, 
where  he  baptised  three  children. 

St.  George's  Churchy  JVewhurgh,  Orange  county  ;  the  Rev. 
John  Brown,  Rector. — Baptisms,  adult  1,  children  13 — 14 ;  fami- 
lies, 45;  communicants,  added  14,  died  and  removed  6, — 
present  number,  44 ;  burials,  8. 

This  congregation,  by  much  labour  and  exertion,  have  nearly 
completed  an  edifice  for  public  worship.  It  will  be  ready  for 
consecration  early  next  summer. 

A  small  congregation  was  organized  last  April,  in  the  township 
of  New  Windsor,  by  the  name  of  St.  Thomas'  Church.  Though 
small  at  present,  it  promises  to  be  respectable. 

St.  George's  Churchy  Flushing,  Queen's  county ;  the  Rev. 
Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rector. — Baptisms,  32  ;  marriages,  11;  com- 
municants, 50 ;  burials,  5. 

St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead,  with  Christ  Chapel,  J^orth 
Hempstead,  Queen's  county ;  the  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector. — Bap- 
tisms, adults  6,  children  31 — 37;  marriages,  33;  communicants, 
130;  burials,  17. 

Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  Queen's  county  ;  the  Rev.  Gilbert  H. 
Sayres,  Minister. — Baptisms,  adults  2,  infants  11 — 13;  marriages, 
3  ;  communicants,  about  49. 

St.  James'  Church,  JVewtovm,  Queen's  county  ;  the  Rev.  Evan 
M.  Johnson,  Rector. — Baptisms,  adult  1,  children  14 — 15  ;  mar- 
riages, 4  ;  communicants,  60 ;  deaths,  4. 

Trinity  Church,  Lansingburgh,  Rensselaer  county,  and  Grace 
Church,  Waterford,  Saratoga  county  ;  the  Rev.  Parker  Adams, 
late  Rector. — Baptisms,  17  ;  marriages,  7 ;  communicants,  45 ; 
funerals,  4. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  Rensselaer  county  ;  the  Rev.  David 
Butler,  Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  7,  infants  28 — 35  ;  marriages, 
5;  communicants,  died  5,  removed  11, — ^present  number,  125. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  with  Trinity  Chapel,  Staten  Island; 
the  Rev.  David  Moore,  Rector. — Baptisms,  51;  marriages,  13; 
families,  400 ;  conmiunicants,  270 ;  funerals,  25. 

Christ^  Church,  Ballston  Spa,  Saratoga  county  ;*    the  Rev. 

*  This  report  was  forwarded  to  the  Convention. 


432  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1818- 

Joseph  Perry,  Rector. — Baptisms,  56 ;  marriages,  17  -,  communi- 
cants, 40 ;  funerals,  1 1. 

Since  the  last  report,  an  union  has  taken  place  between  the 
old  parish  in  Ballston  and  the  one  in  Ballston  Spa.  The  former 
have  very  generously  given  their  bell  and  organ,  and  the  materials 
of  their  church,  and  all  its  appurtenances.  With  this  aid,  and 
the  liberal  subscriptions  of  Episcopahans,  a  very  neat  and  com- 
modious church  has  been  erected  at  Ballston  Spa.  It  was  conse- 
crated in  August  last.  The  rector  (whose  whole  attention,  for 
the  year  past,  has  been  devoted  to  this  parish,)  is  happy  in  being 
able  to  state  that  the  church  has  been  unusually  well  attended, 
and  that  an  attachment  to  our  principles  and  worship  has  very 
considerably  increased. 

Christ  Church,  Duaneshurgh,  Schenectady  county  ;*  the  Rev. 
Nathaniel  F.  Bruce,  M.  D.,  Rector. — Baptisms,  4 ;  marriages,  2 ; 
communicants,  added  8,  died  1,  removed  1, — present  number,  22. 

It  is  with  great  satisfaction  the  rector  observes  a  gradually  in- 
creasing reverence  of  deportment  in  this  congregation  ;  a  more 
devout  and  general  attendance  on  the  solemnity  of  public  worship; 
and  a  growing  regard  for  the  ordinances. 

Agreeably  to  the  appointment  of  the  Bishop,  the  rector  of  this 
church  has  performed  Divine  service  and  preached  in  the  church 
at  Charlton,  Saratoga  county. 

St.  George's  Church,  Schenectady  ;  the  Rev.  Cyrus  Stebbins, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  36  ;  marriages,  24  ;  burials,  6 ;  communi- 
cants, removed  20,  died  1,  admitted  3, — present  number,  58. 

In  compliance  with  the  appointment  of  the  Bishop,  the  rector 
of  this  church  has  performed  Divine  service  and  preached  du- 
ring the  past  year,  one  Sunday  in  the  church  at  Charlton,  and 
one  at  Milton,  in  Saratoga  county. 

St.  Lawrence  county  ;*  the  Rev.  Amos  G.  Baldwin,  officiating 
Minister.-^-The  minister  at  present  officiating  in  this  county  resigned 
the  rectorship  of  Trinity  Church,  Utica,  Oneida  county,  in-mediately 
after  last  Whitsunday.  About  fifteen  persons  had  been  added  to 
the  communion  in  that  church,  since  his  last  report.  He  came 
into  St.  Lawrence  county  the  beginning  of  June,  and  found  exten- 
sive fields  for  labour.  Provision  was  immediately  made  for  his 
support  in  Waddington  and  Ogdensburgh,  In  Russell,  there  was 
expressed  a  most  gratifying  sohcitude  for  his  services.  On  Sun- 
days, he  has  officiated  alternately  at  Waddington  and  Ogdensburgh, 
except  one,  on  which  he  visited  Russell,  and  one  spent  abroad- 

•  This  report  was  forwarded  to  the  Convention. 


1818.]  OF   THE    DIOCESE    OF   NEW    YORK.  433 

He  has  also  officiated  on  week  days  in  Russell,  Canton,  Dekalb, 
Pierpont,  Parishville,  Hopkinton,  Potsdam,  Louisville,  Columbus, 
in  the  township  of  Madrid,  Lisbon,  Morrilltown,  Black  Lake,  and 
a  few  other  places ;  in  some  of  them,  several  times. 

St.  PaitVs  Church,  Waddington.  This  church  was  duly  organ- 
ized on  the  9th  inst.  Baptisms,  adult  1,  children  4 — 5  j  commu- 
nicants, (3  admitted,)  7. 

Ogdenshurgh.     Communicants,  (8  admitted,)  15. 

Russzll  and  its  vicinity.  Baptisms,  adults  5,  children  and 
infants  32 — 37;  communicants,  (20  admitted,)  21. 

Russell  is  regularly  visited,  and  the  prospects  of  the  Church 
there  are  encouraging. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  East  Chester,  West  Chester  county ;  the 
Rev.  Ravaud  Kearny,  Minister. — Baptisms,  adults  15,  children 
27 — 42;  marriage,  1;  burials,  9  ;  communicants,  added  21,  died 
3,  removed  5, — present  number,  61. 

The  minister  of  this  church  has,  agreeably  to  appointment, 
performed  Divine  service  at  Bedford  and  Northcastle,  and  fre- 
quently at  White  Plains,  and  in  its  vicinity. 

Trinity  Church,  JVew  Rochelle,  West  Chester  county ;  the  Rev. 
Theodosius  Bartow,  Rector. — Baptisms,  infants,  6  ;  marriages,  4; 
communicants,  20 ;  funerals,  3. 

Christ  Church,  Rye,  West  Chester  county  ;  the  Rev.  Samuel 
Haskell,  Rector.  — Baptisms,  13 ;  marriages,  8  ;  communicants, 
between  50  and  60  ;  burials,  8. 

The  rector  of  this  church  has,  within  the  past  year,  officiated  at 
Coldenham,  Orange  county,  three  times,  and  baptised  there,  two 
adults  and  four  children. 

St.  Peter'' s  Church,  West  Chester,  West  Chester  county  ;  the 
Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  D.  D.,  Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  2,  children 
9 — 11 ;  marriages,  4 ;  communicants,  about  30  ;  deaths  4. 

St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers,  West  Chester  county  ;  the  Rev. 
William  Powell,  Minister. — Baptisms,  adults  4,  children  13 — 17 ; 
marriages,  4 ;  funerals,  8 ;  communicants,  (five  having  left  the 
parish,)  47. 

The  church  has  been  lately  painted  and  repaired.  It  exhibits 
a  degree  of  taste  and  neatness  which  will  not  suffer  in  comparison 
"with  any  other  church  in  the  county.  The  congregation  is  nu- 
merous and  attentive;   and  there  is  a  fair  prospect  of  bavifig 


434 


JOURNALS  OF  THE   CONVENTIONS 


[1818. 


several  added  to  the  communion  in  a  short  time.  A  school  for 
the  instruction  of  people  of  colour  has  been  some  time  established, 
and  still  continues. 


Agreeably  to  a  standing  order  of  the  Convention,  the  Clergy 
rendered,  and  agreeably  to  a  resolution  of  the  Convention  of  1815, 
there  is  here  ptiblishsd  an  account  of  collections  for  the  Mission- 
ary and  Episcopal  Funds. 

MtBsionnry. 
$       CTS 

St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany,       .         .         .  .  48  52 

Trinity  Church,  Rensselaerville,  Albany  county,  .  4  34 

Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie,  Dutchess  county,  .  8  68 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Redhook,  Dutchess  county,  .  12  00 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Ticonderoga,  Essex  county,  . 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Durham,  Greene  county,  •  2  20 

Trinity  Church,  Windham,  Greene  county,  .  4  00 

St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn,  King's  county,  .  40  00 

Christ  Church,  New  York,         .         .         .  .  Ill  07 

French  Church  Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York,  .  .  53  38 

Grace  Church,  New  York,         .         .         .  .  192  38 

St.  George's  Church,  New  York,        .         .  .126  47 

St.  Mark's  Church,  New  York, .         .         .  .  33  65 
St.  Michael's  and  St.  James'  Churches,  New  York,  38  57 


Episcopal. 
$     CTS. 


3  06 

7  00 

8  20 

2  70 


St.  Stephen's  Church,  New  York,  .  .  .  70  51 
Trinity  Church,  New  York,  .  .  .  .  165  40 
St.  Paul's  Chapel,  New  York,  .  .  .  .11175 
St.  John's  Chapel,  New  York,  .  .  .  .8162 
Christ  Church,  Manlius,  Onondaga  county,  .       7  50 

St.  John's  Church,  Canandaigua,  Ontario  county,  20  20 
Trinity  Church,  Geneva,  Ontario  county,  .  .  3 1  16 
St.  James'  Church,  Goshen,  Orange  county,  .  9  12 
St.  George's  Church,  Newburgh,  Orange  county,  10  68 
Christ  Church,  Cooperstown,  Otsego  county,  .  6  00 
St.  George's  Church,  Flushing,  Queen's  county,  .  17  19 
St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead,  Queen's  county,  8  53 
Christ  Chapel,  North  Hempstead,  Queen's  county,  17  55 
Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  Queen's  county,    .         .     33  87 

Collected  last  year,  but  not  then 

reported,  .         .         .         .         .         .         .     29  16 

St.  James'  Church,  Newtown,  Queen's  county,  .  32  00 
St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  Rensselaer  county,  .  42  16 
St.  Andrew's  Church,  Richmond,  Richmond  county,  12  54 
Christ  Church,  Duanesburgh,  Schenectady  county,  5  00 
St.  George's  Church,  Schenectady,    .        .        .    31  04 


23  59 

36  00 

164  45 

96  83 

24  00 
26  21 

102  62 
84  00 
70  68 

10  60 

10  31 

8  57 


7  70 

11  16 
13  79 


16  19 
5  00 
5  00 

12  13 


1818.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  435 


CTS 


Epucop-el. 
tt      CT8. 

7  27 

3  50 

10  00 

928 
10  31 

Caroline  Church,  Setauket,  Suffolk  county,          .  4  50 
Zion  Church,  Sandy  Hill,  Washington  county,    . 
Trinity  Church,  New  Rochelle,  West  Chester  county,  9  80 

Christ  Church,  Rye,  West  Chester  county,  .         .  15  00 
St.  Peter's  Church,  West  Chester,  West  Chester 

county,     .         .         .         .         .         .         .  22    4 

St.  John's  Church,  Yonkers,  West  Chester  county,  33  33 

The  Treasurer  of  the  Convention  submitted  his  report,  from 
which  it  appeared  that  the  increase  of  the  Episcopal  Fund, 
during  the  past  year,  has  been  $1,720  15, 'and  that  its  present 
aggregate  amount  is  $17,814  53. 

Resolved,  That  the  Treasurer's  report  be  accepted. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  five  Trustees  be  appointed,  to  vi'hom  the  man- 
agement and  care  of  the  Fund  for  the  support  of  the  Episcopate 
in  this  Diocese  shall  be  entrusted ;  and  that  all  money  belonging 
to  the  said  Fund  shall  be  loaned  upon  real  security,  or  invested 
in  stock  of  the  United  States,  at  their  discretion ;  and  that  all 
such  securities  and  investments  shall,  in  future,  be  taken  or  made 
in  the  names  of  the  said  Trustees,  or  the  survivors  of  them,  ex- 
pressly in  trust,  as  part  of  the  said  Fund ;  and  that  a  statement 
of  the  said  Fund,  and  the  securities  for  the  same,  shall  be  exhibited 
at  every  stated  meeting  of  the  Convention,  signed  by  the  said 
Trustees,  or  a  majority  of  them ;  and  that  the  said  Trustees  shall 
hold  their  offices  during  the  pleasure  of  the  Convention,  who 
shall,  from  time  to  time,  supply  all  vacancies. 

Resolved,  That  Gerrit  H.  Van  Wagenen,  David  I.  Greene, 
Joshua  Jones,  Thomas  S.  Tovvnsend,  and  William  Johnson,  be 
the  Trustees  for  the  purposes  above  specified. 

On  motion. 

Resolved  unanimously,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Convention  be 
returned  to  their  late  Treasurer,  Mr.  Gerrit  H.  Van  Wagenen,  for 
his  long  and  faithful  services  in  that  office. 

The  Secretary  read  the  following  communication : 

To  the  Convention  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Chiirch 

in  tfie  State  of  New  York. 
Extracts  from  the  Journal  of  the  Proceedineis  of  the  Bishops,  Clergy,  and  Laity 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  in  the  United  States  of  America,  in  a 
General  Convention  held  in  the  city  of  New  York,  in  the  month  of  May, 
1817. 

"  House  of  Bishops,  Tuesday,  May  27. 
"  Resolved,  That  it  is  expedient  to  alter  the  first  article  of  the 
Constitution  of  this  Church,  so  far  as  it  fixes  the  time  of  the  meeting 


436  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1818. 

of  the  General  Convention  thereof,  by  striking  out  the  words — 
'  third  Tuesday  in  May,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1808,  and  on 
the  third  Tuesday  in  May;'  and  inserting  instead  thereof  the 
words — -first  Tuesday  in  October,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1823, 
and  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  October. 

"  Resolved,  That  in  conformity  with  the  9th  article  of  the  Con- 
stitution, the  Secretaries  of  this  Convention,  after  the  adjournment 
thereof,  make  known  the  proposed  alteration  to  the  several 
State  Conventions. 

"  Attested 

"BENJAMIN  T.  ONDERDONK,  Sec'yr 

"  House  of  Clericax  and  Lay  Deputies,  ) 
"  Tuesday,  May  27th.  j 

"  A  message  was  received  from  the  House  of  Bishops,  commu- 
nicating a  proposed  alteration  to  the  first  article  of  the  Constitu- 
tion, as  far  as  it  fixes  the  time  of  the  meeting  of  the  General 
Convention;  which  was  read,  and  concurred  in  by  this  House. 
"  Attested 

"  ASHBEL  BALDWIN,  Sec% 

"  Uou«e  of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies." 

The  following  gentlemen  were  elected  Delegates  to  the  General 
Convention  :* 

The  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  D.  D.,  the  Rev.  David  Butler,  the 
Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  the  Rev.  Benjamin  T.  Onderdonk ;  the  Hon. 
Rufus  King,  Dr.  John  Onderdonk,  Philip  S.  Van  Rensselaer,  Esq., 
Mr.  WiUiam  Ogden. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  elected  the  Standing  Committee 
of  this  Diocese : 

The  Rev.  William  Harris,  D.  D.,  the  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  the 
Rev.  Samuel  F.  Jarvis,  the  Rev.  James  Montgomery ;  Richard 
Harison,  Esq.,  Gen.  Matthew  Clarkson,  Mr.  William  Ogden,  Col. 
Nicholas  Fish. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  elected  "  The  Committee  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church  for  Propagating  the  Gospel  in  the 
State  of  New  York,"  of  which  the  Bishop  of  the  Diocese  is  ex- 
ojfficio.  President : 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  the  Rev.  Henry  J.  Feltus,  the  Rev. 
James  Montgomery ;  Mr.  Gerrit  H.  Van  Wagenen,  Dr.  John 
Onderdonk,  Thomas  L.  Ogden,  Esq. 

*  The  Rev.  Dr.  Harris  declined  a  re-election  as  Delegate  to  the  General  Conven- 
tion, stating  that  the  duties  of  his  office  in  Columbia  College  would  render  his 
alttendeince  at  the  Convention  impossible. 


18 18. J  OF   THE   DtOCESE    OF   NEW   YORK.  437 

Agreeably  to  a  canon  of  this  Diocese,  of  1806,  entitled  "  A 
Canon  providing  for  the  supply  of  vacant  parishes,*'  the  Bishop 
appointed  the  following  clerg;y'men  to  supply  the  parishes  annexed 
to  their  names  respectively,  at  such  times,  during  the  ensuing 
year,  as  they  may  deem  most  convenient  and  proper : 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Haskell,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Powell,  and  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Kearny,  the  vacant  parishes  in  West  Chester  county. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  John  Brown,  the  Rev.  Mr.  I*hmney,  and  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Cadle,  St.  John's  Church,  Monticello. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Reed,  the  Rev.  Mr.  David  Brown,  and  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Andrews,  the  vacant  parishes  in  Dutchess  and  Putnam  coun- 
ties. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Stebbins,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Perry,  and  the  Rev.  Mr. 
M'Cabe,  the  vacant  parishes  in  Saratoga  county. 

The  Convention  adjourned  sine  die. 

JOHN  HENRY  HOBART,  D.  D., 

Bishop  of  the  Diocese  of  New  York,  and  President  of  the  Convention. 

Attested, 
BENJAMIN  T.  ONDERDONK,  Secretary. 


APPENDIX. 


ADDRESS  OF  THE  CHIEFS 

OF  THE  ONEIDA  NATION  OF  INDIANS  IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 

To  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Hobart.* 

RIGHT  REV.  FATHER, 

We  salute  you  in  the  name  of  the  ever  adorable,  ever  blessed, 
and  ever  living  sovereign  Lord  of  the  universe ;  we  acknowledge 
this  great  and  almighty  Being  as  our  Creator,  Preserver,  and 
constant  Benefactor. 

RIGHT  REV.  rATHER, 

We  rejoice  that  we  now,  with  one  heart  and  mind,  would 
express  our  gratitude  and  thankfulness  to  our  great  and  venerable 
father,  for  the  favour  which  he  has  bestowed  upon  this  nation,  viz., 
in  sending  Brother  Williams  among  us,  to  instruct  us  in  the  religion 
of  the  blessed  Jesus.  W^hen  he  first  came  to  us,  we  hailed  him 
as  our  friend,  our  brother,  and  our  guide  in  spiritual  things ;  and 
he  shall  remain  in  our  hearts  and  minds  as  long  as  he  shall  teach 
us  of  the  ways  of  the  great  Spirit  above. 

*  See  page  417.    This  Address  was  written  by  a  young  Indian,  who  is  a  commu 
nicant  of  the  Church. 


438  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1818. 

RIGHT  REV.  FATHER, 

We  rejoice  to  say,  that  by  sendinpj  Brother  Williams  among 
us,  a  great  light  has  risen  upon  us :  we  see  now  that  the  Christian 
religion  is  intended  for'  the  good  of  the  Indians  as  well  as  the 
while  people ;  we  see  it,  and  do  feel  it,  that  the  religion  of  the 
Gospel  will  make  us  happy  in  this  and  in  the  world  to  come.  We 
now  profess  it  outwardly,  and  we  hope,  by  the  grace  of  God,  that 
some  of  us  have  embraced  it  inwardly.  May  it  ever  remain  in 
our  hearts,  and  we  be  enabled,  by  the  Spirit  of  the  eternal  One, 
to  practise  the  great  duties  which  it  points  out  to  us. 

RIGHT  REV.  FATHER, 

Agreeable  to  your  request  we  have  treated  our  brother  with 
that  attention  and  kindness  which  you  required  of  us ;  we  have 
assisted  him  all  that  w^as  in  our  power,  as  to  his  support :  but  you 
.know  well  that  we  are  poor  ourselves,  and  we  cannot  do  a  great 
deal.  Though  our  brother  has  lived  very  poor  since  he  came 
among  us,  but  he  is  patient,  and  makes  no  complaint :  we  pity 
him,  because  we  love  him  as  we  do  ourselves.  We  wish  to  do 
something  for  his  support ;  but  this  is  impossible  for  us  to  do  at 
present,  as  we  have  lately  raised  between  three  and  four  thousand 
dollars  to  enable  us  to  build  a  little  chapel. 

RIGHT  REV.  FATHER, 

We  entreat  and  beseech  you  not  to  neglect  us.  We  hope  the 
Christian  people  in  New  York  wmII  help  us  all  that  is  in  their 
power.  We  hope  our  brother  will  by  no  means  be  withdrawn 
from  us.  If  this  should  take  place,  the  cause  of  religion  will  die 
among  us ;  immorahty  and  wickedness  will  prevail. 

RIGHT  REV.  FATHER, 

As  the  head  and  father  of  the  holy  and  apostolic  Church  in  this 
State,  we  entreat  you  to  take  a  special  charge  of  us.  We  are 
ignorant,  we  are  poor,  and  need  your  assistance.  Come,  vener- 
able father,  and  visit  your  children,  and  warm  their  hearts  by 
your  presence,  in  the  things  which  belong  to  their  everlasting 
peace. 

May  the  great  Head  of  the  Church,  whom  you  serve,  be  with 
you,  and  His  blessing  ever  remain  with  you. 
We,  venerable  Father, 

Remain  your  dutiful  children, 

his 

HENDRICK  ><  SCHUYLER, 

mark, 
fail 

SILAS  X  ANONSENTE, 

mark. 

liig 

WILLIAM  X  TEHOIATATE, 

mark. 


1818.]  OP  THE   DIOCESE   OF  NEW   YORK.  439 


Oneida,  Jan.  19,  1818. 


DANIEL  X  PETERS, 

mark. 

NICHOLAS  X  GARAGONTIE, 

mark, 
his 

WILLIAM  X  SONAWENHESE, 

mark. 
hU 

MOSES  X  SCHUYLER, 

mark. 

HESTAHEL  X  PETERS, 

mark. 

WILLIAM  X  SCHUYLER, 

mark, 
his 

ABRAHAM  x  SCHUYLER, 

(nark, 
his 

STOFLE  X  SCHUYLER, 

mark. 

his 

HENDRICK  X  SCHUYLER,  jun., 

mark, 
his 

WILLIAM  X  TEWAGERATE. 

maz'x. 


THE  BISHOP'S  ANSWER. 

MY  CHILDREN,* 

I  have  received  your  letter  by  your  brother  and  teacher,  Eleazar 
Williams,  and  return  your  affectionate  and  Christian  salutation, 
praying  that  grace,  mercy,  and  peace,  from  God  the  Father,  and 
from  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  may  be  with  you. 

MY  CHILDREN, 

I  rejoice  to  hear  of  your  faith  in  the  one  living  and  true  God, 
and  in  His  Son  Jesus  Christ,  whom  He  has  sent,  whom  to  know 
is  life  eternal ;  and  I  pray  that,  by  the  Holy  Spirit  of  God,  you 
may  be  kept  steadfast  in  this  faith,  and  may  walk  worthy  of  Him 
who  hath  called  you  out  of  darkness  into  His  marvellous  light. 

MY  CHILDREN, 

It  is  true,  as  you  say,  that  the  Gospel  of  our  Lord  and  Saviour 
Jesus  Christ  is  intended  for  Indians  as  well  as  white  people. 

♦  This  is  the  appellation  with  which  the  ladians  expect  to  be  addressed  by  the 
Bishop. 


440  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [18 18. 

For  the  great  Father  of  all  hath  made  of  one  blood  all  the  nations 
of  the  earth  ;  and  hath  sent  his  Son  Jesus  Christ  to  teach  them 
all,  and  to  die  for  them  all,  that  they  may  be  redeemed  from  the 
power  or  sin,  and  brought  to  the  acknowledgment  of  the  truth, 
and  to  the  service  of  the  living  God. 

Mr  CHILDREN, 

It  is  true,  as  you  say,  that  the  religion  of  the  Gospel  will  make 
you  happy  in  this  world,  as  well  as  in  the  world  to  come ;  and  I 
join  in  your  prayer,  that  you  may  profess  it  inwardly  as  well  as 
outwardly ;  that  by  the  power  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  you  may  be 
transformed  by  the  renewing  of  your  minds,  and  acquire  the  holy 
tempers,  and  practise  the  holy  duties  which  the  Gospel  enjoins. 
And  for  this  purpose,  I  beseech  you  to  attend  to  the  instructions 
of  your  faithful  teacher  and  brother,  Eleazar  Williams ;  to  unite 
with  him  in  the  holy  prayers  of  our  apostolic  Church,  w^hich  he 
has  translated  into  your  own  language ;  to  listen  with  reverence 
to  the  Divine  word  which  he  reads  to  you ;  to  receive,  as  through 
grace  you  may  be  qualified,  and  may  have  an  opportunity,  the 
sacraments  and  ordinances  of  the  Church ;  and  at  all  times,  and 
in  all  places,  to  lift  up  your  hearts  in  supplication  to  the  Father 
of  your  spirits,  who  always  and  everywhere  hears  and  sees  you, 
for  pardon  and  grace,  to  comfort,  to  teach,  and  to  sanctify  you, 
through  your  Divine  Mediator,  Jesus  Christ. 

MY  CHILDREN, 

Let  me  exhort  you  diligently  to  labour  to  get  your  living  by 
cultivating  the  earth,  or  by  some  other  lawful  calling :  you  w4D 
thus  promote  your  worldly  comfort,  you  will  be  more  respected 
among  your  white  brethren,  and  more  united  and  strong  among 
yourselves.  And  when  you  are  thus  engaged,  you  will  be  saved 
from  many  temptations ;  and  you  will  prove  yourselves  to  be 
good  disciples  of  Him  who,  by  His  inspired  apostle,  has  enjoined, 
that  while  we  are  "  fervent  in  spirit"  we  be  "  not  slothful  in  busi- 
ness." 

MY  CHrLDREN, 

Continue  to  respect  and  love  your  brother  and  teacher,  Eleazar 
Williams,  and  to  treat  him  kindly  ;  for  he  loves  you,  and  is  desi- 
rous to  devote  himself  to  your  service,  that,  by  God's  grace,  he 
may  be  instrumental  in  making  you  happy  here  and  hereafter. 
It  is  my  wish  that  he  may  remain  with  you,  and  may  be  your 
spiritual  guide  and  instructor. 

MY  CHILDREN, 

I  rejoice  to  hear  that  your  brethren,  the  Onondagas,  are  desirous 
of  knowing  the  words  of  truth  and  salvation.  I  hope  you  will 
not  complain  if  your  teacher,  Eleazar  Williams,  sometimes  visits 


1818.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF    NEW    YORK.  441 

them,  to  lead  them  in  that  way  to  eternal  life,  from  God's  word, 
he  has  pointed  out  to  you.  Freely  you  have  received,  you  should 
freely  give;  and  being  made  partakers  of  the  grace  of  Goo  through 
Jesus  Christ,  you  should  be  desirous  that  all  your  red  brethren 
may  enjoy  the  same  precious  gift. 

MY  CHILDREN, 

It  is  my  purpose,  if  the  Lord  will,  to  come  and  see  you  the 
next  summer ;  and  I  hope  to  find  you  as  good  Christians,  denying 
ungodliness  and  worldly  lusts,  and  living  righteously,  soberly, 
and  godly  in  the  world.  I  shall  have  you  in  my  heart,  and  shall 
remember  you  in  my  prayers ;  for  you  are  part  of  my  charge,  of 
that  flock  from  whom  the  Son  of  God  gave  Himself  even  unto 
the  death  upon  the  cross,  and  whom  He  commanded  His  ministers 
to  seek  and  to  gather  into  His  fold,  that  through  Him,  they  might 
be  saved  for  ever. 

MY  CHILDREN, 

May  God  be  with  you,  and  bless  you. 

JOHN  HENRY  HOBART, 

Bisbop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State  of  New  Yo»k. 

Dated  at  New  York,  the  1st  day  of  Februar)%  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1818, 
and  in  the  seventh  year  of  my  consecration. 


THIRTY-FOURTH   CONVENTION. 


JOURIf  All 

OF   THE 

PROCEEDINGS 

OF  THE 

ANNUAL   CONVENTION 

OF 

THE  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH. 

IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW    YORK  ; 

MELD  IN  ST.  PETER'S  CHURCH,  IN  THE  CITY  OF  ALBANY, 

On  Tuesday,  Oct.  ISth,  and  Wednesday,  Oct.  20th,  A.  D.  1819. 


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WHO  COMPOSED  THE  CONVENTION. 
CLERGY. 

The  Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Dio- 
cese, and  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  including  St.  Paul's  and  St 
John's  Chapels,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Breintnall,  Rector  of  Zion  Church,  New 
York. 

The  Rev.  David  Brown,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church,  Hyde 
Park,  Dutchess  county. 

The  Rev.  John  Brown,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  New- 
burgh,  and  St.  Thomas'  Church,  New  Windsor,  Orange  county. 

The  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church, 
Flushing,  Queen's  county. 

The  Rev.  Leveret  Bush,  Deacon,  Missionary  at  Oxford,  Chenan- 
go county,  and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  David  Butler,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy, 
Rensselaer  county. 

The  Rev.  Richard  F.  Cadle,  Deacon,  Minister  of  St.  James' 
Church,  Goshen,  Orange  county. 

The  Rjev.  Orin  Clark,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Geneva, 
Ontario  county. 


1819.]  JOURNALS  OF   THE   CONTENTIONS,   ETC.  443 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller,  Missionary,  in  Albany  and  Greene 
counties. 

The  Rev.  Charles  W.  Hamilton,  Missionary  in  "Washington 
county,  and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev,  David  Huntington,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church, 
Delhi,  Delaware  county. 

The  Rev.  William  B.  Lacey,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 
Albany. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Daniel  M'Donald,  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  and 
Principal  of  the  Academy,  Fairfield,  Herkimer  county. 

The  Rev.  James  Milnor,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  James  Montgomery,  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  New 
York. 

The  Rev.  George  H.  Norton,  Missionary  in  Seneca  and  Ontario 
counties. 

The  Rev.  Benjamin  T.  Onderdonk,  an  Assistant  Minister  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Henry  U.  Onderdonk,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church, 
Canandaigua,  Ontario  county. 

The  Rev.  Henri  L.  P.  F.  Peneveyre,  Rector  of  the  French 
Church  Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Athens, 
and  St.  Luke's  Church,  Cattskill,  Greene  county. 

The  Rev.  Alexis  P.  Proal,  Deacon,  Minister  of  St.  John's 
Church,  Johnstown,  Montgomery  county. 

The  Rev.  John  Reed,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie, 
Dutchess  county. 

The  Rev.  Joshua  M.  Rogers,  Missionary  at  Turin,  Lewis  county, 
and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  Gilbert  H.  Sayres,  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  Jamaica, 
Queen's  county. 

The  Rev.  James  Thompson,  Missionary  in  Greene  and  Dela- 
ware counties. 

The  Rev.  George  Upfold,  M.  D.,  Deacon,  Minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  Lansingburgh,  Rensselaer  county,  and  Grace  Church, 
Waterford,  Saratoga  county. 

The  Rev.  Russel  Wheeler,  Rector  of  Zion  Church,  Butternutts, 
and  Missionary  in  other  parts  of  Otsego  county. 

LAY   DELEGATES. 

Albany  county. 

Albany,  St.  Peter's  Church,  Philip  S.  Van  Rensselaer,  James 
Gourly,  George  Upfold,  sen.,  William  A.  Duer,  Wm.  H.  Jephson. 


444  Journals  of  the  conventions  [1819- 

Columbia  county. 
Hudson,  Christ  Church,  Samuel  Borland,  James  Fleming. 

Dutchess  county. 
Hyde  Park,  St.  James'  Church,  Benjamin  Allen. 
Poughkeepsie,  Christ  Church,  William  B.  Thomas,  John  John- 
ston. 

Redhook,  St.  Paul's  Church,  John  W.  Wheeler. 

King's  county. 
Brooklyn,   St*  Ann's  Church,  John  H.  Moore. 

Montgomery  county. 
Johnstown,  St.  John's  Church,  Tobias  A.  Stoutenburgh,  Abra- 
ham Morrell. 

The  city  and  county  of  Kew  York. 
St.  Esprit,  William  Bayard,  jun. 
St.  George's  Church,  Gerrit  H.  Van  Wagenen. 
St.  James'  Church,  Gerardus  Clark,  Edmund  H.  Pendleton. 
St.  Mark's  Church,  Edward  Lyde. 
St.  Stephen's  Church,  Teunis  Bergh. 
Trinity  Church,  Richard  Harison,  Joshua  Jones. 
Zion  Church,  Alexander  Fink,  John  Heath,  Gilbert  Fowler, 
William  Tripler. 

Orange  county. 
Goshen,  St.  James'  Church,  John  Duer. 

Otsego  county. 
Butternutts,  Zion  Church,  Jacob  Morris. 

Rensselaer  county. 
Lansingburgh,  Trinity  Church,  Gerrit  Peebles. 
Troy,  St.  Paul's  Church,  David  Buel,  jun.,  Stephen  Warren. 

Saratoga  county. 
Ballston  Spa,  Christ  Church,  Philip  Ten  Eyck,  Epinetus  White. 
Waterford,  Grace  Church,  Guert  Van  Schoonhoven,  William 
Gates. 

Schenectady  county. 
Schenectady,  St.  George's  Church,  Alonzo  Potter. 

West  Chester  county. 
East  Chester,  St.  Paul's  Church,  Philemon  H.  Fowler. 


1819.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE    OF   NEW    YORK.  445 

The  following  Clergy,  not  members  of  the  Convention,  attende 
its  sittings : 

The  Rev.  Henry  Anthon,  Minister  of  St.  Paul's  Church, ' 
Redhook,  Dutchess  county. 

The  Rev.  Nathaniel  F.  Bruce,  M.D.,  Minister  of  St.  Paul's 
Church,  Charlton,  Saratoga  county. 

The   Rev.  Cyrus   Stebbins,  Minister  of  Christ  Church, 
Hudson,  Columbia  county. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Perry,  of  Connecticut. 


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The  following  Clergy,  members  of  the  Convention,  were  not 
present  at  this  session : 

The  Rev.  William  Berrian,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  C.  Brownell,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  an  Assistant 
Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  William  A.  Clark,  Missionary  at  Buffalo,  Niagara 
county,  and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  William  Creighton,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's  Church, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Henry  J.  Feltus,  Rector  of  St.  Stephen's  Church, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Ezekiel  G.  Gear,  Missionary  in  Onondaga  county, 
and  counties  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  William  Harris,  D.  D.,  President  of  Columbia  College, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Hemp- 
stead, Queen's  county. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Haskell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Rye,  West 
Chester  county. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  F.  Jarvis,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Stephen  Jewett,  Missionary  in  Washington  county. 

The  Rev.  Evan  M.  Johnson,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church, 
Newtown,  Queen's  county. 

The  Rev.  John  M'Vickar,  Professor  of  Rhetoric  and  Moral 
Philosophy,  in  Columbia  College,  New  York. 

The   Rev.   David   Moore,   Rector  of  St.  Andrew's   Church, 
including  Trinity  Chapel,  Staten  Island. 

The  Rev.  Daniel  Nash,  Missionary  in  Otsego  and  Chenango 
counties. 

The  Rev.  Amos  Pardee,  Missionary  at  Manlius,  Onondaga 
county,  and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  Charles  Seabury,  Rector  of  Caroline  Church,  Setauket, 
and  Missionary  to  Huntington  and  Islip,  Suffolk  county. 


446  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1819. 

The  Rev.  Henry  M.  Shaw,  Deacon,  Minister  of  Trinity  Church, 
Utica,  Oneida  county. 

The  Rev.  Lucius  Smith,  Deacon,  Minister  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 
Auburn,  Cayuga  county. 

The  Rev.  Alanson  W.  Welton,  Missionary  in  Ontario,  and 
adjacent  counties. 

The  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 
West  Chester,  West  Chester  county. 

Albany,  Tuesday,  October  19th,  1819. 

This  being  the  day  appointed  by  the  Constitution  of  the  Pro- 
testant Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of  Nev^r  York,  for  the 
meeting  of  the  annual  Convention  of  the  same,  several  Clergy  and 
Lay  Delegates  attended,  at  half-past  10  o'clock  a.m.,  in  St.  Peter's 
Church,  in  the  city  of  Albany,  which  had  been  appointed  by  the 
Bishop  as  the  place  of  meeting. 

Morning  Prayer  was  celebrated  by  the  Rev.  Daniel  M'Donald, 
Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  and  Principal  of  the  Academy,  Fair- 
field, Herkimer  county. 

The  Rev.  David  Butler,  in  the  absence  of  the  Bishop,  was 
appointed  President  pro  tern.,  and  the  Rev.  William  B.  Lacey,  in 
the  absence  of  the  Secretary,  Secretary  pro  tern. 

A  list  of  the  Clergy  entitled  to  seats  being  called  over,  agree- 
ably to  the  2d  canon  of  this  Diocese  of  1803,  the  following 
answered  to  their  names,  and  took  their  seats : 

The  Rev.  David  Brown,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church,  Hyde 
Park,  Dutchess  county ;  the  Rev.  David  Butler,  Rector  of  St. 
Paul's  Church,  Troy,  Rensselaer  county  ;  the  Rev.  Richard  F. 
Cadle,  Deacon,  Minister  of  St.  James'  Church,  Goshen,  Orange 
county ;  the  Rev.  Orin  Clark,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Geneva, 
Ontario  county  ;  the  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller,  Missionary  in  Albany 
and  Greene  counties;  the  Rev.  Charles  W.  Hamilton,  Missionary 
in  Washington  county,  and  parts  adjacent ;  the  Rev.  William  B. 
Lacey,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany ;  the  Rev.  Daniel 
M'Donald,  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  and  Principal  of  the 
Academy,  Fairfield,  Herkimer  county ;  the  Rev.  George  H.  Nor- 
ton, Missionary  in  Seneca  and  Ontario  counties  ;  the  Rev.  Henry 
U.  Onderdonk,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Canandaigua,  Ontario 
county ;  the  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church, 
Athens,  and  St.  Luke's  Church,  Cattskill,  Greene  county ;  the 
Rev.  Alexis  P.  Proal,  Deacon,  Minister  of  St.  John's  Church, 


1819.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  447 

Johnstown,  Montgomery  county;  the  Rev.  James  Thompson, 
Missionary  in  Greene  and  Delaware  counties ;  the  Rev.  George 
Upfold,  M.  D.,  Deacon,  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  Lansingburgh, 
Rensselaer  county,  and  Grace  Church,  Waterford,  Saratoga  coun- 
ty ;  the  Rev.  Russel  Wheeler,  Rector  of  Zion  Church,  Butter- 
nutts,  and  Missionary  in  other  parts  of  Otsego  county. 

The  following  Lay  Delegates  presented  certificates  of  their 
respective  appomtments,  which  were  approved,  and  they  accord- 
ingly took  their  seats : 

From  St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany,  Philip  S.  Van  Rensselaer, 
James  Gourly,  George  Upfold,  sen.,  William  A.  Duer,  William 
H.  Jeplison  ;  from  Christ  Church,  Hudson,  Columbia  county, 
Samuel  Borland,  James  Fleming  3  from  St.  James'  Church, 
Hyde  Park,  Dutchess  county,  Benjamin  Allen  ;  from  Christ 
Church,  Poughkeepsie,  Dutchess  county,  William  B.  Thomas ; 
from  St.  Paul's  Church,  Redhook,  Dutchess  county,  John  W. 
Wheeler;  from  St.  John's  Church,  Johnstown,  Montgomery 
county,  Tobias  A.  Stoutenburgh,  Abraham  Morrell ;  from  St. 
James'  Church,  Goshen,  Orange  county,  John  Duer ;  from  Zion 
Church,  Butternutts,  Otsego  county,  Jacob  Morris ;  from  St. 
Paul's  Church,  Troy,  Rensselaer  county,  David  Buel,  jun. ;  from 
Christ  Church,  Ballston  Spa,  Saratoga  county,  Philip  Ten  Eyck ; 
from  Grace  Church,  Waterford,  Saratoga  county,  Guert  Van 
Schoonhoven,  WiUiam  Gates;  from  St.  Paul's  Church,  East 
Chester,  West  Chester  county,  Philemon  H.  Fowler. 

The  Convention  adjourned  until  to-morrow  morning,  at  half- 
past  ten  o'clock. 

Wednesday,  October  20th. 

The  Convention  met  pursuant  to  adjournment ;  the  Right  Rev, 
John  H.  Hobart,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Diocese,  being  present 

Morning  Prayer  was  celebrated  by  the  Rev.  James  Milnor, 
D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  New  York;  and  a  Charge 
to  the  Clergy  delivered  by  the  Bishop  ;  who  afterwards  adminis- 
tered the  Holy  Communion. 

The  following  Clergy,  members  of  the  Convention,  not  present 
yesterday,  appeared,  and  took  their  seats : 

The  Rev.  John  Brown,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church, 
Newburgh,  and  St.  Thomas'  Church,  New  Windsor,  Orange 
county;  The  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rector  of  St.  George's 


448  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1819. 

Church,  Flushing,  Queen's  county ;  the  Rev.  Leveret  Bush,  Dea- 
con, Missionary  at  Oxford,  Chenango  county,  and  parts  adjacent ; 
the  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  New  York ; 
the  Rev.  James  Milnor,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church, 
Nev7  York  ;  the  Rev.  James  Montgomery,  Rector  of  Grace 
Church,  New  York ;  the  Rev.  Benjamin  T.  Onderdonk,  an  Assist- 
ant Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York ;  the  Rev.  Henri  L. 
P.  F.  Peneveyre,  Rector  of  the  French  Church  Du  St.  Esprit, 
New  York ;  the  Rev.  John  Reed,  Rector  of  Christ  Church, 
Poughkeepsie,  Dutchess  county ;  the  Rev.  Joshua  M.  Rogers, 
Missionary  at  Turin,  Levds  county,  and  parts  adjacent ;  the  Rev. 
Gilbert  H.  Sayres,  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  Queen's 
county. 

The  following  Lay  Delegates,  having  produced  testimonials 
of  their  respective  appointments,  which  were  approved,  took 
their  seats : 

From  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie,  Dutchess  county,  John 
Johnston ;  from  St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn,  King's  county,  John 
H.  Moore  ;  from  the  French  Church  Du  St.  Esprit,  New  York, 
William  Bayard,  jun. ;  from  St.  George's  Church,  New  York, 
Gerrit  H.  Van  Wagenen ;  from  St.  James'  Church,  New  York, 
Gerardiis  Clark,  Edmund  H.  Pendleton  ;  from  St.  Mark's  Church, 
New  York,  Edward  Lyde;  from  St.  Stephen's  Church,  New  York, 
Teunis  Bergh ;  from  Trinity  Church,  New  York,  Richard  Harison, 
Joshua  Jones  ;  from  Trinity  Church,  Lansingburgh,  Rensselaer 
county,  Gerrit  Peebles ;  from  St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  Rensselaer 
county,  Stephen  Warren  ;  from  Christ  Church,  Ballston  Spa, 
Saratoga  county,  Epinetus  White;  from  St.  George's  Church, 
Schenectady,  Schenectady  county,  Alonzo  Potter. 

Certificates  were  produced,  and  read,  of  the  incorporation  of 
St.  Michaels'  Church,  Geneseo,  Ontario  county ;  Zion  Church, 
New  York  ;*  Grace  Church,  Norway,  Herkimer  county ;  Christ 
Church,  North  Hempstead,  Queen's  county  ;  St.  John's  Church, 
Delhi,  Delaware  county ;  St.  John's  Church,  Canandaigua,  Onta- 
rio county  ;f  St.  Paul's  Church,  Waterloo,  Seneca  county;  and 
St.  Peter's  Church,  Verona,  Oneida  county ;  and  the  said  churches 
were  severally  received  into  union  with  this  Convention. 

Whereupon,  the  Rev.  Thomas  Breintnall,  having  been  regularly 
admitted  and  settled  as  rector  of  Zion  Church,  New  York ;  and 

•  The  former  corporation  of  this  name  having  been  legally  dissolved. 

X  Thia  parish  had  been  previously  received  into  union  v/ith  the  Convention,  and 
i  ts  rector  taken  his  seat  accordingly  ;  no  record,  however,  of  the  fact  of  reception 
appearing  on  the  minutes,  the  certificate  was  again  produced,  with  the  view  of 
having  it  now  made. 


1819.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  449 

the  Rev.  David  Huntington,  having  been  regularly  adnaitted  and 
settled  as  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Delhi,  Delaware  county  ; 
took  their  seats  as  members  of  the  Convention. 

A  certificate  was  produced,  and  approved,  of  the  appointment 
of  Alexander  Fink,  John  Heath,  Gilbert  Fowler,  and  William 
Tripler,  as  Lay  Delegates  from  Zion  Church,  New  York ;  and 
they  took  their  seats  accordingly. 

On  motion. 

Resolved,  That  clergymen  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church, 
who  may  be  in  the  city  of  Albany  during  the  session  of  the  Con- 
vention, and  are  not  members  thereof,  be  invited  to  attend  its 
sittings. 

Agreeably  to  this  resolution,  the  Rev.  Henry  Anthon,  Minister 
of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Redhook,  Dutchess  county;  the  Rev. 
Nathaniel  F.  Bruce,  M.  D.,  Minister  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Charl- 
ton, Saratoga  county ;  and  the  Rev.  Cyrus  Stebbins,  Minister 
of  Christ  Church,  Hudson,  Columbia  county,  of  this  Diocese ; 
and  the  Rev.  Joseph  Perry,  of  Connecticut,  took  their  seats. 

The  minutes  of  the  proceedings  yesterday  were  read,  and 
approved. 

The  Rev.  Benjamin  T.  Onderdonk  was  elected  Secretary  of 
the  Convention. 

The  Convention  adjourned  until  four  o'clock  this  afternoon. 

Four  o'clock,  P.  M. 

The  Convention  met  pursuant  to  adjournment. 

The  Clergy  now  present,  who  were  absent  from  the  last  Con- 
vention, were  called  on  for  their  excuses,  which  were  severally 
accepted. 

Agreeably  to  the  45th  canon  of  the  General  Convention,  the 
Right  Rev.  Bishop  Hobart  delivered  the  following  Address  : 

BRETHREN  OF  THE  CLERGY  AND  LAITY, 

Agreeably  to  the  requisition  of  the  canons  I  proceed  to  lay  before  you  the 
following  statement  of  my  proceedings  since  the  last  Annual  Convention. 

On  Friday,  the  23d  of  October  last,  in  Trinity  Church,  in  the  city  of  New 
York,  I  admitted  the  Rev.  Charles  W.  Hamilton,  Missionary,  and  the  Rev. 
David  Brovfn,  Minister  of  St.  James' Church,  Hyde  Park,  Deaconfi,  to  tfte 
holy  order  of  Priests. 


ii50  JOURNALS   OF   THE   CONTENTIONS  [1819. 

On  Sunday,  the  15th  of  November,  in  St.  John's  Chapel,  New  York,  John 
Toland,  of  the  Island  of  St.  Martin's ;  and  James  I.  Bowden,  of  the  city  of 
New  York  ;  were  admitted  to  the  holy  order  of  Deacons.  The  former  gentle- 
man, whom,  on  the  6th  of  December  following,  I  admitted  to  the  order  of 
Priests,  returned  to  the  Island  of  St.  Martin's,  where,  it  is  believed,  he  now 
officiates ;  and  the  latter  removed  to  the  Diocese  of  Maryland. 

On  Monday,  the  16th  of  November,  the  church  erected  on  the  site  of  Zion 
Church,  which  had  been  consumed  by  fire,  was  consecrated  by  the  same  name. 
It  has  been  erected  principally  by  the  exertions  and  on  the  responsibility  of  a 
very  few  individuals,  who,  in  this  instance,  have  evidenced  a  zeal  and  liber- 
ality for  which  they  deserve  high  commendation,  and  which  is  worthy  of 
genera]  imitation. 

On  Friday,  the  20th  of  the  same  month,  I  consecrated  the  new  church 
erected  at  Binghampton,  (Chenango  Point)  Broome  county,  by  the  name  of 
Christ  Church ;  and  on  the  Sunday  following,  the  new  church  in  Butternutts, 
Otsego  county,  by  the  name  of  Zion  Church.  The  former  is  a  neat  wooden 
building;  and  the  latter  a  large  and  substantial  stone  edifice,  finished  in  the 
Gothic  order  of  architecture,  with  much  neatness  and  elegance.  The  zeal  and 
liberality  displayed  in  the  erection  of  both  these  churches  are  worthy  of  much 
commendation. 

In  the  church  at  Butternutts,  I  also  admitted  the  Rev.  George  H.  Norton, 
Missionary,  Deacon,  to  the  holy  order  of  Priests.  On  the  21st  of  December, 
in  Grace  Church,  New  York,  JohnV.  E.  Thorn,  and  William  Richmond,  were 
admitted  Daacons.  Both  these  gentlemen  have  since  removed,  by  letters  dis- 
missory  from  me,  to  the  Diocese  of  Pennsylvania. 

On  the  12th  of  January,  1819,  in  Trinity  Church,  New  York,  Lucius  Smith, 
of  Connecticut,  was  admitted  to  the  order  of  Deacons,  and  soon  after  went  to 
Auburn,  in  this  State,  where  he  at  present  officiates. 

On  Thursday,  the  11th  of  February,  in  St.  James'  Church,  Philadelphia,  I 
assisted  at  the  consecration  of  the  Rev.  Philander  Chase,  to  the  holy  office  of 
Bishop,  to  act  as  Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  State  of 
Ohio.  This  event,  which  affords  the  prospect  of  the  extension  of  the  apostohc 
ministry  and  services  of  our  Church  in  the  western  States,  where  there  are  so 
many  of  its  members  who  have  long  earnestly  sought  to  enjoy  them,  must  be 
gratifying  to  the  Church  at  large. 

Confirmations  have  been  administered,  principally  during  the  season  of 
Lent,  in  the  city  of  New  York,  in  Trinity  Church  and  its  Chapels,  St.  Paul's 
and  St.  John's;  in  Christ  Church,  Grace  Church,  St.  George's  Church,  St. 
Mark's  Church,  St.  Stephen's  Church,  and  Zion  Church. 

The  numbers  confirmed  were  as  follows :  Trinity  Church,  55 ;  St.  Paul's 
Chapel,  95 ;  St.  John's  Chapel,  116.  Total  in  the  parish  of  Trinity  Church, 
266.  St.  George's  Church,  145;  Christ  Church,  86;  Grace  Church,  50 ;  St 
Mark's,  34;  St.  Stephen's,  130;  Zion  Church,  78. 

On  the  27th  of  May,  the  new  church  erected  at  Redhook  was  consecrated 
py  the  name  of  St.  Paul's  Church ;  and,  at  the  same  time,  I  admitted  its  offi- 


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1819.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK  451 

ciating  minister,  the  Rev.  Henry  Anthon,  Deacon,  to  the  order  of  Priests  The 
congregation  at  Redhook  have  been  recently  organized,  and  have  manifested 
much  zeal  in  the  erection  of  their  building  for  worship,  and  have  prospered 
under  the  assiduous  labours  of  their  minister. 

In  the  month  of  May,  I  visited  St.  George's  Church,  Flushing,  and  confirmed 
30  persons ;  and  in  June  I  visited  St.  James',  Newtown,  and  confirmed  30 
persons. 

In  the  month  of  June,  I  attended  the  meeting  of  the  Convention  of  the 
State  of  Connecticut,  and  admitted  Joseph  M.  Gilbert  to  the  order  of  Deacons. 
At  this  time,  the  Rev.  Thomas  C.  Brownell,  one  of  the  Assistant  Ministers  of 
Trinity  Church,  in  the  city  of  New  York,  was  elected  to  the  office  of  Bishop. 
The  ensuing  week  I  expect,  with  the  Bishops  of  the  Church  in  the  Eastern 
Diocese,  and  in  New  Jersey,  to  assist  our  venerable  Presiding  Bishop,  the 
Bishop  of  the  Church  in  Pennsylvania,  at  the  consecration  of  Dr.  Brownell,  in 
the  city  of  New  Haven.  After  which,  my  connexion  with  the  Diocese  of 
Connecticut,  of  which  I  have  had  the  provisional  charge  for  some  years  past, 
and  which,  from  the  uniform  attentions  which  I  have  there  received,  and 
particularly  from  the  numerous  evidences  of  the  attachment  of  its  Clergy  and 
Laity  to  the  distinguishing  principles  of  our  apostolic  Church,  has  been  a  source 
of  high  gratification  to  me,  will  cease ;  and  I  shall  resign  my  temporary  charge 
to  Dr.  Brownell,  with  every  prospect,  from  his  character  and  talents,  of  his 
great  usefulness.  It  is  due  to  that  Diocese  to  state,  that  agreeably  to  the  pro- 
visions of  the  canon  they  made  the  most  ample  provision  for  my  expenses. 

In  a  subsequent  visit  to  Connecticut,  in  the  month  of  August,  I  consecrated 
St.  Matthew's  Church,  Wilton ;  which,  in  arrangements  of  the  interior  partic- 
ularly exhibits  great  neatness  and  convenience ;  and  in  St.  Peter's  Church, 
Plymouth,  I  admitted  the  Rev.|RodneyRossetter,  Deacon,  to  the  holy  order  of 
Priests. 

On  the  3d  of  July  last,  [  consecrated  the  new  church  of  St.  Philip's  in 
Collect  Street,  New  York,  designed  for  the  use  of  the  coloured  people  of  our 
Church  in  that  city.     To  its  erection  they  contributed  largely  in  proportion  to 
their  means,  and  the  trustees  were  unwearied  in  their  exertions  to  obtain  the 
contributions  of  others,  ahd  in  their  attention  to  the  building  while  it  was 
erecting,  in  which  their  own  mechanics  principally  were  employed,  and  which 
they  have  finished  with  judgment  and  taste.     I  have  since  officiated  in  that 
church  to  a  congregation  of  coloured  people,  who  were  remarkably  orderly  and 
devout  in  the  performance  of  the  service.    They  statedly  assemble  there ;  and 
their  devotions,  except  when  the  Clergy  occasionally  officiate,  are  conducted  hy  , 
Peter  WilUams,  jun.,  a  coloured  man,  who,  for  some  years,  under  mydirectionv* 
has  acted  as  a  Lay  Reader  and  Catechist  among-them ;  and  who,  on  the  recom- 
mendation  of  the  Standing.  Committee,  has  been  recently  admitted  by  me  as 
candidate  for  Orders.     Every  measure  relative  to  provision  for  accommodati' 
the  coloured  people  with  public  worship  and  religious  instruction  has  b 
pursued  and  will  continue  to  be  pursued,  with  great  caution  and  delibera^ 
But  the  prospect  that  a  numerous  class  of  people  belonging  to  our  Chi 


452  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [18 19. 

who  have  not  hitherto  enjoyed  in  their  full  extent|the  advantages  of  public  vror- 
ship  and  religious  instruction,  will  be  furnished  with  them  under  the  most  advan- 
tageous circumstances,  must  give  pleasure  to  every  pious  and  benevolent  mind. 
On  the  18th  of  July,  in  Zion  Church,  in  the  city  of  New  York,  I  admitted 
the  Rev.  Thomas  Breintnall,  Deacon,  from  the  Diocese  of  Pennsylvania,  the 
officiating  minister  of  that  church,  to  the  order  of  Priests.  It  gives  me  pleasure 
to  slate,  that  this  congregation,  which  were  considerably  dispersed  by  the 
calamitous  event  which  destroyed  their  church,  have  generally  returned  to 
their  new  and  commodious  edifice,  and  have  received  an  accession  of  numbers. 
On  Sunday,  the  29th  of  August,  I  visited  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie,  and 
administered  Confirmation  to  32  persons;  and  the  next  day,  at  St.  James' 
Church,  Hyde  Park,  to  29  persons. 

In  the  month  of  September,  I  visited  and  preached  in  the  following  churches, 
and  performed  the  following  Episcopal  duties: — On  Thursday,  the  2d,  I  conse- 
crated St.  Peter's  Church,  Watei-ville,  and  administered  Confirmation  to  44 
persons.     This  church,  though  erected  some  years  since,  was  left  in  an 
unfinished  state,  and  has  been  recently  completed.     The  following  day,  the 
3d,  I  visited  Trinity  Church,  Rensselaerville,  and  administered  Confirmation  to 
seven  persons;  Sunday,  the  5th,  St.  Peter's  Chuich,  Albany,  and  Confirmed 
130  persons;  and  the  next  day  instituted  the  Rev.  William  B.  Lacey  into  the 
Rectorship  of  that  Church;  and  preached  in  St.  Paul's,  Troy;  where,  on  the 
following  day,  the  7th,  I  administered  Confirmation  to  43  persons.  On  Wednes- 
day morning,  the  8th,  Trinity  Church,  Lansingburgh,  and  preached ;  and  in  the 
afternoon  administered  Confirmation  in  the  church  at  Waterford  to  9  persons. 
On  Thursday  the  9th,  I  visited  the  church  at  Stillwater,  and  administered  Con- 
firmation to  3  persons.     On  Saturday,  the  11th,  1  preached  to  the  congregation 
at  Sandy  Hill,  Washington  county.    On  Sunday,  the  12th,  at  Trinity  Church, 
Granville,  in  the  same  county,  and  administered  Confirmation,  to  23  persons. 
And  on  Monday,  the  13th,  I  preached  in  Christ  Church,  Hampton.  On  the  fol- 
lowing day  I  returned  to  Sandy  Hill  and  administered  Confirmation  to  15  persons. 
On  Friday,  the  17th,  I  visited  St.  John's  Church,  Johnstown,  and  confirmed 
34  persons;  on  Sunday,  the  19th,  Trinity  Church,  ¥tica,  and  confirmed  23 
persons;  on  Monday,  the  20th,  St.  Paul's  Church,  Paris,  and  consecrated  the 
building  recently  erected  there,  and  confirmed  79  persons.    On  Tuesday,  the 
2l8t,  I  performed  the  interesting  solemnities  of  consecrating,  by  the  name  of 
St.  Peter's  Church,  the  chapel  erected  for  the  use  of  the  Indians,  at  Oneida 
Castle,  and  of  confirming  56  Indians,  who  had  been  prepared  for  that  holy 
ordinance  by  their  instructor,  Mr.  Eleazar  Wdliams.     On  the  following  day, 
I  visited  a  recently  organized  congregation  at  Smithfield,  in  the  town  of  Lenox, 
and. administered  Confirmation  to  eight  persons ;  in  the  evening  of  that  day  I 
preached  in  Christ  Church,  Manlius ;  Confirmation  having  been  administered 
there  the  preceding  year.    On  the  23d,  I  visited  the  congregation  at  Tuliy  and 
Preble,  and  confirmed  7  persons;  on  the  25th,  the  church  at  New  Berhn,  and 
confirmed  19  persons;  on  Sunday,  the  26th,  the  church  at  Oxford, and  admin- 
istered Confirmation  to  20  persona;  on  the  28th,  Trinity  Church,  Athens,  and 


^819.]  fOF   THE    DIOCESE    OF   NEW   YORK.  453 

administered  Confirmation  to  11   persons;   on  the  29th,  St.  Luke's  Church, 
Cattskill,  and  administered  Confirmation  to  33  persons. 

The  total  number  confirmed  in  the  past  year  amounts  to  1474. 

On  the  16th  of  the  present  month,  I  instituted  the  Rev.  Thomas  Breintnall 
into  the  Rectorship  of  Zion  Church,  in  the  city  of  New  York ;  and  on  Monday, 
the  18th,  admitted  the  Rev.  Hugh  Smith,  Deacon,  into  the  holy  order  of  Priests. 

In  addition  to  those  already  noticed,  there  have  been,  in  the  past  year,  the 
following  institutions :.— The  Rev.  Russel  Wheeler,  into  the  Rector.ship  of  Zion 
Church,  Butternutts,  he  having  continued  to  officiate  as  missionary  in  the 
church  at  Unadilla,  and  in  other  congregations ;  the  Rev.  David  Brown,  into 
the  Rectorship  of  St.  James' Church,  Hyde  Park,  Dutchess  county ;  and  the 
Rev.  Gilbert  H.  Sayres,  into  the  Rectorship  of  Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  Queen's 
county. 

In  addition  to  those  already  mentioned,  the  following  changes  are  to  be 
noted : — The  Rev.  George  B.  Andrews  has  removed  into  the  Diocese  of  Con- 
necticut, though  he  occasionally  officiates  to  the  congregation  at  Patterson,  in 
Putnam  county;  the  Rev.  James  W.  Eastbum,  Deacon,  has  removed,  by 
letters  dismissory  from  me,  to  the  Diocese  of  Virginia;  the  Rev.  Nathaniel  F. 
Bruce,  M.  D.,  htis  resigned  the  Rectorship  of  the  church  at  Duanesburgh,  and 
taken  charge  for  the  present  of  that  at  Charlton ;  the  Rev.  Samuel  F.  Jarvis, 
D.  D.,  has  resigned  the  charge  of  St.  Michael's,  Bloomingdale ;  the  Rev. 
Charles  M'Cabe,  Deacon,  officiates  at  the  church  at  Milton ;  and  the  Rev. 
John  Grigg,  jun..  Deacon,  has  been  officiating  in  the  church  at  Ballston  Spa, 
the  Rectorship  of  which  church  the  Rev.  Joseph  Perry  has  resigned,  and 
removed  into  the  Diocese  of  Connecticut ;  the  Rev.  William  Powell  has  dis- 
continued his  services  as  minister  of  the  church  at  Yonkers,  and  confines  him-  * 
self  to  the  charge  of  a  private  seminary  at  Bloomingdale  ;  the  Rev.  Cyrus 
Stebbins  has  resigned  the  Rectorship  of  St.  George's  Church,  Schenectady,  and 
taken  charge  of  the  church  at  Hudson;  the  Rev.  Alexis  P.  Proal,  Deacon, 
officiates  at  St.  John's  Church,  Johnstown;  and  the  Rev.  George  Upfold,  M.D., 
Deacon,  officiates  at  the  churches  at  Lansingburgh  and  Waterford ;  the  Rev. 
William  H.  Northrop,  Deacon,  who,  on  account  of  ill  health  relinquished  the 
charge  of  the  church  at  Auburn,  and,  in  hope  of  regaining  his  health,  went  to 
Charleston,  South  Carolina,  has  since  departed  this  life.  The  very  amiable 
character  of  this  young  clergyman,  who  united  soundness  of  principles  with 
respectable  talents,  and  great  zeal  in  the  discharge  of  his  duty,  renders  his 
death  a  subject  of  great  regret. 

Thomas  Y.  How,  a  suspended  presbyter,  for  charges  affecting  his  moral 
character,  to  which  he  plead  guilty,  has  been  degraded  by  me  from  the  ministry. 

The  following  are  candidates  for  orders: — Deodatus  Babcock,  James  P.  Cot- 
ter, James  P.  F.  Clarke,  William  H.  De  Lancey,  Frederick  T.  Tiflfany,  William 
B.  Thomas,  George  W.  Doane,  Moses  Burt,  G.  M.  Robison,' Eleazar  Williams, 
Ezra  B.  Kellogg,  John  Garfield,  William  Jarvis,  William  Thompson,  Richard 
Bury,  Lawson  Carter,  Benjamin  Dorr,  Peter  Williams,  jun.,  Benjamin  P.  Ay- 
delot,  M.  D.,  William  L.  Johnson,  Alonzo  Potter. 


454  JOURNALS   OF   THE   CONVENTIONS  [1819. 

The  importance  of  Missionary  labours,  and  the  zeal  and  fidelity  with  which 
our  Missionaries  discharge  their  arduous  duties,  cannot  be  too  highly  appre- 
ciated. To  those  labours  we  are  indebted,  under  the  Divine  blessing,  for  the 
organization  of  many  new  congregations  in  various  parts  of  the  State.  I 
lament,  however,  to  say,  that  the  Missionary  Fund  does  not  admit  of  our 
sending  Missionaries  to  many  situations  where  their  labours  are  earnestly 
desired,  and  would  be  eminently  useful ;  and  thus  many  ojjportunities  are  lost 
of  establishing  congregations  of  our  Church.  In  my  visitations  of  the  Diocese, 
I  have  seen  many  places  "  white  unto  the  harvest,"  but  there  were  no  labour- 
ers to  "  put  in  the  sickle."  I  have  had  my  feelings  often  awakened  by  the 
anxious  inquiry  of  those  who,  from  the  paucity  of  their  numbers,  and  the 
inadequacy  of  their  means,  are  unable  to  procure  the  ministrations  of  the  word 
and  ordinances — Can  you  not  supply  us  with  Missionary  services,  and  thus 
establish  among  us  the  Church  to  which  we  are  attached.' — And  I  have 
been  compelled  to  depress  their  earnest  desires  by  an  answer  in  the  negative. 

The  stipend  allowed  to  each  Missionary  for  the  last  year  was  only  $175; 
the  remainder  of  their  support  depending  on  the  contributions  of  the  congrega- 
tions among  whom  they  officiate.  The  Missionary  Fund,  which  is  under  the 
direction  of  the  Bishop  and  a  Committee  chosen  annually  by  the  Convention, 
entitled  "  the  Committee  for  Propagating  the  Gospel  in  the  State  of  New  York," 
has  for  two  years  past  derived  considerable  aid  from  the  "  New  York  Protes- 
tant Episcopal  Missionary  Society,"  who  place  their  funds  at  the  disposal  of 
his  Committee ;  to  whom,  with  the  Bishop,  the  Missionary  business  is  confi- 
ded by  tfie  canons  of  the  Church.  But  the  other  sources  from  which  the 
Missionary  Fund  is  supplied  (the  contributions  of  the  congregations)  have  so 
much  diminished  in  the  past  year,  that  the  Committee,  so  far  from  indulging 
'the  gratifying  prospect  of  sending  Missionaries  to  many  places  where  they  are 
wanted,  will  be  under  the  necessity  of  diminishing  the  number  of  the  present 
Missionaries,  or  of  reducing  their  small  stipends.  My  brethren,  what  is  to 
be  done  ?  1  see  the  contributions  of  Episcopalians  extend  to  religious  institu- 
tions not  immediately  connected  with  their  own  Church.  I  see  their  bounty 
flowing  in  channels  that  convey  it  to  earth's  remotest  ends ;  and  yet  many  of 
tlieir  fellow  Episcopalians  in  ihis  State  are  destitute  of  the  ministrations  and 
ordinances  of  the  Church,  and  unable,  from  their  poverty,  to  procure  them. 
Many  of  their  own  clergy  are  labouring  as  Missionaries  on  a  scanty  stipend, 
which,  from  the  inaderjuacy  of  the  Missionary  Fund,  must  be  reduced.  It 
would  be  presumptuous,  and  it  would  be  useless  for  me  to  attempt  to  control 
their  bounty.  But  having  seen  and  felt,  being  perpetually  called  to  see  and 
feel,  the  spiritual  wants  of  many  of  those  of  whom  I  have  the  charge,  may  I 
not  be  permitted,  in  the  strong  impulse  of  duty,  to  ask — If  the  bounty  of  Epis- 
copalians now  generally  distributed,  were  confined  to  their  own  household,  till 
the  wants  of  that  household  were  supplied ;  if  their  contributions  for  religious 
purposes  were  bestowed  on  Missionary  and  on  Bible  and  Common  Prayer 
Book  Societies,  and  other  institutions  under  the  exclusive  control  of  their  own 
Church,  would  they  violate  any  apostolic  precept ;  ajiy  dictate  of  a  sound  and 


1819.]  OF   THE    DIOCESE    OF   NEW   yORK.  455 

enlightened  benevolence;  or  fail  in  the  duty  of  extending  in  its  purest  form  the 
kingdom  of  the  Redeemer  ? 

Among  the  pleasing  circumstances  which  I  noticed  in  my  recent  visitation, 
was  the  consecration  of  the  Indian  Chapel  at  Oneida,  and  the  evidence  of  the 
continued  zeal  of  Mr.  Eleazar  Williams  in  promoting  the  interests  of  his  Indian 
brethren.  The  young  Onondaga  chief,  whom  I  mentioned  in  my  last  address 
as  desirous  of  procuring  an  education  for  the  purpose  of  qualifying  him  as  the 
spiritual  instructor  of  his  countrymen,  will  be  able,  through  the  bounty  of 
Episcopalians  and  others,  principally  in  the  city  of  New  York,  and  through 
the  aid  of  the  government  of  the  United  States,  to  attain  his  object.  He  is 
advantageously  receiving  an  education  under  the  care  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Fuller, 
of  Rensselaerville. 

In  the  state  of  the  Church  at  Utica,  I  received  a  strong  evidence  of  the 
beneficial  effects  of  continuing  the  service  in  destitute  congregations,  by  means 
of  lay  reading.  That  congregation  for  more  than  a  year  have  been  deprived 
of  ministerial  services;  and  yet,  by  the  judicious  attention  and  exertions  of 
some  of  their  own  number,  who,  without  interfering  with  the  ministerial  func- 
tions,  kept  the  church  open,  by  reading  prayers  and  a  sermon^  and  extended 
their  counsel  and  care  to  their  brethren  of  the  congregation,  and  particularly  to 
the  young,  the  spiritual  interests  of  the  Church  have  been  preserved  from 
serious  injury.  They  now  enjoy  the  benefit  of  ministerial  services  in  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Shaw,  Deacon,  who  has  removed  to  that  place  from  the  State  of  North 
Carolina. 

The  church  at  Paris  may  be  mentioned  in  confirmation  of  the  same  senti- 
ment. That  congregation  was  originally  formed  by  Church  people  from  the 
State  of  Connecticut;  and  though,  for  between  20  and  30  years,  enjoying  only 
the  occasional  labours  of  the  ministry,  they  have  met  every  Sunday  for  wor- 
ship; and  firm  in  their  attachment  to  the  distinguishing  principles  of  the  Church, 
they  have  not  only  remained  in  undiminished  numbers,  but  have  sent  forth  a 
small  band,  who  now  compose  the  congregation  at  Smithfield,  in  Lenox.  1 
have  often  visited  them  in  their  humble  edifice,  of  the  dimensions  and  appear- 
ance of  a  school-house,  and  witnessed  and  enjoyed  the  primitive  order  and 
devotion  with  which  they  offered  their  supplications  and  praises.  I  recently 
visited  them,  and  enjoyed  the  same  scene,  under  circumstances  more  inspiring 
in  the  neat  and  commodious  edifice  which  their  pious  liberality,  humble  as 
arefcomparatively  their  means,  has  erected.  I  am  bound  in  justice  to  mention, 
that  to  this  good  work  they  were  animated  by  the  successful  exertions  of  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Huse,  who  has  for  these  two  years  officiated  among  them. 

My  Brethren  of  the  Clergy  and  Laity, — A  remark  here  forces  itself  \ipon 
me,  which,  in  conclusion,  I  would  press  upon  your  attention.  My  observation 
of  this  Diocese,  and  of  that  of  Connecticut,  of  which  I  have  had  the  charge, 
has  satisfied  me,  that  the  best,  and  indeed  the  only  effectual  mode  of  preserving 
and  extendmg  our  Church  in  its  purity,  is  by  the  prudent  but  zealous  and  un- 
daunted inculcation  of  its  distinguishing  principle.  The  laymen  who  are 
characterised  by  these  principles,  compose  the  best  materials  out  of  which  to 


456  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1819. 

form  new  congregations,  and  are  that  "  salt"  which  preserves  from  extinction 
those  which  may  be  suffering  the  decays  of  age. 

To  preach  the  doctrines  of  sinfulness  and  guilt  of  man,  and  of  his  salvation 
only  through  the  merits  and  grace  of  a  Divine  Mediator,  is  that  cardinal  duty 
of  the  Christian  minister,  without  which  his  preaching  will  be  but  sounding 
brass  and  a  tinkling  cymbal.  These  doctrines,  however,  my  Brethren  of  the 
Clergy,  are  often  preached  by  others  with  a  fidelity  and  a  talent  that  we  cannot 
excel,  and  which  should  command  our  respect  and  our  esteem.  But  the  min- 
ister of  the  Church  who  considers  the  numerous  declarations  of  Christ  and 
His  apostles,  which  connect  salvation  in  its  covenanted  form  with  a  visible 
society  possessing  officers  and  ordinances  divinely  constituted,  believing  that 
the  Church  of  which  he  is  a  minister,  enjoys  those  orders  of  the  ministry 
which  have  been  from  the  apostles' times,  and  which  are  authorised  to  dispense 
the  word  and  the  ordinances,  will  explain  and  inculcate  the  duty  of  union 
with  this  ministry  as  the  mode  ol  communion  with  the  mystical  body  of  Christ, 
and  as  the  means  of  avoiding  the  deadly  sin  of  schism. 

This  may  not  indeed  be  the  path  which  will  conduct  him  to  that  praise 
which  Cometh  from  men :  they  will  often  rank  these  distinguishing  principles 
among  the  non-essentials  of  Christianity,  the  things  of  indifference,  which  con 
tracted  and  deluded  bigots  alone  will  inculcate  or  receive.  It  will  not  obtain 
for  him  the  praise  of  that  liberality  which  is  the  idol  to  which  the  world  (for 
the  world  must  always  have  an  idol)  is  now  rendering  homage.  But  he  can 
humbly  tnist  that  it  will  secure  for  him  the  approbation  of  that  Master  by 
whom  he  and  the  world  are  to  be  judged ;  and  supported  by  this  confidence,  he 
can  rise  superior  to  the  plaudits  of  the  world,  and  to  its  scoffs  and  its  persecu- 
tions. For  he  believes  that  in  inculcating  the  distinguishing  principles  of  his 
Church,  in  union  with  those  great  doctrines  which  are  common  to  the  body  of 
professing  Christians,  he  fulfils  his  momentous  duty  of  "  seeking  for  Christ's 
sheep  that  are  dispersed  abroad,"  and  of  bringing  them  into  that  "  fold  in  which 
they  will  be  saved  through  Christ  for  ever." 

Brethren  oftlu:  Clergy — The  Christian  ministerwho  is  emulous  of  the  praise 
of  men,  need  not  covet,  in  the  judgment  of  him  who  addresses  you,  a  higher 
commendation  than  that  which  is  bestowed  on  Bishop  Horsley  by  the  profound 
scholar  and  eminent  prelate,  who  is  now  carrying  the  light  of  our  apostolic 
Church  to  the  regions  of  the  east.  Bishop  Middle  ton — that  he  run  "  a  glorious 
though  unpopular  career  in  an  heretical  and  apostate  age."* 

But  after  all,  to  the  Christian  minister,  how  poor  is  the  praise  of  men — 

wherein  is  it  to  be  accounted  of .'  "  There  is  One  that  judgeth  him,  even  the  Lord." 

JOHN  HENRY  HOBART. 
Albany,  October  20,  1819. 


The  Bishop,  from  "the  Committee  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Church  for  Propagating  the  Gospel  in  the  State  of  New 

*  Bishop  Middleton  in  his  work  on  the  Greek  Article. 


i8l9.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW    YORK.  457 

York,"  presented  the  following  abstract  of  the  Reports  of  Mis- 
sionaries : 

The  Rev.  Daniel  Nash,  Missionary  in  Otsego  county,  and  parts 
adjacent,  writes  to  the  Bishop  as  follows  : 

I  have  attended  two  Sundays,  the  past  year,  at  Cooperstown  : 
the  others,  at  New  Berlin,  BurUngton,  and  St.  John's,  Otsego. 
Have  baptised  one  adult  and  one  child  at  Verona.  Two  adults 
and  48  children  at  Oneida :  the  adults  and  43  children  being  of 
the  Oneida  nation.  One  adult  and  22  children  at  New  Berlin, 
and  its  vicinity.  Two  adults  and  three  children  at  Sherburne. 
One  child  at  Paris.  One  adult  and  six  children  at  St.  John's, 
Otsego  and  its  vicinity.  Five  children  at  Cooperstown.  Ten  in 
the  town  of  Hartwick,  and  one  at  Richfield.  The  whole  number 
being  104.     Three  marriages,  and  five  burials. 

It  is  still  a  pleasing,  although  a  laborious  task,  to  perform  the 
duties  of  a  missionary.  I  am  delighted  in  witnessing  the  devout 
behaviour  of  many  of  our  people  in  the  different  congregations  I 
have  visited;  God  grant  this  spirit  of  devotion  may  increase.  It 
cannot  reasonably  be  expected  that  I  should  perform  as  much 
missionary  duty  as  I  have  in  former  years  :  although  I  have  been 
enabled  to  be  active  for  the  last  six  months,  in  which  time  I  have 
visited  a  great  number  of  families.  I  flatter  myself  I  shall  have 
your  approbation,  and  the  approbation  of  my  brethren ;  but  above 
all  I  am  animated  with  the  pleasing  hope  of  having  the  final  ap- 
probation of  the  Sovereign  Judge  and  Lord  of  all.  If  this  is 
granted  it  will  be  through  grace. 

The  Rev.  William  A.  Clark,  Missionary  at  Buffalo,  and  parts 
adjacent,  writes  to  the  Bishop  as  follows : 

Since  entering  upon  my  western  mission  my  services  have  been 
principally  divided  between  Buffalo,  Batavia,  and  Black  Rock. 
One  Sunday  in  four  I  have  devoted  to  Batavia;  on  the  other  three 
I  have  attended  two  services  at  Buffalo,  and  one  at  Black  Rock. 
I  have  also  performed  Divine  service  on  Sunday,  twice  at  Le  Roy, 
twice  at  a  settlement  five  miles  north  of  Batavia ;  three  times  at 
Williamsville,  and  once  in  Hamburgh.  The  state  of  the  several 
organized  congregations  under  my  charge,  I  would  wish  to  repre- 
sent as  prosperous,  but  cannot  dissemble.  At  Buffalo  the  depres- 
sion of  the  times  is  peculiarly  great ;  many  families  of  our  congre- 
gation have  removed,  and  of  those  remaining  I  hear  nothing  but 
complaints  of  embarrassment.  But,  notwithstanding  their  misfor- 
tunes, they  have  found  means,  by  the  assistance  of  the  contributions 
in  Albany  and  New  York,  to  erect  a  very  handsome  church,  in 
the  Gothic  style.     The  building  is  nearly  enclosed.     But,  while 


458  JOURNALS   OF   THB   CONVENTIONS  [1819. 

our  future  prospects  depend  upon  the  completion  of  this  church, 
the  people  have  not  funds  to  fmish  it.  The  losses  they  have  sus- 
tained during  the  late  war  are  felt  too  severely  to  ask  them  to  do 
more.  Buffalo  will  ultimately  be  a  place  of  such  importance, 
that  I  think  every  exertion  ought  to  be  made  to  maintain  the 
ground  that  the  Church  has  gained. 

The  congregation  at  Batavia  is  much  in  the  same  condition  as 
that  at  Buffalo.  At  Black  Rock  our  members  are  increasing ; 
the  people  are  generally  serious  and  attentive.  At  Williamsville 
and  Hamburgh  I  hope  to  be  able  to  organize  societies  during  an- 
other year :  other  places,  where  there  are  Episcopalians,  I  shall 
soon  visit ;  feeling  bound  by  my  obligations  as  a  missionary  to  do 
as  much  as  is  in  my  power  for  the  satisfaction  of  all  our  people, 
however  scattered  over  a  widely  extended  country. 

The  Rev.  Alanson  W.  Welton,  Missionary  in  Ontario  and  adja- 
cent counties,  reports  to  the  Bishop  as  follows  : 

Since  the  date  of  my  last  report  I  have  performed  service  in 
the  following  places: — At  Richmond  17  Sundays;  at  Le  Roy  17; 
at  Avon  8  Sundays  both  parts  of  the  day,  and  7  Sundays  but  half 
the  day,  having  appropriated  the  other  half  to  Geneseo,  where  a 
church,  to  be  known  by  the  name  and  style  of  St.  Michael's 
Church,  Geneseo,  has,  with  excellent  prospects,  been  recently 
organized.  A  certificate  of  this  organization  will  herewith  be 
forwarded  to  you.  At  Livonia,  where  there  are  several  Episcopal 
families,  I  have  officiated  one  Sunday,  and  twice  have  visited  that 
place  for  the  purpose  of  performing  a  third  service,  after  offici- 
ating at  Richmond.  One  Sunday  I  have  officiated  at  Rochester ; 
one  m  Canandaiguaj  in  exchange  with  the  Rev.  Mr.  Onderdonk, 
and  once  have  performed  a  second  service  in  Bergen,  eight  miles 
north  from  Le  Roy,  within,  and  in  the  neighbourhood  of  which 
town,  there  are  several  families  of  Churchmen,  emigrants  irom 
the  eastern  States,  and  much  attached  to  the  Church. 

In  the  last  mentioned  place  I  administered  baptism  to  three 
persons,  one  adult  and  two  children. 

The  whole  number  of  baptisms  for  the  present  year,  in  all  the 
societies  where  I  have  officiated,  is  26 ;  of  these,  24  were  infants 
and  children,  and  two  adults.  The  year  past  has  been  so  health- 
ful in  this  part  of  the  State,  that  I  have  been  called  to  attend  but 
two  funerals,  both  of  them  children.  One  adult,  a  communicant 
in  the  church  at  Le  Roy,  has  died.  Marriages,  in  Richmond, 
three,  and  one  in  Livonia. 

The  prospects  of  the  Church  in  this  part  of  the  Diocese  are 
generally  flattering.  It  is,  however,  manifest,  that  the  pecuniary 
distress'  of  the  times  affects  it,  as  it  does  all  other  institutions 
dependent  in  any  degree  upon  pecuniary  means.     It  would  be 


1819.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF    NEW    YORK.  459 

wrong  to  suspect  that  there  is  any  decrease  of  piety  and  zeal  on 
the  part  of  those  who  belong  to  it  5  #ut  many  want  means  to  lend 
a  helping  hand ;  many  also,  who  are  not  attached  to  the  Church, 
but  who,  from  their  respect  for  it,  wish  to  be  so,  are  deterred  by 
the  circumstance  that  the  times  are  so  pressing,  that  they  shall 
not  be  able  to  do  that  to  which  their  ambition,  and  their  wish  to 
do  good,  prompt  them.  They  wish  to  be  actually,  as  well  as 
nommally,  its  friends,  that  their  means,  as  well  as  their  names, 
should  contribute  to  its  support  and  respectability.  This  circum- 
stance renders  it  necessary  that,  for  the  well  being  of  the  Church, 
we  have  more  missionary  aid.  One  cannot  with  any  profit  or 
advantage  supply  all  the  churches  which  have  not  resident  Cler-. 
gymen ;  it  would  be  too  laborious  a  duty,  and  his  services  would 
be  so  scattered,  that  they  would  have  but  little  effect.  The 
impressions  made  in  one  day  (especially  in  these  times,  when 
every  one  feels  himself  overborne  with  worldly  concerns)  will  in 
a  few  weeks  be  lost  and  forgotten.  I  believe  it  to  be  highly  im- 
portant, that  to  every  three  or  four  societies  in  these  new  settle- 
ments, there  should  be  one  missionary ;  the  people  may  then  be 
frequently  called  together ;  societies  near  each  other  might  attend 
in  the  same  place  ;  a  little  encouragement  will  excite  them  to  do 
something  for  those  who  are  sent  among  them ;  if  they  can  have 
in  prospect  stated  and  regular  services,  they  will,  in  the  hope  of 
seeing  the  Church  flourish,  exert  themselves  to  make  those  mis- 
sionaries comfortable  who  oflSciate  among  them.  I  think  it  is 
important  that  a  missionary  should  be  stationed  at  Le  Roy  or 
Batavia,  to  supply  those  places  and  Sheldon,  and  also  to  collect 
together  the  Churchmen  scattered  through  the  towns  of  Bergen 
and  Riga.  Could  this  be  done,  and  another  provided  for  Roches- 
ter and  its  vicinity,  our  Church  in  this  part  of  the  Diocese  would 
be  well  supplied  for  the  present.  I  fear,  however,  there  is  a  defi- 
ciency of  means,  and  I  much  regret  that  it  is  at  present  next  to 
impossible  to  obtain  any  assistance  for  missionary  purposes  in  that 
part  of  the  country  where  I  reside.  This  consideration  has  deter- 
red me  from  soliciting  any.  Those  with  whom  I  have  conversed 
on  the  subject  have  thought  it  inexpedient  to  ask  either  for  contri- 
butions or  subscriptions.  In  truth,  we  have  now  to  offer  for  the 
Church,  little  else  than  our  prayers. 

The  Rev.  George  H.  Norton,  Missionary  in  Seneca  and  Ontario 
counties,  reports  to  the  Bishop  as  follows : 

Since  the  date  of  my  last  annual  report,  my  labours  have  been 
pretty  much  confined  to  the  churches  at  Waterloo,  Seneca  county ; 
Vienna,  Ontario  county ;  and  Catharines,  Tioga  county.  The 
advancement  of  the  Church  at  Waterloo,  for  the  year  past,  has 


460  JOURNALS   OF   THE   CONVENTIONS  [1819. 

been  equal  to  the  most  enlarged  expectations  of  its  friends.  The 
congregations,  in  point  of  numbers,  have,  for  the  most  part,  been 
very  respectable,  and  the  worship  has  been  uniformly  conducted  • 
with  decency  and  solemnity ;  an  attachment  to  our  liturgy  and 
services  throughout,  has  evidently  increased  with  an  acquaintance 
with  them,  and  the  religious  ordinances,  administered  according 
to  the  forms  and  usages  of  the  Church,  have  been  generally  ac- 
knowledged to  be  peculiarly  solemn  and  impressive.  Whilst  the 
congregation  has  been  gradually  increasing  in  numbers,  it  has 
been  highly  gratifying  to  mark  the  increase  of  seriousness  which 
has  been  evinced  by  the  people,  not  only  in  their  patient  and 
attentive  hearing  of  the  word  preached,  but  more  particularly  in 
a  desire  expressed  for  the  ordinances  of  the  Gospel.  The  sacra- 
ment of  Baptism  has  been  administered  to  a  considerable  number 
of  adults  and  children,  and  about  24  have  already  united  them- 
selves with  our  communion.  There  is  a  favourable  prospect  at 
present  of  making  additions,  ere  long,  to  the  list  both  of  baptisms 
and  communicants.  The  great  Head  of  the  Church,  we  trust, 
will  yet  grant  unto  us  an  abundant  increase.  It  would  contribute 
very  essentially  to  the  growth  of  this  society,  if  they  had  the 
privilege  of  assembling  m  a  house  every  way  convenient,  and  set 
apart  for  public  worship.  Aware  of  this,  and  being  desirous  to 
effect  an  object  so  important,  our  friends  in  this  village  have  taken 
the  first  step  towards  it,  by  procuring  an  eligible  site  for  a  build- 
ing. The  principal  materials  for  a  house  are  very  easy  of  access, 
and  can  be  pretty  readily  obtained,  but  for  the  want  of  money  to 
prosecute  and  complete  their  work,  they  are  unable  to  proceed. 
Their  peculiar  situation,  however,  I  trust,  claims  attention,  and 
will  be  duly  considered  by  our  friends  abroad. 

The  congregation  of  St.  John's  Church,  Sulphur  Springs,  con- 
tinues to  assemble  for  worship,  at  the  village  of  Vienna.  There 
have  been  some  additions  to  the  society  of  late,  and  from  the 
earnest  wish  expressed  for  a  continuance  of  our  services,  we  may 
hope  for  a  considerable  increase  in  the  course  of  another  year. 
One-fourth  of  my  time  is  devoted  to  this  parish. 

The  church  at  Catharines,  Tioga  county,  I  have  visited  twice 
during  the  present  season,  and  administered  the  ordinances  to  the 
faithful  little  flock  in  that  remote  region.  It  gave  me  much  plea- 
sure to  find,  that  this  society  (though  it  has  had  but  little  intercourse 
with  the  sister  churches,  and  has  long  laboured  under  peculiar 
difficulties)  was  likely  to  prosper.  They  have  recently  had  some 
accession  to  their  numbers  :  they  have  gone  on,  and  nearly  com- 
pleted the  little  house  which  was  erected  a  few  years  ago  for 
public  worship,  and  are  now  nearly  in  a  situation  to  invite  the 
attention  of  a  Missionary.  From  my  acquaintance  with  this 
church,  I  am  well  persuaded  that  it  needs  nothing  but  the  more 


1819.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  461 

frequent  ministrations  of  a  clergyman,  to  render  its  condition 
prosperous. 

In  conclusion,  it  may  be  proper  to  add,  that  during  the  year 
past,  for  two  Sundays,  my  ministerial  duties  were  interrupted  by 
sickness,  and  that  I  was  absent  from  my  charge  one  Sunday  be- 
sides, having  gone  below  to  take  Priests'  orders.  Besides  lectur- 
ing on  week  days,  I  have,  in  the  course  of  the  season,  officiated 
on  Sundays  at  Canandaigua,  Geneva,  and  Auburn,  in  exchange 
with  my  reverend  brethren  residing  in  those  villages. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Waterloo.  Families,  about  28 ;  baptisms, 
adults  13,  children  20, — total  33 ;  communicants  24 ;  funerals, 
in  the  parish  and  neighbourhood,  12. 

St.  John's  Church,  Vienna,  (formerly  Sulphur  Springs.)  Bap- 
tisms, 5 ;  communicants,  12  ;  funerals,  2. 

St.  John's  Church,  Catharine's  Town.  Families,  22  ;  bap- 
tisms, 8 ;  communicants,  19. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller,  Missionary  in  Albany  and  Greene 
coimties,  WTites  to  the  Bishop  as  follows  : 

The  first  Sunday  after  the  last  Convention  was  passed  at  Catts- 
kill,  on  my  return  home ;  and  I  preached  in  St.  Luke's  Church 
in  the  afternoon.  The  next  three  Sundays  I  officiated  in  Trinity 
Church,  Rensselaerville.  From  that  time  to  the  end  of  the  year, 
I  have  officiated  at  Rensselaerville  and  at  Greeneville,  one  Sunday 
in  each  place,  alternately. 

At  Rensselaerville,  the  worship  of  the  Church  has  been  more 
numerously  attended  than  in  the  year  preceding  ;  m  every  other 
respect  the  society  remains  much  in  its  former  state.  A  few  Sun- 
days, in  the  intermission  of  the  ordinary  service,  I  have  instructed 
such  children  as  were  disposed  to  attend,  in  the  Catechism  and  in 
reading  the  Scriptures. 

At  Greeneville  the  congregation  has  been  respectable  for  num- 
bers ;  and  the  service  has  been  performed  with  correctness  and 
apparent  devotion.  The  people  have  held  service  principally  in 
a  tolerable  convenient  room  in  the  Academy  ;  but  three  Sundays 
the  service  was  held  in  as  many  different  places  in  the  vicinity  of 
the  Academy,  the  better  to  accommodate  some  who  resided  at  a 
distance  from  the  usual  place  of  worship.  Some  additions  have 
been  made  to  the  communion. 

So  far  as  one  can  form  an  opinion  from  appearances,  it  is 
thought  that  the  objections  to  the  service  of  the  Church  have 
much  subsided.  The  propriety  of  being  worshippers,  and  not 
mere  spectators,  is  more  seen  and  acknowledged.  Were  there 
more  worshippers  in  Christian  assemblies,  there  would,  unques- 
tionably, be  fewer  objections  to  the  service  of  the  Church. 


462  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1819. 

Baptisms,  in  Greeneville,  adults  4,  children  18  ;  in  other  places, 
children  4.^Total  26.     Marriages,  4. 

Collections  for  the  Missionary  Fund. — Rensselaerville,  $3  81; 
Greeneville,  $3  75.— Total  $7  56. 

Collections  for  the  Episcopal  Fund. — Rensselaerville,  $3  26  ; 
Greeneville,  $2  02.— Total  $5  28. 

The  Rev.  James  Thompson,  Missionary  in  Greene  and  Dela- 
ware counties,  writes  to  the  Bishop  as  follows : 

The  year  past  I  have  officiated  one-half  of  the  time  at  Wind- 
ham, the  other  half  at  Cairo,  except  one  Sunday  in  exchange  with 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Prentiss,  at  Athens  and  Cattskill.  The  Rev.  Mr. 
Fuller  took  the  charge  of  the  Church  at  Greeneville,  where  I  offi- 
ciated, that  I  might  attempt  to  form  a  society  at  Cairo,  having  been 
repeatedly  requested  to  preach  in  that  quarter.  It  would  be  im- 
portant to  establish  a  church  here,  to  be  connected  with  Windham, 
as  there  is  no  place  so  near  to  Windham  where  there  is  any  pros- 
pect of  forming  a  society.  My  success  so  far  is  nearly  equal  to 
my  expectations,  so  that  I  shall  probably  continue  another  year, 
organize  a  church,  and  administer  the  Communion.  Divine  service 
is  now  performed  with  propriety  on  the  part  of  the  people.  There 
are  about  forty  Common  Prayer  Books  belonging  to  the  congre- 
gation. 

I  have  frequently  preached  three  times  on  Sunday,  and  lectured 
on  week  days.  From  the  first  of  December  to  the  second  week 
in  March,  I  preached  nearly  every  Tuesday  evening  in  the  Dur- 
ham Society.  I  have  baptised  twelve  children,  married  two 
couple,  and  attended  one  funeral ;  have  catechised  the  children  at 
Windham,  both  in  the  Church  Catechism  and  in  the  explanation 
of  it,  and  explained  both  to  the  children  and  congregation.  I 
have  organized  a  library  society  in  the  Windham  parish,  which,  I 
am  in  hopes,  will  be  beneficial  to  the  Church  ;  the  library  is  to 
be  composed  of  books  owned  by  the  members  of  the  society,  and 
such  books  as  shall  be  purchased  or  obtained  by  donation.  The 
communicants  are  the  same  as  in  my  last  report.  Have  preached 
the  missionary  sermons,  and  made  the  collections. 

The  Rev.  Russel  Wheeler,  Rector  of  Zion  Church,  Butternutts, 
and  officiating  Minister  and  Missionary  in  the  county  of  Otsego, 
and  parts  adjacent,  reports  as  follows  : 

My  missionary  services  for  the  year  past  have  been  given  to 
destitute  congregations  in  the  counties  of  Otsego,  Delaware,  Che- 
nango, and  Broome.  I  have  endeavoured  to  be  faithful  in  dis- 
charging the  duties  of  my  station,  by  preaching  the  Gospel  "  in 
season  and  out  of  season,"  and  in  giving  the  sacraments  of  the 


18 19.  J  OF   THE    DIOCESE    OF    NEW    YORK.  463 

Church  of  God  to  that  portion  of  our  brethren  who  are  dispersed 
through  this  part  of  the  Diocese,  not  enjoying  the  stated  means  of 
salvation. 

Zion  Church,  Butternutts,  and  St.  Matthew's  Church,  Unadilla, 
have  been  under  my  more  immediate  care,  and  are  nearly  in  the 
same  state  as  when  I  made  my  last  annual  report.  I  verily  believe 
our  prospects  are  not  less  flattering  or  our  success  less  certain. 

I  have  preached  several  times  in  St.  Paul's  Church,  Oxford, 
since  the  last  Convention,  in  exchange  with  the  Rev.  Mr,  Bush, 
who  is  only  "  admitted  Deacon  ;"  where  I  have  given  the  sacra- 
ment of  the  Lord's  Supper.  I  have  visited  the  churches  at  Bing- 
hampton,  Windsor,  and  Coventry,  where  I  have  preached  and 
given  the  sacraments  of  the  Church ;  and  I  have  officiated  in  the 
Church  societies  of  Masonville  and  Franklin.  I  have  only  to 
observe,  that  the  friends  of  our  Church  in  this  vicinity  have  no 
cause  of  discouragement  in  missionary  pursuits. 

Zion  Church,  Butternutts.    Baptisms,  20  ;  communicants,  100. 

St.  Matthew's  Church,  Unadilla.  Baptisms,  10 ;  communi- 
cants, 50.  Windsor,  communicants,  25  ;  Coventry,  20 ;  Bing- 
Hampton,  10.     Baptisms,  15. 

The  Rev.  Ezekiel  G.  Gear,  Missionary  in  Onondaga  county, 
and  counties  adjacent,  writes  to  the  Bishop  as  follows : 

During  the  last  year  my  missionary  services  have  been  confined 
principally  to  the  church  in  Onondaga,  and  in  Tully,  Courtlandt 
county.  In  the  former  the  congregation  has  increased,  and  a 
considerable  number  have  been  added  to  the  communion.  Of  Tully 
I  can  say  no  more  than  I  did  when  you  were  there  last  month. 
The  number  of  communicants  in  both  congregations  is  about  65. 
Besides  my  attention  to  Onondaga  and  Tully,  I  have  performed 
Divine  service  four  Sundays  at  Otisco,  where  there  is  a  small 
congregation  sincerely  attached  to  our  Church  ;  and  one  Sunday 
at  Pompey.  I  have  exchanged  one  Sunday  with  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Pardee,  of  Manlius,  and  officiated  one  Sunday  at  Auburn,  during 
the  absence  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Smith,  by  way  of  exchange  with  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Orin  Clark,  of  Geneva,  who  preached  for  me  in  this 
place.  I  have  likewise  given  many  lectures  on  week  days  in 
various  places.  I  have  taken  no  small  pains  to  instruct  the  chil- 
dren of  these  several  places  in  the  Church  Catechism,  and  to 
explain  to  them  the  nature  and  obligations  of  the  Christian  cove- 
nant ;  and  I  can  truly  say,  with  the  Rev.  William  Jones,  of  Nay- 
land,  "  that  the  smiles  of  children  have  more  than  compensated 
for  the  frowns  and  scoffs  of  unbelievers."  I  have  administered 
Baptism  to  about  seventy  infants  and  children,  and  ten  adults, 
about  one-third  of  which  were  of  the  Onondaga  and  Oneida  In- 
dians.   Marriages,  four ;  funerals,  six. 


464  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1819. 

The  Rev.  Amos  Pardee,  Missionary  at  Manlius,  Onondaga 
county,  and  parts  adjacent,  writes  to  the  Bishop  as  follows  : 

Since  entering  on  the  duties  of  my  mission,  I  have  on  week 
days  preached  in  the  adjacent  towns,  Porapey,  Cazenovia,  and 
Quality  Hill,  in  Lenox. 

The  last  Sunday  in  every  month,  I  have  regularly,  without  loss 
of  time  through  ill  health  or  badness  of  weather,  spent  at  Lenox, 
or  rather  Smithfield  parish. 

The  remainder  of  Sundays,  except  those  in  which  I  have  ex- 
changed with  the  Rev,  Mr.  Gear,  I  have  spent  in  the  church  in 
Manlius ;  also  Thanksgiving  Day,  Christmas,  Good-Friday,  &c. 
I  have  catechised  the  children  and  youth,  some  part  of  the  time 
every  other  Wednesday,  and  some  part  of  the  time  every  Wed- 
nesday, during  the  summer  past.  I  have  baptised  in  Manlius  two 
adults  and  13  children,  have  married  two  couple,  and  attended 
six  funerals. 

One  communicant  has  removed,  one  has  died,  and  six  have 
been  added,  which  makes  the  whole  number  70. 

The  people  of  this  parish  are,  I  beheve,  increasing  in  the  know- 
ledge and  attachment  to  the  principles  of  the  Church. 

In  the  little  village  of  Lenox,  or  rather  Smithfield,  before  the 
Church  was  organized,  there  was  a  very  general  profanation  of 
the  Lord's  day,  and  disregard  to  all  the  institutions  of  rehgion : 
now  the  people  generally  reverence  them  all,  and  some  have  pro- 
fessed the  Christian  faith  in  a  compliance  with  the  sacraments  of 
the  Gospel. 

The  congregation  during  the  last  year  has  greatly  increased. 
The  baptisms  have  been  five,  and  one  funeral. 

There  are  about  thirty  communicants  firmly  attached  to  the 
doctrine,  ministry,  and  worship  of  our  Church.  The  people  of 
this  parish  are  poor,  but  being  generally  young,  and  having  in- 
creasing properties,  as  they  have  already  the  will,  it  is  hoped  they 
may,  ere  long,  have  the  ability  to  build  a  house  for  the  worship 
of  God. 

Some  more  Prayer  Books,  and  Tracts  on  the  doctrine,  ministry, 
and  worship  of  the  Church,  might  be  very  profitably  bestowed 
among  this  people. 

The  Rev.  Leverett  Bush,  Deacon,  Missionary  at  Oxford,  Che- 
nango county,  and  parts  adjacent,  reports  to  the  Bishop  as  fol- 
lows : 

Since  the  last  Convention  I  have  officiated  regularly  in  Oxford 
on  Sundays ;  and,  during  the  past  summer,  I  have  deUvered  lec- 
tures on  the  service  of  the  Chiu-ch  every  Friday. 

I  have  also  performed  Divine  service  during  week  days,  in  the 


1819.]  OF   THE   m0CE8E    OF   NEW   YORK.  465 

following  places :  in  Binghampton  twice,  in  Coventry  four  times, 
and  once  in  Danby,  Tioga  county.  In  the  last  mentioned  place 
there  are  five  or  six  families  of  enlightened  and  pious  Episcopa- 
lians, who  evince  great  solicitude  to  have  the  Church  established 
amongst  them. 

The  congregation  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Oxford,  is  gradually 
increasing ;  and  I  anticipate  the  period  when  it  will  become  large 
and  respectable. 

The  present  niunber  of  communicants  is  44.  Six  added  since 
the  last  Convention.  Baptisms,  four  ;  marriages,  five ;  funerals, 
four. 

The  Rev.  Joshua  M.  Rogers,  Missionary  at  Turin,  Lewis  county, 
and  parts  adjacent,  reports  to  the  Bishop  as  follows,: 

During  the  last  year,  I  have  preached  occasionally  at  Lewis- 
ville,  where  I  administered  the  sacrament,  and  baptised  several 
children  ;  in  that  \*il]age  there  is  great  room  for  missionary  la- 
bours, and  the  time,  I  trust,  is  not  far  distant,  when  a  church  will 
be  estabhshed  there. 

One  Sunday  I  passed  at  Sackett's  Harbour,  Jefferson  county, 
and  baptised  four  children ;  I  found  several  Episcopalians  there, 
and  it  is  much  to  be  regretted  that  they  have  never  had  a  Church 
clergyman  resident  among  them.  I  have  preached  several  times  at 
Boonville,  Oneida  county.  I  have  spent  two  Sundays  at  Utica, 
while  they  were  destitute  of  a  pastor,  and,  by  request  of  the  peo- 
ple, administered  the  Holy  Communion.  The  remainder  of  my 
time  has  been  devoted  to  St.  Paul's  Church,  Turin,  where  there 
is  a  gradual  increase,  notwithstanding  the  opposition  and  preju- 
dice it  has  had  to  contend  with.  Number  of  communicants,  about 
23  ;  baptisms,  15 ;  marriages,  8  ;  funerals,  2. 

The  Rev.  Charles  W.  Hamilton,  Missionary  in  Washington 
county,  and  parts  adjacent,  writes  to  the  Bishop  as  follows : 

My  services  have  been  for  the  past,  as  in  the  preceding  year, 
principally  devoted  to  the  church  at  Sandy  Hill.  Other  places 
have  been  visited,  and  in  some  I  have  preached  and  administered 
the  sacraments.  The  continued  illness  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Jewett 
has  induced  me  to  visit  and  officiate  in  his  parish,  for  several  Sun- 
days. No  material  change  has  occurred  in  the  church  at  Sandy 
Hill.  The  sacrament  of  Baptism  has  been  several  times  adminis- 
tered. Some  have  been  added  to  the  Holy  Communion,  others 
died  and  removed.  There  is  an  increase  of  piety  among  those 
who  continue  to  be  attached  to  the  worship  of  the  Church.  Much 
good  has  been  done  by  the  distribution  of  tracts  and  Prayer  Books 
in  connexion  with  the  institution  of  a  Sunday  school.     The  reli- 


466  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1819. 

gion  of  our  Divine  Lord,  has  not  that  free  course  in  the  part  of 
the  country  embraced  by  my  mission,  which  could  be  wished,  and 
there  is,  therefore,  need  and  room  for  the  exertions  of  a  pious, 
able,  and  zealous  ministry.  The  means,  however,  of  giving  that 
ministry  a  necessary  and  proper  support,  and  of  erecting  buildings 
for  the  more  devout  worship  of  Almighty  God,  are  by  no  means 
considerable.  It  is  not  only  right,  but  is  conceived  to  be  highly 
profitable  to  the  interest  of  the  Church,  that  a  mission  be  conti- 
nued in  the  part  of  the  country  to  which  the  services  of  the  writer 
of  this  report  have  been  devoted. 


Agreeably  to  the  45th  canon  of  the  General  Convention,  the 
Clergy  rendegred  to  the  Bishop,  and  there  are  inserted  on  the  Jour- 
nals, the  following  Parochial  Reports : 

St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany ;  the  Rev.  WilUam  B.  Lacey, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  7,  infants  73 — 80 ;  marriages,  7  ; 
funerals,  22 ;  communicants,  added  53,  removed  7,  died  6, — pre- 
sent number  130. 

Christ  Church,  Hudson,  Columbia  county ;  the  Rev.  Cyrus 
Stebbins,  Minister. — Baptisms,  adult  1,  infants  8 — 9  ;  marriage, 
1 ;  funerals,  3 ;  communicants,  35. 

St.  Peter'' s  Church,  Waterville,  Delaware  county;  the  Rev.  Da- 
vid Huntington,  Minister. — Baptisms,  16  ;  communicants,  47. 

Divine  service  is  well  attended  in  St.  John's  Church,  Delhi, 
which  has  been  recently  organized. 

St.  James'  Church,  Hyde  Park,  Dutchess  county  ;  the  Rev. 
David  Brown,  Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  7,  infants  13 — 20 ; 
funerals  3  ;  communicants,  about  70. 

In  pursuance  of  the  appointment  of  the  Bishop,  the  rector  of 
this  parish  officiated  one  Sunday  in  Trinity  Church,  Fishkill. 

Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie,  Dutchess  county;  the  Rev.  John 
Reed,  Rector. — Baptisms,  27;  marriages,  11;  families,  98; 
communicants,  110. 

St.  PauVs  Church,  Redhook,  Dutchess  county;  the  Rev.  Henry 
Anthon,  Minister. — Baptisms,  19 ;  marriages,  2  ;  funerals,  2 ; 
communicants,  26. 

St.  Luke's  Church,  Cattskill,  and  Trinity  Church,  Athens, 
Greene  county  ;  the  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss,  Rector. — Baptisms 
44;  marriages,  11;  funerals,  6;  communicants,  about  84. 


1819.]  OF   THE    DIOCESE    OF   NEW   YORK.  467 

Trinity  Church,  Fairfield,  and  Grace  Church,  JSTorvxiy,  Her- 
kimer county  ;  the  Rev.  Daniel  M'Donald,  Minister,  (since  1817.) 
— Baptisms,  20  ;  marriage,  1 ;  funerals,  4  ;  communicants,  Fair- 
field (including  seven  students  in  the  Academy)  38,  Herkimer  5, 
Newport,  Norway,  and  Russia  7. 

St.  Ann^s  Church,  Brooklyn,  King's  county  ;*  the  Rev.  Hugh 
Smith,  Minister. — Baptisms,  adults  2,  infants  19 — 21;  marriages, 
19 ;  funerals,  20 ;  communicants,  added  10,  died  1,  removed  into 
the  parish  2, — present  number  148. 

St.  John's  Church,  Johnstovm,  Montgomery  county ;  the  Rev. 
Alexis  P.  Proal,  Deacon,  Minister. — The  present  minister  took 
charge  of  this  parish  on  the  1st  of  November  last ;  since  which 
time  there  have  been, — baptisms,   adults  2,  children   15 — 17 
marriages  3  ;  burial  1 ;  communicants,  42. 

Christ  Church,  JYew  York  ;  the  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  87  ;  marriages,  48 ;  burials,  13  ;  communicants,  280. 

Since  the  last  Convention,  about  30  communicants  of  colour 
have  left  this  parish,  and  attached  themselves  to  St.  Philip's. 

Grace  Church,  Jfew  York  ;  the  Rev.  James  Montgomery, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  adult  1,  infants  24 — 25;  marriages,  2;  com- 
municants, about  150. 

It  has  not  been  the  practice  to  report  funerals,  there  being  no 
cemetery  attached  to  this  church,  and  no  register  of  deaths. 

St.  Esprit,  Jfew  York  ;  the  Rev.  Henri  L.  P.  F.  Peneveyre, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  7  ;  marriages,  3  ;  communicants,  20. 

The  services  of  the  Church  are  here  celebrated  in  the  French 
language. 

St.  George's  Church,  JVew  York;  the  Rev.  James  Milnor,  D.  D., 
Rector. — Baptisms,  74 ;  marriages,  22 ;  communicants,  added  68, 
died  and  removed  17, — present  number,  351. 

St.  Mark's  Church,  JVew  York  ;f  the  Rev.  WilUam  Creighton, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  23  ;  marriages,  3  ;  funerals,  22 ;  communi- 
cants, about  100. 

St.  Philip's  Church,  JVew  York  ;  (a  vacant  church.)  On 
the  subject  of  this  church,  recently  erected  and  consecrated 
for  the  use  of  coloured  members  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 

*  This  report  was  forwarded  to  the  Bishop. 

t  This  report  was  forwarded  to  the  Bishop,  in  a  communication  from  the  Rector, 
stating  that  he  could  not  attend  Convention  in  consequence  of  recent  absence  from 
his  parish,  on  a  journey  rendered  necessary  by  sickness  in  his  family. 


468  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1819, 

Church,  the  Bishop  laid  before  the  Convention  the  following  let- 
ter addressed  to  him  by  Peter  WilHams,  jun.,  a  coloured  man, 
who  officiates,  under  the  Bishop's  license,  as  catechist  and  lay 
reader  in  St.  Philip's. 

RIGHT  REVEREND  AND  KIND  SIR: 

Having  been  advised  that  it  would  be  proper  to  present  to  you, 
at  this  time,  some  account  of  the  state  of  St.  Philip's  Church,  I 
beg  leave  to  say,  that  since  the  consecration,  which  took  place  on 
the  3d  of  July,  the  church  has  been  kept  open  for  Divine  service 
every  Lord's  day  in  the  morning  and  afternoon,  and  frequently  in 
the  evening ;  and  once,  as  preparatory  to  the  administration  of 
the  Holy  Communion,  we  had  service  on  a  week  evening.  In 
the  morning  and  afternoon  I  have  generally  performed  service 
myself,  agreeably  to  the  appointment  conferred  on  me  as  lay  read- 
er, and  accompanied  it  with  the  reading  of  a  sermon  from  some 
one  of  those  authors  which  your  Reverence  recommended  to  me. 
In  the  evening,  whenever  we  had  service,  the  Reverend  Clergy 
have  officiated  for  us. 

The  sacrament  of  the  Lord's  Supper  has  been  once  administer- 
ed in  our  church.  The  number  who  communicated  were  eighty- 
four.  There  is  a  prospect  that  at  the  next  administration  there 
will  be  some  new  communicants  added. 

But  four  persons  have  been  baptised  since  the  church  has  been 
opened.  The  uncertainty  of  having  clerical  aid,  and,  consequently, 
m^r  inability  to  give  timely  notice,  prevented  the  number  from 
being  greater. 

Our  morning  congregations  are  but  thin,  owing  to  the  peculiar 
circumstances  of  many  of  our  people  ;  but  the  afternoon  and  eve- 
ning congregations  are  quite  numerous. 

I  have  been  anxious  to  have  our  worship  conducted  in  the  best 
order,  and  in  strict  conformity  to  the  instructions  of  the  Church ; 
and  have  succeeded  in  a  good  degree. 

After  the  afternoon  service,  I  employ  myself  in  catechising  the 
children,  and  I  have  the  satisfaction  of  a  large  attendance,  and  of 
observing  a  considerable  improvement  among  them.  Our  begin- 
ning affords  good  reason  to  hope,  that  all  the  happy  effects,  which 
the  advocates  of  this  establishment  anticipated  from  it,  will  be 
realized.  We  feel  that  we  have  abundant  cause  of  thankfulness 
to  the  great  Head  of  the  Church  for  what  He  has  done  for  us, 
and  we  look  forward  in  hope  that  we  shall  see  still  greater  things 
than  these. 

It  may  not  be  amiss  to  add  here,  that  we  have  established  a 
Sunday-school  in  the  church,  with  a  male  and  female  department, 
to  which  there  are  attached  about  eighty  scholars,  with  a  sufficient 
number  of  teachers,  selected  from  among  the  most  capable  of  our 


1819.]  OF    THE    DJOCESE    OF   NEW    YORK.  469 

young  people.  This  institution  promises  to  be  of  great  utility, 
not  only  to  the  scholars,  but  to  the  teachers  and  to  the  Church,  to 
the  cause  of  literature,  morality,  and  religion.  We  crave  your 
prayers. 

I  am,  Right  Rev.  Sir, 

With  great  respect  and  gratitude, 
Your  obedient  servant, 

PETER  WILLIAMS,  jun. 

New  York,  October  18th,  1819. 

Right  Rev.  John  H.  Hobart,  D.  D. 

St.  Stephen's  Church,  JYeio  York  ;*  the  Rev.  Henry  J.  Feltus, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  6,  children  138 — 144  ;  marriages,  21 ; 
communicants,  400. 

Trinity  Church,  including  St.  PauVs,  and  St.  John's  Chapels, 
JVeio  York;  the  Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.  D.,  Rector. — 
Baptisms,  adults  23,  children  207 — 230;  marriages,  40;  burials, 
parishioners  107,  others  551 — 658;  communicants,  between  7 
and  800. 

A  number  of  coloured  communicants  formerly  belonging  to  this 
parish,  have  attached  themselves  to  St.  Philip's  Church. 

Zion  Church,  JYeio  Ym-k  ;  the  Rev.  Thomas  Breintnall,  Rec- 
tor.— Since  January  1,  when  the  present  rector  took  charge  of 
the  parish,  there  have  been, — baptisms,  adults  24,  children  62 — 
86;  marriages,  11;  funerals,  39 ;  communicants,  102. 

iS"^.  John's  Church,  Canandaigua,  Ontario  county  ;  the  Rev. 
Henry  U.  Onderdonk,  Rector. — Baptisms,  infants  12 ;  marriages, 
4 ;  funerals,  5 ;  communicants,  added  4,  died  2,  removed  2 — pre- 
sent number  42. 

The  rector  of  this  church  has  twice  officiated  in  the  congrega- 
tion of  St.  Luke's  Church,  Genesee  Falls,  and  married  a  couple 
at  that  place.  He  has  officiated,  once  each,  in  the  congregations 
of  Zion  Church,  Pittsford,  Christ  Church,  Victor,  and  St.  Paul's 
Church,  Richmond,  Ontario  county  ;  and  St.  Paul's  Church,  Wa- 
terloo, Seneca  county ;  also  at  Penfield,  Ontario  county,  and  Mon- 
tezuma, Cayuga  county ;  besides  performing  occasional  services 
in  the  western  part  of  Canandaigua. 

Trinity  Church,  Geneva,  Ontario  county,  the  Rev.  Orin  Clark, 
Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  3,  infants  26 — 29;  marriages,  3j 
funerals,  8 ;  communicants,  added  13,  died  and  removed  9, — pre- 
sent number  54. 

*  This  Tcpoit  was  forwarded  to  the  Bishop. 


470  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1819. 

St.  James*  Church,  Goshen,  Orange  county  ;  the  Rev.  Richard 
F.  Cadle,  Deacon,  Minister. — Baptisms,  adult  7,  children  19 — 
26 ;   funerals,  2 ;  communicants,  20 ;  marriages,  2. 

Agreeably  to  appointment,  the  minister  of  this  church  has  offi- 
ciated in  the  coflgregation  of  St.  John's  Church,  Monticello,  Sul- 
livan county ;  and  also,  by  request,  at  Liberty,  a  few  miles  dis- 
tant, where  he  baptised  four  children. 

St.  George's  Church,  JYewburgh,  Orange  county ;  the  Rev. 
John  Brown,  Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  2,  children  14 — 16; 
marriages,  7 ;  funerals,  13 ;  communicants,  added  12,  died  and 
removed  7, — present  number,  49. 

St.  George's  Church,  Flushing,  Queen's  county;  the  Rev. 
Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rector. — Baptisms,  14 ;  marriages,  9 ;  burials, 
4 ;  communicants,  54. 

St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead,  Queen's  county  ;*  the  Rev. 
Seth  Hart,  Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  14,  infants  25 — 39 ;  mar- 
riages, 28  ;  burials,  24 ;  communicants,  since  the  separate  organ- 
ization of  Christ  Church,  in  North  Hempstead,  about  110. 

Grace  Chcrch,  Jamaica,  Queen's  county  ;  the  Rev.  Gilbert  H. 
Sayres,  Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  3,  infants  11 — 14;  burials,  5  ; 
communicants,  58. 

St.  James'  Church,  JVewtovm,  Queen's  county  ;*  the  Rev.  Evan 
M.  Johnson,  Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  2,  children  16 — 18  ;  mar- 
riages, 8  ;  fimerals,  8  ;  communicants,  60. 

Trinity  Church,  Lansingburgh,  Rensselaer  county,  and  Grace 
Church,  Waterford,  Saratoga  county  ;  the  Rev.  George  Upfold, 
M.  D.,  Deacon,  Minister. — Baptisms,  8  ;  marriage,  1 ;  funerals, 
5 ;  communicants,  50. 

St.  Paxil's  Church,  Troy,  Rensselaer  county  ;  the  Rev.  David 
Butler,  Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  7,  infants  30 — 37  ;  burials,  5  ; 
communicants,  130  ;  marriages,  8. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  East  Chester,  West  Chester  county  ;*  the 
Rev.  Ravaud  Kearny,  Minister. — Baptisms,  7;  marriages,  4;  bu- 
rials, 2  ;  communicants,  about  60. 

Trinity  Church,  JYew  Rochelle,  West  Chester  county  ;*  the 
Rev.  Ravaud  Kearny,  Minister. — Baptisms,  13;  marriages,  3; 

*  These  reports  were  forwarded  to  the  Bishop. 


18 19.  J 


OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK. 


471 


burials,  2  ;  communicants,  added  10,  removed  3, — present  num- 
ber, 27. 

The  above  report  includes  the  services  of  the  late  rector,  the 
Rev.  Theodosius  Bartow,  up  to  the  period  of  his  resignation  in 
June  last.  Through  the  Divine  blessing,  the  prospects  of  this 
parish  are  very  encouraging. 

Christ  Church,  Rye,  West  Chester  county  j*  the  Rev.  Samuel 
Haskell,  Rector. — Baptisms,  7  ;  marriages,  9  ;  deaths,  16  ;  com- 
municants, about  50. 

St.  Peter'' s  Church,  West  Chester,  West  Chester  county  ;*  the 
Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  I).  D.,  Rector. — Baptisms,  adults  4,  children 
7—11;  burials,  4. 


Agreeably  to  a  standing  order  of  the  Convention,  the  Clergy 
rendered,  and  agreeably  to  a  resolution  of  the  Convention  of  1815, 
there  is  here  entered  on  the  Journal  an  account  of  collections  for 
the  Missionary  and  Episcopal  Funds. 


St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany,       .... 
Trinity  Church,  Rensselaerville,  Albany  county,  .       3 
Christ  Church,  Hudson,  Columbia  county,  .     12 

St.  James'  Church,  Hyde  Park,  Dutchess  county,  13 
Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie,  Dutchess  county,  .  7 
St.  Paul's  Church,  Redhook,  Dutchess  county,  .  10 
Trinity  Church,  Athens,  and  St.  Luke's  Church, 

Cattskill,  Greene  county, 
Cairo,  Greene  county,  ..... 
Christ  Church,  Greeneville,  Greene  county,  .  2  02 
Trinit}^  Church,  Windham,  Greene  county. 
Trinity  Church,  Fairfield,  Herkimer  county,  .  9  00 
St.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn,  King's  county,  .  34  25 
St.  John's  Church,  Johnstown,  Montgomery  county,  8  93 
Christ  Church,  New  York,  .  .  .  .  26  56 
Grace  Church,  New  York,         .         .         .         .107  70 

St.  Esprit,  New  York, 33  00 

St.  George's  Church,  New  York,  .  .  .100  06 
St.  Mark's  Church,  New  York,  .  .  .  .32  08 
St.  Michael's  and  St.  James'  Churches,  New  York,  20  50 
St.  Stephen's  Church,  New  York, 

Trinity  Church,  New  York,  .  .  .  .  72  62 
St.  Paul's  Chapel,  New  York,   .         .         .         .72  00 


Episcopal.    Miseionary. 
$      CT3.  S      CT3. 


4154 

3  81 
17.56 

8  25 

9  25 
9  75 

7  00 

4  30 
3  75 
3  70 

39  36 
9  77 

53  60 
175  35 

73  00 
129  33 

4170 

35  67 
153  16 
190  91 
152  00 


*  These  reports  were  forwarded  to  the  Bishop. 


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JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS 


[1819. 


Episcopal,  j Missionary. 
$        CTS.        S        CTS. 

St.  John's  Chapel,  New  York,  ....  45  68,  83  85 

Zion  Church,  New  York,           .         .         .         .  46  45   48  84 

St.  John's  Church,  Canandaigua,  Ontario  county,  13  30    16  17 

Trinity  Church,  Geneva,  Ontario  county,    .         .  16  00 

St.  James'  Church,  Goshen,  Orange  county,        .  3  25,     9  50 

St.  George's  Church,  Newburgh,  Orange  county,  7  37      5  00 

St.  George's  Church,  Flushing,  Queen's  county,  .  |  24  07 

Grace  Church,  Jamaica,  Queen's  county,    .         .  16  28j   18  87 
Trinity  Church,  Lansingburgh,  Rensselaer  county,*  20  56| 

St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  Rensselaer  county,        .  50  00 

Grace  Church,  Waterford,  Saratoga  county,*      .  10  18 
St.  Paul's   Church,  East  Chester,  West  Chester 

county, 11  77 

Trinity  Church,  New  Rochelle,  West  Chester  county,  5  86 

Christ  Church,  Rye,  West  Chester  county,  . 

St.  Peter's  Church,  West  Chester,  West  Chester 

county,    .         .        .        .         .         .         .  8  36 


22  37 
15  17 
17  50 


The  Trustees  of  the  Episcopal  Fundf  made  the  following  re- 
port, which  was  accepted  by  the  Convention : 

The  Trustees  of  the  Fund  for  the  support  of  the  Episcopate  in 
the  Diocese  of  New  York,  respectfully  report  to  the  Annual  Con- 
vention of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  that  the  Fund  now 
amounts  to  nineteen  thousand  six  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  and 
seventeen  cents,  and  consists  of 
Sundry  Bonds  and  Mortgages,  being  the  same  which 
were  held  at  the  period  of  the  last  meeting  of  the 

Convention, 17,548  04 

Six  per  cent.  Stock  of  the  United  States,  loan  of 
1813,  purchased  during  the  current  year,  and 
standing  in  the  names  of  the  Trustees,  .         .       1,300  CO 

Interest  outstanding,  viz. : 

On  the  Bonds,  .        .         .         .        685  56 

On  the  Stock,  .        .        ,         .  19  50 


Cash  on  hand, 


705  06 
97  07 

$-19,650  17 


*  In  consequence  of  the  illness  of  the  minister  of  these  churches,  the  Missionary 
Collections  have  not  been  made. 

t  The  Episcopal  Fund,  formed  of  annual  collections  for  the  purpose,  is  to  be  per- 
mitted to  accumulate,  without  diminution,  until  its  annual  profits  become  adequate 
to  the  support  of  the  Bishop  of  the  Diocese. 


1819.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  473 

The  Trustees  subjoin  a  list  of  the  Bonds  which  belong  to  the 
Fund,  with  a  statement  of  the  interest  outstanding  on  a  part  of 
them;  and  they  submit  with  this  their  account  current.  They 
are  prepared  to  exhibit  also  the  several  Bonds  and  Mortgages, 
and  a  certificate  of  the  Stock  iri  which  the  investments  are  made. 

GERRIT  H.  VAN  WAGENEN, 

JOSHUA  JONES, 

D.  I.  GREENE, 

WILLIAM  JOHNSON. 
New  York,  October  18th,  1819. 


With  the  foregoing  report  were  exhibited  a  list  of  the  Bonds 
belonging  to  the  Fund,  and  the  account  current  of  the  Trustees, 
together  with  the  proof  of  the  same.  All  which  were  approved 
by  the  Convention. 

On  motion, 

Resolved,  That  the  Trustees  of  the  Episcopal  Fund  be  at  liberty 
to  appropriate  any  part  of  said  Fund  to  the  purchase  of  Stock  of 
the  State  of  New  York,  or  the  city  of  New  York. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  elected  Delegates  to  the  General 
Convention : 

The  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  D.  D.,  the  Rev.  David  Butler,  the 
Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  the  Rev.  Benjamin  T.  Onderdonk ;  the  Hon. 
Rufus  King,  Dr.  John  Onderdonk,  Philip  S.  Van  Rensselaer,  Esq., 
Richard  Harison,  Esq. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  elected  the  Standing  Committee 
of  the  Diocese : 

The  Rev.  William  Harris,  D.  D.,  the  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  the 
Rev.  Samuel  F.  Jar  vis,  D.  D.,  the  Rev.  James  Montgomery  ; 
Richard  Harison,  Esq.,  Gen.  Matthew  Clarkson,  William  Og- 
den,  Col.  Nicholas  Fish. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  elected  "  The  Committee  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church  for  Propagating  the  Gospel  in  the 
State  of  New  York,"  of  which  the  Bishop  is  ex-officio.  President : 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  the  Rev.  Henry  J.  Feltus,  the  Rev. 
James  Montgomery ;  Gerrit  H.  Van  Wagenen,  Dr.  John  On- 
derdonk, Thomas  L.  Ogden,  Esq. 

Agreeably  to  a  canon  of  this  Diocese  of  1806,  entitled  "  A 
Canon  providing  for  the^supply  of  vacant  parishes,"  the  Bishop 


474  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1819. 

appointed  the  following  supplies  for  vacant  congregations  not 
usually  visited  by  Missionaries. 

Fishkill,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Reed,  and  the  Rev.  John  Brovi^n. 

Patterson,  Putnam  county,  the  B^ev.  David  Brow^n. 

Monticello,  the  Rev.  John  Brown,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Phinney,  and 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Cadle. 

Peekskill  and  Philipstown,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Kearny. 

Schenectady,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Lacey,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Proal. 

Duanesburgh,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Fuller,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Lacey. 

Stillwater,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Butler,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Upfold. 

The  Convention  adjourned  sine  die. 

JOHN  HENRY  HOBART,  D.  D., 

Bishop  of  the  Prot.  Episc-  Chuich,  in  the  State  of  New  York,  and  President  of  the  Convention. 

Attested, 
BENJAMIN  T.  ONDERDONK,  Secretary. 


MODE  OF  INCORPORATING  CHURCHES. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Convention  has,  agreeably  to  request, 
taken  legal  advice  on  the  subject  of  the  mode  of  incorporating 
Protestant  Episcopal  Churches  required  by  the  act  of  the  Legisla- 
tui'e  of  this  State  for  the  incorporation  of  religious  societies,  and 
the  act  to  amend  the  same ;  and  has  obtauied  the  following 

DIRECTIONS. 

Episcopalians  disposed  to  incorporate  themselves,  may  meet  for 
this  purpose  at  any  time ;  notice  having  been  given  at  the  time  of 
morning  service,  on  two  previous  Sundays,  by  the  Rector,  if  there 
be  one,  or,  if  there  be  none,  by  some  other  person  belonging  to 
the  congregation. 

The  only  qualifications  required  of  the  persons  so  meeting,  are, 
that  they  should  be  men  of  full  age,  and  should  belong  to  a  church, 
congregation,  or  society,  in  which  Divine  worship  is  celebrated 
according  to  the  rites  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the 
State  of  New  York. 

When  met,  they  will  proceed,  by  a  majority  of  voices,  to  elect 
two  Churchwardens  and  eight  Vestrymen,  and  determine  their 
corporate  name,  and  on  what  day  in  Easter  Week  their  future 
annual  elections  of  Churchwardens  and  Vestrymen  shall  be  held. 

The  Rector  is  to  preside  at  this  first  election.  If  there  be  none, 
then  any  other  person  who  may  be  called  to  the  Chair. 

When  the  business  of  the  meeting  is  accomplished,  the  Chair- 
man, with  two  other  persons,  are  to  make  a  certificate  of  the  pro- 
ceedings, under  their  hands  and  seals,  in  the  presence  of  two  or 
more  witnesses,  who  are  to  subscribe  as  such  ;  which  certificate 


1819.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE    OF   NEW   YORK.  476 

is  to  be  acknowledged  by  the  persons  who  execute  it,  or  proved 
by  one  or  more  of  the  subscribing  witnesses,  before  the  Chancel- 
lor, or  one  of  the  Judges  of  the  Supreme  Court,  or  one  of  the 
Judges  of  the  Court  of  Common  PJeas  where  the  place  of  worship 
is  situated,  and  then  recorded  by  the  Clerk  of  such  county,  in  a 
book  to  be  by  him  provided  for  the  purpose.  The  form  of  this 
certificate  and  proof  is  subjoined. 

The  Churchwardens  and  Vestrymen  so  chosen,  and  their  suc- 
cessors, together  with  the  Rector,  if  there  be  one,  will  form  the 
Vestry. 

The  subsequent  annual  elections  are  to  be  held  on  the  day 
mentioned  in  the  certificate,  immediately  after  morning  service, 
and  the  persons  then  qualified  to  vote  will  be  those  who  shall 
have  belonged  to  the  congregation  for  twelve  months  preceding, 
and  shall  have  been  baptised  in  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church, 
or  received  therein  by  the  rite  of  Confirmation,  or  by  receiving 
the  Holy  Communion,  or  by  purchasing  or  hiring  a  pew  or  seat 
in  the  Church. 

The  Rector,  or  if  there  be  none,  or  he  be  absent,  one  of  the 
Churchwardens  or  Vestrymen  will  preside  at  the  annual  elections, 
and  receive  the  votes,  and  enter  the  proceedings  in  the  Book  of 
Minutes  of  the  Vestry,  and  sign  his  name  thereto,  and  oflfer  the 
same  to  as  many  of  the  electors  present  as  he  shall  think  fit,  to  be 
by  them  signed  and  certified. 

In  cases  of  vacancy  in  the  Vestry,  by  death  or  otherwise,  the 
Board  are  to  appoint  a  time  and  place  for  holding  an  election  to 
supply  the  vacancy,  of  which  at  least  ten  days'  previous  notice 
should  be  given  at  the  time  of  Divine  service. 

The  ordinary  meetings  of  the  Vestry  are  to  be  convened  by 
written  notices,  under  the  hand  of  the  Rector  or  one  of  the 
Churchwardens,  to  be  served  on  the  members  at  least  three  days 
previous. 

The  Rector  is  to  preside  at  the  meetings  of  the  Vestry  ;  and  if 
there  be  no  Rector,  then  such  one  of  the  Churchwardens  as  may 
be  called  to  the  Chair  by  a  majority  of  voices ;  but  no  Board  can 
be  formed  imless  the  Rector,  if  there  be  one,  and  one  of  the 
Churchwardens,  and  a  majority  of  the  Vestrymen,  be  present.  If 
there  be  no  Rector,  then  one  of  the  Churchwardens,  and  a  majo- 
rity of  the  Vestrymen,  will  form  a  Board. 

Form  of  Certificate  and  Proof,  above  mentioned. 

To  all  whom  these  presents  may  concern, 

We,  whose  names  and  seals  are  hereunto  affixed,  do  certify, 
that  in  pursuance  of  a  notice  given  for  that  purpose,  at  the  time 
of  Divine  service,  on  the  two  Sundays  now  last  past,  the  male 


476  JOURNALS   OF   THE    CONVENTIONS  [1819. 

persons  of  full  age  belonging  to  the  Church,  Congregation,  or 
Society  at  ,  in  the  county  of  ,  in  which  Divine  ser- 

vice is  celebrated  according  to  the  rites  of  the  Protestant  Episco- 
pal Church,  in  the  State  of  New  York,  met  at  the  ,  in  the 
said  ,  for  the  purpose  of  incorporating  themselves  under  the 
act,  entitled,  "An  Act  to  provide  for  the  Incorporation  of  Religious 
Societies,"  and  the  act  to  amend  the  samcj  at  which  meeting,  and 
by  a  majority  of  voices,  the  undersigned  A.  B.  was  called  to  the 

Chair,  and  presided;  and,  by  a  hke  majority  of  voices, 

were  elected  Churchwardens,  and were  elected  Vestry- 
men of  the  said  Church,  Congregation,  or  Society ;  and day 

in  the  week  called  Easter  Week  was,  in  like  manner,  fixed  on  as 
the  day  on  which  the  said  officers  of  Churchwardens  and  Vestry- 
men shall  annually  thereafter  cease,  and  their  successors  in  office 
be  chosen.  And  the  name  or  title  of  "  the  Rector,  Churchwar- 
dens, and  Vestrymen  of  Church,  at  ,"  was  in  like 
manner  fixed  on  and  agreed  to,  as  that  by  which  the  said  church, 
congregation,  or  society  shall  be  known  in  law. 

In  testimony  whereof,  we,  the  said  A.  B.  together  with  the 
undersigned  C.  D.  and  E.  F.  have  hereunto  subscribed  our 
names,  and  affixed  our  seals,  this  day  of  ,  in 

the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 

A.B.  (L.S.) 

C.  D.  (L.  S.) 

E.  F.  (L.  S.) 

Signed  and  sealed  in  presence  of 


On  this  day  of  ,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thou- 

sand eight  hundred  and  ,  before  me,  one  of  the  Judges  of 

the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  of  the  county  of  ,  personally 

appeared  A.  B.  C.  D.  and  E.  F.  known  to  me,  [and  severally  ac- 
knowleged  that  they  had  signed  and  sealed  the  foregoing  certifi- 
cate.] 

If  it  be  proved  by  a  subscribing  witness,  insert  the  following  in 
place  of  the  words  within  crotchets — who  being  duly  sworn,  did 
depose  and  say,  that  he  was  present,  amd  saw  A.  B.  C.  D.  and  E, 
F.  whose  names  and  seals  are  affixed  to  the  foregoing  certificate, 
sign  and  seal  the  same ;  and  that  the  deponent,  together  with 
,  did,  in  their  presence,  and  at  their  request,  subscribe  the 
same  as  witnesses. 


1819.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORE.  477 

LIST  OF  THE  CLERGY 
In  the  Diocese  qfJVew  York. 

IThis  list  is  corrected  up  to  the  close  of  February,  1820,  until  which  period,  owing 
to  circumstances  beyond  the  Secretary's  control,  the  publication  of  the  Journal  has 
been  delayed.] 

The  Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.  D.,  Bishop,  and  Rector 
of  Trinity  Church,  including  St.  Paul's  and  St.  John's  Chapels, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Henry  Anthon  Minister  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Red- 
hook,  Dutchess  county. 

The  Rev.  Deodatus  Babcock,  Deacon,  officiating  in  St.  Paul's 
Church,  Buffalo,  Niagara  county. 

The  Rev.  Amos  G.  Baldwin,  officiating  in  Ogdensburgh,  St. 
Lawrence  county. 

The  Rev.  William  Barlow,  Deacon,  Minister  of  St.  John's 
Church,  Canandaigua,  Ontario  coimty. 

The  Rev.  Wilham  Berrian,  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Breintnall,  Rector  of  Zion  Church,  New 
York. 

The  Rev.  David  Brown,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church,  Hyde 
Park,  Dutchess  county. 

The  Rev.  John  Brown,  Rector  of  St.  Thomas'  Church,  New 
Wmdsor,  and  Minister  of  St.  George's  Church,  Newburgh,  Orange 
county. 

The  Rev.  Nathaniel  F.  Bruce,  M.  D. 

The  Rev.  Barzillai  Bulkley,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church, 
Flushing,  Long  Island. 

The  Rev.  Leveret  Bush,  Deacon,  Missionary  at  Oxford,  Chenan- 
go county,  and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  David  Butler,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Troy, 
Rensselaer  county. 

The  Rev.  Richard  F.  Cadle,  Deacon,  Minister  of  St.  James' 
Church,  Goshen,  Orange  county. 

The  Rev.  Orin  Clark,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Geneva, 
Ontario  county. 

The  Rev.  William  A.  Clark,  Minister  of  Christ  Church,  Ball- 
ston  Spa,  Saratoga  county. 

The  Rev.  Wilham  Creighton,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's  Church, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Francis  H.  Cummg,  Deacon,  Missionary  at  Binghamp- 
ton,  Broome  county,  and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  Asahel  Davis,  Deacon,  residing  in  Albany. 

The  Rev.  William  H.  De  Lancey,  Deacon,  residing  in  Mama- 
roneck,  West  Chester  county 


478  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS  [1819. 

The  Rev.  Henry  J.  Feltus,  Rector  of  St.  Stephen's  Church, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Fuller,  Missionary,  in  Albany  and  Greene 
counties. 

The  Rev.  Ezekiel  G.  Gear,  Missionary  in  Onondaga  county, 
and  counties  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  John  Grigg,  jun.,  Deacon,  residing  in  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Charles  W.  Hamilton,  Missionary  in  Washington 
county,  and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  WilUam  Hammel,  residing  in  New  York. 

The  Rev.  William  Harris,  D.  D.,  President  of  Columbia  College, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Seth  Hart,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Hemp- 
stead, Long  Island. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Haskell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Rye,  West 
Chester  county. 

The  Rev.  David  Huntington,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church, 
Delhi,  and  Minister  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Waterville,  Delaware 
county. 

The  Rev.  Nathaniel  Huse,  Minister  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Paris, 
Oneida  county. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  F.  Jarvis,  D.  D.,  Professor  of  Biblical  Learn- 
ing in  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  in  the  United  States,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Stephen  Jewett,  Missionary  in  Washington  county. 

The  Rev.  Evan  Malbone  Johnson,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church, 
Newtown,  Long  Island. 

The  Rev.  Cave  Jones,  residing  in  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Ravaud  Kearny,  Minister  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  East 
Chester,  and  Trinity  Church,  New  Rochelle,  West  Chester  county. 

The  Rev.  William  B.  Lacey,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 
Albany. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Lyell,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Charles  M'Cabe,  Deacon,  officiating  in  St.  James' 
Church,  Milton,  Saratoga  county. 

The  Rev.  Daniel  M'Donald,  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  and 
Principal  of  the  Academy,  Fairfield,  Herkimer  county. 

The  Rev.  John  M'Vickar,  Professor  of  Rhetoric  and  Moral 
Philosophy,  in  Columbia  College,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  James  Milnor,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Jas.  Montgomery,  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  David  Moore,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Church, 
including  Trinity  Chapel,  Staten  Island. 

The  Rev.  Daniel  Nash,  Missionary  in  Otsego  and  Chenango 
counties. 


1819.]  OF   THE   DIOCESE   OF   NEW   YORK.  479 

The  Rev.  George  H.  Norton,  Missionary  in  Seneca  and  Ontario 
counties. 

The  Rev.  Benjamin  T.  Onderdonk,  an  Assistant  Minister  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  Henry  U.  Onderdonk,  M.  D.,  Minister  of  St.  Ann's 
Church,  Brooklyn,  Long  Island. 

The  Rev.  George  Otis,  Deacon,  Waddington  and  Madrid,  St. 
Lawrence  county.. 

The  Rev.  Amos  Pardee,  Missionary  at  Manlius,  Onondaga 
county,  and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  Henri  L.  P.  F.  Peneveyre,  Rector  of  St.  Esprit, 
New  York. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Phinney,  Minister  of  St.  Andrew's  Church, 
Coldenham,  Orange  county. 

The  Rev.  William  Powell,  residing  at  Bloomingdale,  New 
York. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Prentiss,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Athens, 
and  St.  Luke's  Church,  Cattskill,  Greene  county. 

The  Rev.  Alexis  P.  Proal,  Deacon,  Minister  of  St.  John's 
Church,  Johnstown,  Montgomery  county. 

The  Rev.  John  Reed,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Poughkeepsie, 
Dutchess  county. 

The  Rev.  Joshua  M.  Rogers,  Missionary  at  Turin,  Lewis  county, 
and  parts  adjacent. 

The  Rev.  Gilbert  H.  Sayres,  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  Jamaica, 
Long  Island. 

The  Rev.  Charles  Seabury,  Rector  of  Caroline  Church,  Setauket, 
and  Missionary  to  Huntington  and  Islip,  Long  Island. 

The  Rev.  Henry  M.  Shaw,  Deacon,  Minister  of  Trinity  Church, 
Utica,  Oneida  county. 

The  Rev.  Lucius  Smith,  Minister  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Auburn, 
Cayuga  county. 

The  Rev.  Cyrus  Stebbins,  Minister  of  Christ  Church,  Hudson, 
Columbia  county. 

The  Rev.  James  Thompson,  Missionary  in  Greene  and  Dela- 
ware counties. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  H.  Turner,  Professor  of  Historic  Theology  in 
the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in 
the  United  States,  New  York. 

The  Rev.  George  Upfold,  M.  D.,  Deacon,  Minister  of  Trinity 
Church,  Lansingburgh,  Rensselaer  county,  and  Grace  Church, 
Waterford,  Saratoga  county. 

The  Rev.  Frederick  Vanhorne,  residing  at  Coldenham,  Orange 
county. 

The  Rev.  Jonathan  M.  Wainwright,  an  Assistant  Minister  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York. 


480  JOURNALS  OF  THE  CONVENTIONS,  ETC.        [1819, 

The  Rev.  Alanson  W.  Welton,  Missionary  in  Ontario,  and 
adjacent  counties. 

The  Rev.  Eli  Wheeler,  Minister  of  Christ  Church,  North 
Hempstead,  Long  Island. 

The  Rev.  Russel  Wheeler,  Rector  of  Zion  Church,  Butternutts, 
and  Missionary  in  other  parts  of  Otsego  county. 

The  Rev.  Isaac  Wilkins,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 
West  Chester. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Nicholls,  Deacon,  residmg  in  Connecticut, 
officiates  every  second  Sunday  in  St.  Matthew's  Church,  Bedford, 
West  Chester  county. 

Mr.  Eleazar  Williams,  a  young  man  of  Indian  extraction,  a 
candidate  for  Holy  Orders,  is  licensed  by  the  Bishop  as  a  Lay 
Reader  and  Catechist,  to  officiate  in  the  Mohawk  language,  in  St. 
Peter's  Church,  Oneida  Castle,  Oneida  county,  the  congregation 
of  which  is  composed  of  Indians ;  and  employed  by  the  Commit- 
tee for  Propagating  the  Gospel  in  the  State  of  New  York  in  those 
capacities,  and  likewise  as  a  Schoolmaster  among  the  Indians. 

Peter  Williams,  jun.,  a  coloured  man,  a  candidate  for  Orders,  is 
licensed  by  the  Bishop  as  a  Lay  Reader  and  Catechist,  to  officiate 
when  no  clergyman  is  present,  in  St.  Philip's  Church,  Ne  w  York, 
the  congregation  of  which  is  composed  of  coloured  members  of 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church. 


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